Archive for September, 2007
Sometimes The Comedy Just Writes Itself
AC Douglas has a delicious report of some minor logistical problems at the Royal Danish Opera.
Placido Domingo Makes Springfield Debut
A few years ago, Miss Mussel fully embraced her rather serious levels of geekiness and is now at a place where she can admit freely to the interwebs that she watched tonight’s Simpsons episode, camera in hand, to capture this:
which immediately reminded her of this:
(Paulie Walnuts from the Sopranos,
in case you’ve been under a rock
for [...]
Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on
An interview in today’s Telegraph with Il Divo in which the boys whinge about being called a boy band and try their best to convince readers that they should be taken seriously, puts Miss Mussel in an awkward position.
In this situation, poking fun is so easy its not even appealing. The boys’ own management [...]
So…we meet again
This note just dropped into the OM Inbox.
Dear Miss Mussel,
Thank you for your order of tickets from Perimeter Institute.
Your ticket(s) were confirmed on Sep, 27 2007 at 01:32pm
1 Stool Seating ticket(s) for The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields on September 27th 2007 at 7:30pm.
Miss Mussel’s thoughts on backless seating aside, this is set [...]
“More than enough music for a lifetime of thinking and listening”
…[Mr Ross] writes about even recondite works and obscure composers with intelligent absorption. He offers a skeptical world living proof that a smart, curious listener can find pleasures and challenges in new music — whether that music is opera or free jazz or avant-garde pop. As a result, he is one of the few critics [...]
The Spontaneously Joyful Opera Singer
It was a cold winter day and the train was overheated. The F was running more slowly than usual, pausing between stops, and the number of people far exceeded the average person’s cubic feet of airspace needed for their patience to survive. The car was pretty quiet, perhaps the result of the uncomfortable conditions, or [...]
