Archive for April, 2008

Friday Links

One serious link today followed by three rather more fun ones. Seems like a good balance for Friday, no?

Nick Fraser, the man in charge of BBC documentaries, asks “What are the consequences of making or writing something? Does it ever make a difference in the way it was intended?”

Matthew Guerrieri has another installment [...]

Book Meme

Just when Miss Mussel was about to give up hope of finding anything remotely interesting to post today, Oboe Insight comes to the rescue with this meme.
1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged you.
The results here [...]

Quiz #13 Victory Lap Awarded

Spine Tinglers: Edwin Outwater

“I was in high school in Los Angeles, driving around in an old beat-up Volvo with my friends, catching to as many concerts as possible. On one sunny SoCal day, I heard the Emerson String Quartet playing Beethoven’s quartet Op. 132 at a large church right in the middle of Beverly Hills. I had no idea what I was about to hear.

Quiz #13 Clue Two

Have another listen to this week’s mystery piece while ruminating on these clues:
1) In the year the piece was composed, slaves rebelled on Amistad, Verdi’s first opera premiered in Milan and Charles Goodyear vulcanized rubber.
2) In his youth, the composer wrote under the name Skülander
3) He wrote the review of the posthumous premiere of Schubert’s [...]

Quiz #13 Clue One

1) The composer shares a name with the man responsible for The Rest Is Noise.
2) His compositions have been described as ‘thought splinters.’
3) If you solve for x, and add 27, you’ll have the opus number….at least Miss Mussel is fairly certain you will. High school is starting to meld into the fog already [...]

Quiz #13

Morning all,
There’s quite an exciting treat in store for later on in the week. Actually more than one, but first it’s time for piano fans to race for a spot at the top of the quiz podium.

This week’s prize: being able to say that you are the boss of the piano. [title expires 36 [...]