All Entries in the "Quotidian" Category

Tis The Season For A Commercial

Hello rabid OM fans and those that have drifted in via Google! The OM Marketing Department has decided to buy some airtime on the internet to get its message of Christmas cheer out to as many people as possible.
Basically, the message is if you’re planning to buy your nephew an iPod Nano, why not [...]

TechTalk: Opening Pandora’s Box

Miss Mussel’s alter ego dabbles in web design as part of her ‘bits of this and that” freelance career and has suggested for some time that she share some of her knowledge with OM readers.
In the interests of starting off with a bang, in this inaugural TechTalk installment, Marcia will free all non-US [...]

Boo etc

So, today is that most hallowed of we’ens, a time when we all forget that we are no longer children and turn dressing up into a competitive sport. In honour of this day, Miss Mussel has done some late night trawling of the tube that is you and found some musical things that might [...]

A Match Made In Heaven

The photograph would be less horrific if Miss Mussel’s computer had a viewfinder and her landlord had finished the kitchen repairs, but you should get the gist of what went down this afternoon.
In case you don’t recognize it, the disc in question in Hilary Hahn’s Schoenberg/Sibelius pairing. The cookie recipe, which Miss Mussel must [...]

Quiz #25 Left, Right, Left

This week, Miss Mussel had lined up a treat for those of you with computers hooked up to floor-rumbling speakers. Unfortunately, the only recording she could find was so hideous that a change in plans was the only option. Perhaps when Passionato becomes available in North America, she can find another recording and try [...]

XKCD: If Only

What’s Your Beethoven Number?

Psychologists have innumerable tests available to try and quantify personality and predict people will interact with each other.
What do musicians have? Some people have studied the correlation between instrument type and personality and of course there are hundreds of jokes but there must be another way to get a read on someone in 2 [...]