Last Night in L.A.: Gubaidulina and Schnittke
One of the treats of the Los Angeles Philharmonic programming in recent years has been a series of related concerts on a particular theme of 20th and 21st century music.…
All We Hear is Radio Ga-Ga
Our West Coast colleagues at Other Minds marked what would have been Lou Harrison’s 90th birthday on Monday by relaunching radiOM.org, their amazing, free treasure trove of streaming audio and…
Go Schwanengesang Yourself
A tip of the fedora to Peter Mueller for this handy little link.
Bush Conducts Final GCSO Concert
May 14th, 2019 CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) – President Bush looked tired as he sat down one last time in his famous beige easy chair in the Green Room of Lone…
Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me?
We’ve gotten a lot (actually, three) requests for a “media kit” from potential advertisers recently. We don’t actually have such a thing because we don’t actively look for advertising (the…
All Moms Love David Hanlon
This Mother’s Day, show her you care. Nothing says “Thanks Mom” like a high-octane concert of Lachenmann, Ades, Nono, Alex Mincek, and Kyle Hillbrand. And — just your luck —…
Steve’s Click Picks #27, take two
Houston, we have a problem… We’re sweating like pigs in your fair city! …OK, OK, it’s not nearly so bad (yet), though the humidity definitely hangs in the air most…
“I’ve got a secret…”
Okay, the person with the secret was John Cage. And, the title refers to the game show on CBS, broadcast in 1960. Yes, there was once a time when a…
Boston Pops Smackdown!
Yes, you read that right. Two men got into a fistfight at the Boston Pops, which apparently knocked over chairs left one of them shirtless. With the obvious caviat that…
Underrated: Ben Johnston
For the first subject of this column I’ve picked Ben Johnston, someone who has gotten some coverage on this site but remains criminally neglected. Born in Georgia in 1926, Johnston…