The Fredösphere

My mind was duly blown by the Craigslistlieder of Gabriel Kahane, found by Alex Ross.  Go to the kid's website and have a listening session right now.

This Friday I'll be hearing the University of Michigan Chamber Choir perform a piece by my old classmate Mark Kilstofte.  I see he likes the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins -- most unfortunate, as I recently added Hopkins oeuvre to my list of settable texts.  Darn it:  Must.  Quickly.  Discover.  New.  Poets.

This is old news, but I enjoyed the ironies in the story of Nine Inch Nails' viral marketing campaign, which was a huge success until a bunch of mindless jerks at RIAA decided to cut it off at the knees.

Finally, once you consider the french horn's origins as a hunting accessory, you realize it would be odd if a symphonic horn player did not have guns and explosives in his possession.

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