For those of you who aren't musicians, here's a glimpse of what my next 30 years in music will probably look like (until I become librarian of the San Francisco Symphony by the time I'm probably 50).

For those of you who are musicians and are living around here, I hope we can all read this and be depressed together... misery loves company.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/01/26/MN81UJJ13.DTL

Miles Graber's wife dies in an accident on New Year's Day.

Our heart goes out to you, Miles :-( :-(

From the 1937 musical,"The Cradle Will Rock"

Be blind for art's sake
And deaf for art's sake
And dumb for art's sake
Until for art's sake
They kill for art's sake
All the art for art's sake.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/21/BAT2U2G1T.DTL

I had my audition today and I'm in! I'm a little in shock that I'm actually beginning this process away from law/public policy and am really going to be doing this music thing. I'm really excited to be studying with Zak as well.

Time to get to work!

Old link I rediscovered...

http://www.intellectualwhores.com/beethoventheory.html

beethoven 7 - it was definitely one of the best concerts we've ever had! i feel so alive :-)

there was an armed robbery late tonite on Northside at Cal. they shut down parts of campus for awhile. i really hope everyone is OK :(

plus did anyone hear about the laptop robberies at Strada the other day?

clearly something needs to be done about the security of campus. and we need more programs for troubled youth in the bay area so they don't go around with nothing to do but commit crimes for thrills.