martin luther is being punched in the kidneys

here is a scary thought.

for those of you who know "pat the liar"...he says on his myspace account that he is attending Luther Seminary to become and army chaplain.

i hate his lies...and his ass-face.

i wonder if he got his pilots license yet.

here's a little anecdote for those of you who don't know him.

at the time of 9/11 he was one of my roommates. when i got home he was putting on his fatigues to go and "be on alert." the next day i talked to someone i knew for a fact to be in the national guard and asked him what they were doing. he said that their commander told them not to wear their battle dress uniforms on account that it made them a target.

i hate liars...and their ass-faces.

score

hello friends.

what have i been busy doing?

well, amongst other things i have been scoring a trailer for Michael Stromenger's "1 In 9".
it is my second attempt at scoring...anything

Feedback....

commitment vs. hockey

alright here's something.

this saturday i am singing in our church's masterwork performance of John Stainer's "Crucifixion".

Last night my dad called with tickets to attend the NCAA Hockey's Frozen Four where my Alma Mater UND Fighting Sioux are pitching a battle and hopefully counting their metaphorical coup. the games are thursday and saturday in Milwuakee, Wis.

Dammit all.

knight-errantry (something i suffer from daily)

Last night Ruth and i attended a performance of the Oregon Symphony. They performed Richard Strauss' "Don Quixote." they also performed Dutilleux's "Metaboles," and Britten's "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra."

Strauss' Don Quixote, is a tone poem (for those of you that don't know.) Which, very simply, is a work based on a writing; to bring across in the music that which was written. Strauss definately did well with that.
The Story is about a spainiard who confuses chivalry and real-life. For one example: Don Quixote sees a cloud of dust on the horizon and assumes that it is two armies warring with each other. He charges in meaning to put an end to the war only to discover that it is a large herd off sheep. no matter, he charges in anyway sword swinging. in the music you can hear what you believe is a battle in the distance. When he starts killing sheep the brass section comes through emulating bleeting sheep. quite funny!

It was a great evening. once again it helped me to realize that i made a good decision in deciding to return to the life of an academic musician.

on to other things...

this morning in the paper there is an article about kids in North Dakota getting out of school to help sandbag against the rising red river. it doesn't seem like its been 9 years since the "big, big flood" (of '97). when school was cut short and i wasn't able to raise that crappy grade in geometry.

have good days!