Nov.27.09
I jokingly refer to either Hong Kong or North Carolina (and thereabouts) as “the other east coast”, depending on whom I’m speaking to. I think there’s something to having grown up next to the ocean, be it the Atlantic or the Pacific. I’ve always enjoyed having the ocean nearby, or just the concept thereof, even if I am not always willing to actually get in. Living close to a large body of water gives the illusion of expanse, even though I spend most of my time pounding my head against the proverbial (emphasis on “proverbial”) piano.
I just got back from a performance with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, where they played my new piece The Queen’s Gramophone on a concert with the Mendelssohn violin concerto and Beethoven’s 8th symphony. I enjoyed Mr. Matthew Trusler’s playing a whole lot, even if it’s a bit controversial. (Maybe you’re reading this, Matthew, but I was defending your interpretations post-concert to some colleagues. And – Why not? I sure enjoyed hearing a Mendelssohn which I truly have *never* heard before.)
Did I mention that it’s the year of Mendelssohn? But come now, when isn’t it the year of Mendelssohn? (Was I being ironic? …who knows anymore.)
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Nov.26.09
Happy Thanksgiving! Something about this cool November air prompted me to think of new beginnings, and I finally got up and plowed my way through a new website design. There’s nothing like looking at a bunch of websites, thinking about how they may or may not work with what you had in mind, picking out the stuff that worked, cannibalizing their CSS, jamming it into your own, have it not work, then troubleshoot, then have it sort of work, and then finally have it work, that really makes me feel alive. That and procrastination. Really turns me on.
Incidentally, this site is inspired a lot by the Criterion Collection’s website. And also that there’s not much to it, as I really honestly don’t know all the tricks yet to CSS. So, once this post disappears into the archives, people will eventually just assume that a) I am one of those Helvetica-driven, minimalist site designers; b) I was too cheap to pay for someone to design it; c) I don’t know enough Photoshop or Gimp to make any graphics; and/or d) this is a lame reworking of “Kubrick”.
There’s music here, and there’s also finally an events calendar that I could just enter in Wordpress and have them show up in order by date. It’s wonderful! I hope you like it. :)
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