Unification
Nico Muhly penned a thought-provoking piece for The Guardian last week, making some very coherent ties between classical and popular […]
Chi-town
Out in Chicago this weekend, primarily to see my alma mater, Notre Dame, lose their sixth game in seven. In
ACJW Ensemble
I didn’t pay a red cent for my first Carnegie concert of the season tonight, thanks to the generosity of
Miracle on 46th Street
"Sight, touch and taste cannot convince us; hearing alone ensures my faith." – St. Thomas Aquinas (from Part XII of
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It Won’t be a Wurlitzer
Several months ago, I wrote about Paul Jacobs, the 30-year old chairman of the Juilliard organ department, who had just
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Randall’s Island 10.6.07
Blonde Redhead LCD Soundsystem Arcade Fire (My friend Melissa captured this offstage encore (of the Violent Femmes’ "Kiss
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Northern Lights
Thanks to Thursday’s late-night debauchery, I almost didn’t make it to last night’s Wordless Music show at the Good Shepherd
Cheeky Bastard
Cheeky Bastard Night at Hiro Ballroom, 10.4.07 (part of this weekend’s Dance Music Invasion) "If an East Village indie rocker
Reaching Out
"One of the biggest challenges of the future is for me the increasingly complicated search for ways of reaching out