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Dudamel conducts Gershwin at the Hollywood Bowl
I was at the Hollywood Bowl again tonight and it is so far my favorite concert of the season. I knew it was going to be my favorite given my high expectations of Gustavo Dudamel and tonight being an all-Gershwin program. The program listed the Cuban Overture, Rhapsody in Blue, “other selections”, and An American… — read more
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My Hollywood Bowl experience
Yesterday, I went to the Hollywood Bowl again. It took over sixteen months between my last concert before the pandemic lockdowns, and it took just four days after that for my next one. The pandemic threat still hangs very much in the air, but at least I feel some sense of normalcy by being able… — read more
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Over the fever and past the lost appetite
About an hour past midnight, the stomach cramps were going away, and I was finally sleepy enough after reading for a couple of hours. The thermostat was set at 78º because that’s about as warm as I can tolerate it when going to sleep and because it’s better for the environment. I usually have to… — read more
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A little under the weather
As occasionally happens with these posts, I’ve fallen a little behind and adding these after the fact. My posting (and all productivity, for that matter) went out the window when I either ate something bad or caught a stomach bug that gave me stomach cramps for most of my Friday. I pushed myself to finish… — read more
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My Return to the Hollywood Bowl
After many months of no live concerts and no Hollywood Bowl season last year, I was finally back for in-person performance. The program was as follows. CATELLANOS: Santa Cruz de Pacairigua RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 2, “Little Russian” I wanted to write something a little more at length about the actual… — read more
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Admiring Japan as an outsider
There has been a lot of news about Japan because of the Olympics, and I’ve been enjoying every minute of it. It’s a nation and culture that I’ve always been curious about and became fascinated with it after the great 2011 earthquake and tsunami. It’s one of the worst catastrophes I’ve ever seen, and any… — read more
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We’re in the early infancy of a space age
People have been visiting space for several decades now, but the visits to space these last couple of weeks by private citizens is a remarkable breakthrough. We’re at the very beginning of commercial traveling to space. Still, I believe that space travel will accelerate at a pace never imagined because of competition among private enterprises.… — read more
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Daydreaming of traveling to Japan
I watched a video today about an overnight ferry from Osaka to Kagoshima in Kyushu, and I wish I could go and sit by a window and watch the landmasses slowly go by. If I weren’t so close to my family and attached to my hometown, I would probably pack my bags, head to Japan,… — read more
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My happy place
I used to run here most daily several years ago. 🙂 — read more
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Lazy Saturday
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