Posted on September 22, 2008 by virgomusic
Here at McVirgo Manor, Saturday afternoon often means Saturday Afternoon at the Opera on CBC Radio 2. It’s one of the benefits of living so close to our neighbors to the north (or in our case, south!)
This past weekend, the featured opera was Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, which is not the best-known opera — nor [...]
Filed under: 20th century, classical, music, opera | Tagged: Bill Richardson, CBC Radio 2, Claude Debussy, opera, Pelléas et Mélisande, Scott Irvine, Witold Lutosławski | 5 Comments »
Posted on September 19, 2008 by virgomusic
Do you know what day it is?
That’s right, me hearties, it’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day!
The holiday was invented by two guys from Oregon back in 1995, but really, do you need a historically valid reason to great everyone with “Arrrr, matey!” for one day out of the year?
McDoc is a TLAPD enthusiast, so [...]
Filed under: holidays, humor, music | Tagged: Sailor's Hornpipe, SpongeBob, Talk Like a Pirate Day | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 18, 2008 by virgomusic
Wherein Miss Music Nerd gets a small slice of legal education!
First, the background: A couple of people have asked me if I have any plans to cover the songs played at the Republican National Convention, like I did for the Democratic one.
I was pretty clear toward the end of the DNC’s week that I wasn’t [...]
Filed under: music, music & politics, news, rock | Tagged: Ann Wilson, Heart, Jackson Browne, John McCain, Nancy Wilson, Republican National Convention, Sarah Palin | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 9, 2008 by virgomusic
McDoc did good. This morning he presented me with this book, which I hadn’t heard of, but which was actually written, it appears, especially for me.
I mean, it’s a nerdy book about Elvis Costello. Cha-ching!
The smart money says that I’ll be post more about this as I read it!
Filed under: music criticism, musicology, pop, rock | Tagged: Dai Griffiths, Elvis Costello | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 8, 2008 by virgomusic
21 at last!
Oh, and look who decided to show up to the party!
I share my birthday with two other famous composers: Peter Maxwell Davies and Antonín Dvořák. The Davies coincidence is cool, because he wrote one of my very favorite pieces, Eight Songs for a Mad King. The sad thing is, [...]
Filed under: 20th century, classical, milestones, music, news, rock | Tagged: Antonin Dvorak, birthday, Peter Maxwell Davies, Violent Femmes | 4 Comments »
