Monthly Archives: December 2009

A Playlist Revisited: Have a Very Nerdy New Year's Eve!

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Miss Music Nerd

Two New Year’s Eves ago, I posted A Nerdy Playlist for New Year’s Eve. I thought it might be fun to tweak it a bit, in the spirit of out with the old, in with the new! 1. To get … Continue reading →

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Post-Holiday Blues + End-of-Decade Anxiety = Give Me a Funny Video NOW!!

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Miss Music Nerd

Happy Eve of New Year’s Eve, music nerds! Didn’t get quite what you wanted for Christmas? You’re not alone! Garfunkel and Oates: nerdy comic geniuses, n’est-ce pas? Look for more on them in an upcoming post! I don’t know about … Continue reading →

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Carols from Hell!

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Miss Music Nerd

Merry Eve of Christmas Eve, everybody! Tomorrow is a big day for me; I have not one, but two Christmas Eve church gigs! Since tomorrow will be all about the musically sublime, I thought it would be fun to devote … Continue reading →

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Season's Monde-Greetings!

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Miss Music Nerd

A while back, I wrote about the wonderful world of misheard lyrics, a.k.a. Mondegreens, which come about when you can’t quite understand the words to a song, but your mind fills in familiar, if non-sensical, words and phrases, often with … Continue reading →

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Urgent Hello Kitty Menorah Update!

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Miss Music Nerd

Just in time for the last night of Hanukkah! I was excited to find that my Hello Kitty Menorah made it onto a list of 5 Geeky Menorahs at Fandomania, a pop culture blog with a geeky bent. When the … Continue reading →

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This Ain't Your Mama's Musical Advent Calendar!

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Miss Music Nerd

Two Decembers ago, I came across a wonderful online Advent Calendar, featuring a different piece of advent music for each day performed by the wonderful musicians of Trinity Church in New York City. I’m sad to report that the music … Continue reading →

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The Awesome Gravity of J.S. Bach!

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Miss Music Nerd

So there I was, minding my own business, looking for a particular recording, when gravity conspired against me, as it is wont to do! Click Mr. Readmore for the whole, messy story…

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Music for Hanukkah, vol. 2!

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Miss Music Nerd

Happy first night of Hanukkah, music nerds! It’s been a long time since I put together Music for Hanukkah, vol. 1 — I seem to have been asleep at the wheel last year! I almost missed it this year, too, … Continue reading →

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Yuja Wang's Sonatas & Etudes: A Superluminal Journey

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Miss Music Nerd

Note: ‘superluminal’ is my new favorite word. I usually have oatmeal for breakfast, but this morning I sank my teeth into pianist Yuja Wang‘s debut CD, Sonatas & Etudes, which has been GRAMMY®-nominated for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra). … Continue reading →

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Imagine.

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Miss Music Nerd

A song for this day. By the way, check this out. Peace out.

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