National Library Workers Day sign
Library workers are a special kind of civil servant. Our mandate is to give you and everyone else free access to some of the best things you can have: learning, self-enrichment, community, contemplation, fun, and simple peace and quiet. the best way to appreciate us is to come use us. 🙂 📚
Last night’s vinyl. The perfect soundtrack for vegetarian chili.
I listen to this every Easter Monday. Not too often that you get a soundtrack for a lesser holiday.
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I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake By A Horse Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food. I am thinking I would like to try cake. Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape. Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy. Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much. I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on." Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …
The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me.
It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."
On Substack this week I wrote about the genius of Joe Henderson. Plenty to talk about there!
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ok but charlie and the chocolate factory did have a darker sequel and it ruled. great glass elevatorheads sound off
Atmospheric solo saxophone with electronics, Saturday morning 9:00am in Room 108. Perfect vibes to wake up with your morning coffee 😂☕️ See you there!!
I sure did see some friends! Look at all these people who also Ella Fitzgerald and Chet Baker. What an honor to speak about them.
say what you will about the denizens of springfield, they do show up to community events
Rabble rousing is an act of patriotism!
I hope to see some friends at The Ohio State University this weekend! Tomorrow I’m talking about Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker, and what saxophonist can learn from their melodic embellishments.
That’s on our menu for this week, too! With sweet potatoes, quinoa, and tons of beans. Love it.
A new Substack post: more thoughts and experiments on 4-part voicings. Thanks for reading!
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Hey #musictheorists we’re going to hire a non-TT music theory instructor. Tell your friends!
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Today’s vinyl offering, Stan Getz “Reflections”
Getz with two heavyweight arrangers, Claus Ogerman and Lalo Shifrin.
My first time hearing the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. You all weren’t kidding about that brass section!
This week on Substack: some jazz harmony fundamentals I cover in my courses:
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“I never see you at the gym.” Oh? I never see you upon the loom.
Today’s vinyl treasure: “Lee Konitz Plays With the Gerry Mulligan Quartet” (a.k.a. “Konitz Meets Mulligan”). I had this on CD as a middle schooler and knew every solo, every arrangement by heart. Incredible group interplay.
A nice beer with a terrific design.
The call has been made! NYC Public Schools will have a full snow day tomorrow.
I learned about him and I like him.
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