Thursday, April 14, 2011

April 14 - Studied Efforts


Prepare the pdf of Songs on Crane: II. The Wayfarer, make ready for the Spring Break outing, and drop off videos at the library before


Quiz 12 -- "voice-leading for keeps" -- for the Theoreticians, with musical examples drawn from Paul McCartney, Leonard Bernstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Roger Waters, and Willie Dixon.


From here, off for a quick Southern California trip, down 680 to 580, up


Altamont Pass,


past


Westley,


a Shane P. Donlon estate,


Del Puerto,


Crow's Landing,


Newman and


Orestimba Creek,


Santa


Nella,


Little


Panoche,


Joaquin Rocks,


Kettleman


City at


Route 41,


Lost Hills,


Buttonwillow,


Mettler Maricopa,


the Temblor


Range, and


California


Aquaduct,


then up the moonish


Grapevine to


Lebec,


sunny Frazier Park,


Tejon Summit,


Gorman,


at the edge of the high desert,


alongside Hungry Valley,


Pyramid


Lake,


Liebre Gulch,


Black and


Whitaker


Mountains, to


Canton,


counterintuitive


Violin,


cliffy /


evergreeny


Gavin,


and


Weldon


Canyons.


The San Fernando Valley


stretches toward the


Verdugos


and


San


Gabriels,


where the evening skies lead to the cozy comfort of John, Elena, and Claire Browning's residence.

Usage update: 464 MB (45.36%) of the 1024 MB -- up 3 MB, with 50+ new pictures, so, again, OK -- still 1 MB under budget, but with images the next two days likely to go into deficit situation that will probably be rectified next week...