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...
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