Another early departure,
over
the
Sulfur
Springs
Mountains,
past
Lynch
Canyon and
St. John Mine Mountain Ranch, to
Marin for the
weekly rendezvous with
Crystal and Stanley in the
Crestwood Open Space. We talk of her marvelous business and the recent Obama / Osama finale, then head down the
hill to John's computer place for more info re transferring data en masse from PC to Mac,
do errands around town,
including checking the postbox, followed by blitzes to Berkeley (to drop off very belated 21st-Century Music for printing) and Diablo Valley College for clerical matters.
Full rough circle up 680
and
80,
stopping
briefly for more video enrichment -- including
The Rainmaker (1956),
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry, 1959 / 2008),
The Razor's Edge (W. Somerset Maugham, 1944 / 1946)
The Reader (2008, with music by Nico Muhly, b. 1981)
The Reagans (2003),
Rebel Without a Cause (1955),
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane, 1895 / 1951),
Redbelt (David Mamet, 2008), and
Alexander Korda's Rembrandt (1936). Upon return, learn that Harriet has also brought back a trove, among which are numbered
Dark Victory (1939) and three versions of
Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. (1847 / 1967 /
1970 / and
1992), plus
The Young Victoria. Additionally, Blogspot is back up, and there's even more spring cleaning, plus composing the next page (15) of Psalm 55 (simultaneously bringing the corresponding King David movement from Sibelius into Encore), beginning the pdfs of Nocturnes for Insomniacs (Op. 10), and transferring Flute Concerto ("Mythological") from old to new computer.
Late in the evening, a pleasure to rediscover Igor Stravinsky's Agon in its classic Robert Craft recording, on YouTube, plus a fine BBC documentary on Steve Reich, and several classic John Cage audio-videos (including an intriguing orchestration, by Lou Harrison, of Suite for Toy Piano). Also pleased to be merely at 491 MB (48%) of the 1024 -- three days less megabyte usage than budgeted...
Oh, yes, and a sixth clip for Camino Real: Block 9 video on this Pogo-esque final weekday.
