December 30 - Arranging Things

John Bilotta and company stop by to drop off champagne for the New Year's fest -- they will go to the gig unencumbered via public transport.  Do the day's updates, including including several reviews of Sebastian Currier's Piano Music CD on 21st-Century Music, plus pdf for page 23 Street Songs, and beginning the composition of Psalm 83 "Keep Not Thou Silence", after Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire: VIII Nacht.

Head out in waxing light

across town, to reunite Harriet with her well-maintained vehicle,

then loop around on errands,

including picking up more opera videos at the library,

as the sky

recovers.  More ancilliary library re-organization later, finishing an accounting of all 50 U.S. States and most of the Canadian provinces on the Facebook Timeline map.  Also note with interest that many others are switching over to the new FB look, and am intrigued by the places that various folks have been, including Be'eri Moalem and Lo Ravel.  Make inquiries as to the purchase of an old slide projector  -- perhaps a way to deal with many of these old boxed-up shots, which are still in impressive condition...  Also close to having a final program for tomorrow, plus finish off re-perusing

The Piedmont (still debriefing from the trip east in October)...

January 18 - Leave the Horses and the Wagons

At last the sun, and a reason to go out into it (after editing Diabolic Variations: XXV), to rendezvous with

Johns Bilotta and McGrew to discuss the possibility of a joint commission for the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra and them -- a pretty long-shot prospect, but, one never knows, plus nice to spend some time with these gentlemen on home turf, with Harriet's characterization of Signore Bilotta as a fine host proving apt...

Off

DVC

way thereafter,

chatting with Doug,

recording more movements of Diabolic;

then return to begin article on Andrew Shapiro for Groves and finish video for



Diabolic Variations: XVIII.