They demand excellence of themselves, and serve the world.
That's why they survive and thrive!
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Thursday, May 20, 2010
The New York Philharmonic Celebrates 15,000 Performances
They demand excellence of themselves, and serve the world.
That's why they survive and thrive!
Monday, April 19, 2010
Silencing The Music In Somalia: NY Times Story
The next time some self-impressed multi-culturalist drones on about how all cultures are equally valid, that Islam is a religion of peace that poses no danger to civilization, etc., etc., etc., share this news nugget with them.
13 April, 2010
MOGADISHU, Somalia — At least 14 radio stations here in the capital stopped broadcasting music on Tuesday, heeding an ultimatum by an Islamist insurgent group to stop playing songs or face “serious consequences.”
The insurgent group, Hizbul Islam, issued its ultimatum 10 days ago and set Tuesday as the deadline to comply, saying that music was “un-Islamic.” In other parts of the country, insurgents have taken over or shut down some radio stations. Last week, the Shabab, the country’s most powerful insurgent group, said it was banning foreign programs like those broadcast by the BBC and Voice of America, calling them Western propaganda that violated Islam.
The radio stations that stopped playing music on Tuesday are based in both insurgent and government-controlled areas of the ruined capital. Those located in insurgent-held territory seemed to have little alternative, but some of the managers at stations in government-controlled territory argued that the lack of security and the loss of advertising income led them to comply as well.
Now, let's see. We have the suppression of music, the silencing of news programming, all under threat of death at the hands of Muslim jihadists. They have to get their money from somewhere--should we wonder where out loud? Why do the supposedly 'moderate' Muslim states not publicly raise unshirted hell about this stuff?
Now, just for a reality check, let's check out some of the cultural offerings in Israel in the coming weeks. You know, the place with orchestras and conservatories, museums, A FREE ****!!!!**** PRESS, all the things that make them odious to Islamists. And, apparently, Mr. Obama seems to like the Islamists better than the Israelis. He sure as shooting won't stand up to them. Something to ponder as we vote this November, and as we contribute in the days leading up to it.
When this country, and the rest of the West, are willing to finally stand up and say: 'These people are thugs, plain and simple, and we won't tolerate them a moment longer. And, we won't give an inch or a penny to anyone who tolerates them.', we'll be on the road to the solution of our challenges with Islam.
They are the ones with the problem, we aren't.
13 April, 2010
MOGADISHU, Somalia — At least 14 radio stations here in the capital stopped broadcasting music on Tuesday, heeding an ultimatum by an Islamist insurgent group to stop playing songs or face “serious consequences.”
The insurgent group, Hizbul Islam, issued its ultimatum 10 days ago and set Tuesday as the deadline to comply, saying that music was “un-Islamic.” In other parts of the country, insurgents have taken over or shut down some radio stations. Last week, the Shabab, the country’s most powerful insurgent group, said it was banning foreign programs like those broadcast by the BBC and Voice of America, calling them Western propaganda that violated Islam.
The radio stations that stopped playing music on Tuesday are based in both insurgent and government-controlled areas of the ruined capital. Those located in insurgent-held territory seemed to have little alternative, but some of the managers at stations in government-controlled territory argued that the lack of security and the loss of advertising income led them to comply as well.
Now, let's see. We have the suppression of music, the silencing of news programming, all under threat of death at the hands of Muslim jihadists. They have to get their money from somewhere--should we wonder where out loud? Why do the supposedly 'moderate' Muslim states not publicly raise unshirted hell about this stuff?
Now, just for a reality check, let's check out some of the cultural offerings in Israel in the coming weeks. You know, the place with orchestras and conservatories, museums, A FREE ****!!!!**** PRESS, all the things that make them odious to Islamists. And, apparently, Mr. Obama seems to like the Islamists better than the Israelis. He sure as shooting won't stand up to them. Something to ponder as we vote this November, and as we contribute in the days leading up to it.
When this country, and the rest of the West, are willing to finally stand up and say: 'These people are thugs, plain and simple, and we won't tolerate them a moment longer. And, we won't give an inch or a penny to anyone who tolerates them.', we'll be on the road to the solution of our challenges with Islam.
They are the ones with the problem, we aren't.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Comic Relief: The Arnold Schoenberg Greatest Hits Infomercial
It's too funny not to share: A spoof infomercial offering the greatest hits of the Second Viennese School of musical composition.
These were the people who completely destroyed the idea of 'tonal center' as an idea in classical music. For laymen, that means any sense of the harmony of a piece of music having a 'home base' where the ear can rest was obliterated.
Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern: Their names were treated with reverence, their music analyzed, re-analyzed, performed, recorded, re-analyzed... Their music also helped empty concert halls across the world. They were succeeded by Boulez, Stockhausen, Cage, and a host of disciples, many of whom nestled into universities across the fruited plain, writing music no one ever wishes to perform or hear, often at taxpayer expense. Some of their techniques, to be fair, did enter the general vocabulary, and you will hear echoes of their work in film scores.
But, in general, The Viennese imperial personage astride the four-legged equestrian conveyance suffers from both exposure and sunburn after a century of lording it over large parts of high culture.
Hope you enjoy!
These were the people who completely destroyed the idea of 'tonal center' as an idea in classical music. For laymen, that means any sense of the harmony of a piece of music having a 'home base' where the ear can rest was obliterated.
Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern: Their names were treated with reverence, their music analyzed, re-analyzed, performed, recorded, re-analyzed... Their music also helped empty concert halls across the world. They were succeeded by Boulez, Stockhausen, Cage, and a host of disciples, many of whom nestled into universities across the fruited plain, writing music no one ever wishes to perform or hear, often at taxpayer expense. Some of their techniques, to be fair, did enter the general vocabulary, and you will hear echoes of their work in film scores.
But, in general, The Viennese imperial personage astride the four-legged equestrian conveyance suffers from both exposure and sunburn after a century of lording it over large parts of high culture.
Hope you enjoy!
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Fran and Marlo Show Us How It's Done
Love and music, music and love. Two of life's great sources of joy.
Fran and Marlo Cowan remind us, at age ninety or so, after sixty-two years of marriage.
Fran and Marlo Cowan remind us, at age ninety or so, after sixty-two years of marriage.
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