December 2007
48 posts
And now, a word from Warren Ellis
In 2003 I sent this out as a Christmas message. And somehow, after the complex and amazing year that I’ve had - this feels right to offer up again. Peace be unto you, and those you care about… Hugh P. Klitzke - HPK Words by Warren Ellis: Think about something tonight. Go out under the stars, and think about this. When we point telescopes into space, we’re looking into...
Christmas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
For those who want to get clinical. HPK
Santa Claus and Christmas at the Northpole →
Equal representation at the UN! We won’t play your reindeer games! HPK
All Things Christmas: For those who share the... →
We call this “the big push!” HPK
Paul's Ramblings: Vintage Christmas Wax: Revisited →
“a collection of vintage wax recordings from the early 1900s through the late 1930s…’ Wow! HPK
PNC — The True Cost of the 12 Days of Christmas... →
It all started 23 years ago as a way to engage clients and has since grown into one of PNC’s most popular and anticipated economic reports: The PNC Christmas Price Index. PNC calculates the “CPI” each year as a fun, lighthearted way to look at the increasing cost of goods and services bought by the True Love in the holiday classic, “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Low - 1995 $12,481.65 High -...
Go Metric
From my sister Kimberly Klitzke-DeSarno. “It was on this day in 1975 that Congress passed the Metric Conversion Act and started the “go metric” campaign with school activities, bumper stickers, public service announcements, and wall charts. But in 1982, Ronald Reagan disbanded the Metric Board and canceled its funding. The metric system was developed 200 years ago, during...
Sweeney Todd
Obviously this didn’t get finished last night. There was a tree to buy, people to see etc. And this is becoming more and more complicated as I think more and more about it, and Chris Matthews just berated me in real life for not finishing this essay…. It’s a horror film first. Understand that. It’s a musical also and it is Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd – adapted into a horror film. It’s not...
DJ Riko Christmas Music Mixes →
4 Days to go! This is GREAT stuff!HPKThe DJ Riko Merry Mixmas collection is a holiday tradition that dates back to 2002. Each edition is a continuous mix of Christmas music spanning multiple musical genres and multiple decades. The 2007 Mixmas is available now. It features tunes created decades ago and tunes created days ago. It has songs ranging from sincere to silly to sublime,...
Top 50 Albums of 2007 →
re-post HPK Still on the music thing Pitchforks album of year list, I’ll admit I haven’t heard of half of these and only own about 10 on the list. It’s kind of the feeling you get when you walk into the Hip Hop section of the and just blanking look at the covers, feeling like you don’t know where to start. (p.s. not matter what Pitchfolk says I still hate Battles) List...
see you next time - Vox →
Michelle O’Medlin’s blog! HPK
David Byrne and Thom Yorke on the Real Value of... →
Wired asked David Byrne — a legendary innovator himself and the man who wrote the Talking Heads song “Radio Head” from which the group takes its name — to talk with Yorke about the In Rainbows distribution strategy and what others can learn from the experience. HPK
Christmas Corner for All Things Christmas →
7 Days to go! HPK
Hilchos Xmas →
8 Days to go! Have you ever wondered what Xmas would be like if it were a Jewish Holiday?…. HPK
Freelancers Walk Out at MTV Networks - New York... →
The walkout highlighted the concerns of a category of workers who are sometimes called permalancers: permanent freelancers who work like full-time employees but do not receive the same benefits. Waving signs that read “Shame on Viacom,” the workers, most of them in their 20s, demanded that MTV Networks reverse a plan to reduce health and dental benefits for freelancers beginning Jan. 1. In a...
A Question of Impeachment →
A Question of Impeachment features a host of today’s most knowledgeable and visionary minds, including Naomi Wolf, Jackson Browne, Lewis Lapham, Phoebe Snow, Michael Ratner, Bruce Fein, and Sam Shepard. I went last night. A thought provoking evening of theater, politics and engagement… See it. HPK
I’m Not Really Running, I’m Not Really Running...... →
That, in a sense, is the trick that Paula Radcliffe said she uses. Ms. Radcliffe, the winner of this year’s New York City Marathon, said in a recent interview that she counts her steps when she struggles in a race. “When I count to 100 three times, it’s a mile,” she said. “It helps me focus on the moment and not think about how many miles I have to go. I concentrate on breathing and striding, and...
“Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.”
– Publilius Syrus
Shenker and The Vandellas
Okay. I’ve been connecting the dots for the last few hours. And I called up Joel to talk about it all… But what I’d really like to say is that Shenker’s theory of analysis (read - comprehension) of Tonal Music applies across multiple musical forms. And Species Counterpoint (almost useless) and conventional tonal shorthands like chord changes are ultimately a map, not...
Well-Tempered Clavier: analysis, scores, and... →
Awesome! Try it! It’s good for you! HPK
MTO 10.4: Walter Everett, Making Sense of Rock's... →
Nowhere to Run →
The song, written and produced by Motown’s main production team of Holland-Dozier-Holland, depicts the story of a woman trapped in a bad relationship with a man she cannot help but love. Holland-Dozier-Holland and the Funk Brothers band gave the song a large, brassy sound, with snow chains used as percussion alongside the tambourine and drums. HPK
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CHORUS: Nowhere to run to, Baby Nowhere to hide ...
Fundamentals of Piano Practice →
“Everything must be possible.”
– J. S. Bach
J. S. Bach: Inventions and Sinfonia →
This means I'm BACK!
And all of you should just wait for the shoe to drop, the hands of the clock to meet, the page to turn, the date of release the glass to run dry, the expiration date, the test results, the 10 day waiting period, three seconds after the pin is pulled… Just count to 10, take a breath, hold it as long as you can… The sequel is due, the film is based on the novel, the...
“The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother’s always...”
– Robert Frost