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Jul 18
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» Old First Concerts - Sarah Cahill
Fri 7/18 @ 8pm (nice piece in San Francisco Magazine, Sarah!)
Jul 16
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» Pitch Perfect and the strange allure of college a cappella. - Slate Magazine
1. omg, y’all need to stop forwarding this to me and 2. why the hell is she snapping on downbeats?!? how totally lame
Jul 14
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» The Opera Tattler: Il Trovatore at Festival Opera
“The period costumes from Susanna Douthit were attractive, though I was confused by the gypsies at first, for some of them looked like normal citizens of Berkeley on any given day”
Jul 12
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» Cat Faucet solves elusive cat drinking from sink issue, we sigh in relief - Engadget
“we’re often stuck turning faucets on and off for thirsty felines because heaven forbid they drink from a dish. One crafty soul has solved this gripping conundrum with an IR detector, valves, some…
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» Noise: SFBG Music Blog - Stirring Matmos: a chat with the ex-SF duo
“We get a lot of juicy offers: ‘Come to Brazil and play a few shows and lay out in the sun.’ But I have to say no because I have to grade 18-year-old’s essays about Macbeth” sat 7/12 @ great american…
Jul 11
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» Can’t Find a Parking Spot? Check Smartphone - NYTimes.com
“If the San Francisco experiment works, no one will have to murder anyone over a parking space” NB: this is not hyperbole
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» this is sippey.typepad.com: the line at b-n-l is huge
“I had no idea that Buy N Large sold iPhones”
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» sfSoundSeries: Contemporary Music in San Francisco
Sun 7/13 @ ODC, “Steve Reich’s Four Organs (1970), Giacinto Scelsi’s Kya (1959), Salvatore Sciarrino’s Muro d’orizzonte (1997), Mauricio Kagel’s Atem (1970)”
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» Mariah Carey, slightly out of whack » Ayyyy!
“By ‘HER NEW BODY’ do they mean one that was created to perfection in a Photoshop lab, but can’t seem to align itself with her original head properly?”
Jul 10
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» David Byrne Journal: 07.09.2008: Modern Music - Die Soldaten
“When I saw the approach of the evil Santas, I got all excited”
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» Notes from a Defeatist: Eight Songs for a Mad King
on hearing julius eastman’s recording for the first time: “It’s that feeling of intense excitement, that I’d discovered a new world and could never think of things in quite the same way ever again……
Jul 09
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» Dénouement « The Ubiquitous Hobbit
manprano survives Chanticleer hazing, becomes a Jedi ::: CONGRATULATIONS, NEIGHBOR!!! :::
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» Matt’s Peripatetic Youtube Dance Video « Saturday Matinee
“I was caught off guard when I found the vid strangely moving” ditto
Jul 08
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» Cultural Anthropology 101: A Whole New Way to Appreciate A Cappella | IvyGate
The Whiffs go to India: “one of the Whiffenpoofs’ early compositions talks about the ‘godforsaken troops in her majesty, the empress of England’s service during the world war in the colonies’.”
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» Corrections - For the Record - NYTimes.com
“The crossword puzzle on Saturday gave an erroneous clue for 25 Across, seeking the answer ‘Aida.’ The clue should have read, ‘2000 musical that won four Tonys’ — not four Emmys.” i was wondering…