July 5--I just wanted to capture and share a magical moment. It is a gorgeous Fifth of July, beautifully sunny and cool under the swaying trees (my parents anniversary playing in the background, with oh-so pleasant memories; it would have been their 78th). Playing in the foreground is "Sleepy Hollow" on XPN.org (a magical mix of music from every genre and decade narrated gently and wisely by a pleasantly-voiced host and tour guide), (right now a wonderful, cross-generational Woody and Arlo Guthrie duet on "This Land is Your Land" is on, in honor of the Fourth). The show gently wipes away the cobwebs out of my awakening blue eyes, as they turn their attention on Steely Dan's Donald Fagen's book of his life, "Eminent Hipsters." It is almost paradise for just a moment that I wanted to share. I hope you do not mind my intrusion into your life. I hope you are enjoying some magical moments of your own. Happy Fifth.
June 28--Meeting with a law school friend for dinner one night this week was a real treat. The DuPont Circle food was blandly average, but the night was just short of electric. We have not seen each other for 12 years or so, but instantly it was like we were in touch all along and did not miss a beat. We rediscovered so many mutual interests and opinions we shared, and even found new mutual interests that we have in common. And perhaps most amazingly, we newly discovered that we were likely at the same Bob Dylan performance that weekday night in May of 1963 at Gerdes Folk City in Greenwich Village, NYC, well before he hit the big time. Appreciatively,we both put a quarter (that was big money at the time; not really) in the hat he passed around, that obviously helped finance the rest of his career. And the rest as they say is his-story,
June 15--I love the intersection and confluence of Father's Day and the anniversary of my dad's passing this year. It makes the wonderful memories even more powerful. I wore one of his ties to the Yahrzeit service at which I commemorated the anniversary and his memory. In the years that have passed since his passing, I continue to learn more and more about the person he was and the times he lived in, and it brings with it wonderful and insightful feelings. I hope that all who are celebrating Father's Day today have a wonderful day being with their father or recalling those wonderful memories of their father.
May 15--It's a new morning, and a new re-do-over with Dylan doing Sinatra doing Rachmaninoff; the singer/artist ever changing and rearranging--from bobby sox to blue jeans and Bach again. There's an interesting articlle at:http://www.theguardian.com/
March 22--
What fun to watch baseball's opening day game from the Sydney (Australia) Cricket Ground between the Dodgers and the Diamondbacks. The world is shrinking as the sun sets on the baseball/cricket empire.
March 1--After an amazingly busy and rewarding work week, it's great to unwind with a night time replay of today's relaxingly lazy, non-consequential, spring training opener with the NYC/Port St. Lucie's Amazin's hosting DC/Viera's Matt-itudinal Nats. I feel an exciting comeback win coming on for DC's Natty Nine. The Kinks and Ray Charles had it right singing, "lazing on a sunny afternoon" (replayed "in the night time, it's the right time....")
February 22--So Facebook asked its usual question--what's on your mind. I usually resist, but today since brain research is on my mind, I thought maybe it might be a fitting question. There is very interesting research being done on education matters such as how we learn and are there greater or lesser aptitudes for learning certain subjects or languages at different ages. Today, in response to the usual FB question, I want to pass on some recent results of brain research on how male and female brains may work differently and on jazz improvisation. The first research is discussed at
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/
The second research is discussed at
http://
and is detailed at:
http://www.plosone.org/
I welcome your thoughts on any of this, or whatever is on your mind.
Feburary 17--
On a cool crisp and sunny winter morning, I wonder about our ear-podded world in which we close ourselves in to listen just to the music and views that we like, and we often shut ourselves off from the beauty and diverse world around us. While commercial radio is not the greatest, it (along with public radio) provide an element of surprise in our lives, and a chance to discover new things and open ourselves away from just our comfort zones. There is a recent article in the NY Times that raised this issue and I wondered what my FB friends (and their friends) thought about it The article is at:http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/opinion/sunday/driving-to-the-music-of-chance.html?ref=opinion&_r=0 I am opening myself up to other views and welcome your thoughts and views...
Touring Munster — with Phil Rosenfelt and Zell Berman Rosenfelt in Münster, Germany.
The MHS Philharmonic Orchestra in Amsterdam in January 2014! — with Phil Rosenfelt in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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