http://mattvanbrink.com/ Matt Van Brink, composer, pianist, accordionist en Copyright 2009 Wed, 20 May 2009 19:30:00 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LINK (393MB). Schnitzelstu:cke! Previously: Scrap Happy 2008]]> http://mattvanbrink.com/2008/12/scrap_happy_2009_100_mp3s.php http://mattvanbrink.com/2008/12/scrap_happy_2009_100_mp3s.php permalinks schnitzelmusik scrap happy Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:00:07 -0500 Prelude & Fughetta fl., vln., & vcl. | student performers (January)
The In Between , solo cello (February)
White, Those That Stayed Still, SATB a capella (May)
The Animal Estates Home Buyers' Tour, children's musical (July) | Songs: Purple Martins' Majesty, Big Brown Bat, Beaver Dam!, At Least We're Eastern Mud Turtles, Awesome Possum, We All Know Some Animals / Animal Estates
Always Call Your Parents, children's musical (July) | Songs: Always Call Your Parents, Come on Over to the Old Piany, Johnny Hotstuff, The Robot Tango
A Single Winter's Day, holiday musical (September) Songs: A Winter Town in the Winter Time, It's Never the Same Without Snow, Four Seasons of Fun, Ice Pact, The Last Minute Plan, Plant a Seed, Just Adjust
Arrangements for Robert Honeywell's Lord Oxford Brings you the Second American Revolution, Live! (September)
Songs for BMI Musical Theater Workshops (ongoing) Complete list on the music page]]> http://mattvanbrink.com/2008/12/my_year_in_composing_2008.php http://mattvanbrink.com/2008/12/my_year_in_composing_2008.php schnitzelmusik mattmusik year in composing year in lists Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:17:47 -0500 Once again, a list of books I read, and mostly remembered. Links go to LibraryThing (Social bookmarking! Get it?!) Jack Kerouac: The Dharma Bums Alex Ross: The Rest is Noise Hunter S. Thompson: Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 Douglas Adams: Life, the Universe and Everything (reread) Alan Moore: V for Vendetta Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep Ben Mezrich: 21: Bringing Down the House Michael Chabon: The Yiddish Policeman's Union Janna Levin: A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines Malcom Gladwell: Blink John Steinbeck: Travels with Charley Jack Kerouac: On the Road Okakura Kakuzo: The Book of Tea H.G. Wells: The Time machine Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Ernest and Other Plays Amy Sedaris & David Sedaris: The Book of Liz David Mamet: Glengarry Glen Ross Ursula K Le Guin: The Left Hand of Darkness Roald Dahl: Tales of the Unexptected Nathanael West: Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locusts Eugene Ionesco: Rhinoceros (reread) Harold Pinter: The Homecoming Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire (reread) Walker Percy: The Moviegoer Steve Martin: Born Standing Up Michael Lewis: The Blind Side Tony Kushner: Angels in America CHILDREN'S BOOKS Roald Dahl: The BFG Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things That Aren't as Scary, Maybe, Depending on How You Feel About Lost Lands, Stray Cellphones, ... Quite Finish, So Maybe You Could Help Us Out Matthew Reinhart: Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy C.S. Lewis: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis: The Magician's Nephew C.S. Lewis: The Horse and His Boy C.S. Lewis: Prince Caspian]]> http://mattvanbrink.com/2008/12/my_year_in_books_2008.php http://mattvanbrink.com/2008/12/my_year_in_books_2008.php schnitzelmusik year in books year in lists Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:57:14 -0500 Alajuela, Costa Rica Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica La Leona, Costa Rica Playa Samara, Costa Rica Liberia, Costa Rica San Jose, Costa Rica East Northport, NY * Mexico City, Mexico Puebla, Mexico Verzcruz, Mexico Somerville, Mass. * Boston, Mass. Pittsfield, Mass. Bolton Landing, NY Montreal, Canada Quebec City, Canada Winsted, CT West Hartford, CT One or more nights spent in each place. Those cities marked with an * were visited on non-consecutive days and deserve special recognition. Up with cities! Previously: Year in Cities 2003-2007]]> http://mattvanbrink.com/2008/12/the_year_in_cities_2008.php http://mattvanbrink.com/2008/12/the_year_in_cities_2008.php schnitzelmusik year in cities year in lists Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:35:08 -0500 |. - It is immediately recognizable as a separator, an orthographic scythe. - In that capacity, It is more unassuming than the forward slash /. - It's right there on the keyboard, an underdog key, coupled with the wretched blackslash. - It is the tallest, lankiest character on the keyboard, taller than uppercase i and even taller than the square bracket: I [ ) | - It has a cool, monosyllabic plosive moniker. - Why not make the pipe your favorite ASCII character, too? ]]> http://mattvanbrink.com/2008/12/my_favorite_ascii_character.php http://mattvanbrink.com/2008/12/my_favorite_ascii_character.php schnitzelmusik Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:44:11 -0500