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more... - From the President
I just want to make a suggestion of a band to definently check out while at SXSW: O'Death
Check them out at www.myspace.com/odeath
One of the guys (gabe darling) grew up in rochester. You won't be dissapointed if you get a chance to catch them.
They will also be coming to Rochester April 1st.
I think it was good that you brought along your own IT expert! HAHA! Hope it is fabulous! Steve is doing very well. Can't wait to hear all about it! Koko...Tell Sue we miss her, too!!
From someone originally from the Philadelphia ares as well. Upon retiring from EK in '06 and moving south, I lost track of listening to WXXI-FM and, although I was in Rochester when the station was known as WBFB-FM, I hadn't realized that Mordecai had been there that long. I mostly heard him on his drive-time program, and he as well as Simon Pontin added a humorous side to classical listening which I very much appreciated. Here's wishing Mordecai many enjoyable warm days in the sun.
always enjoy your writing but this one has some especially nice touches. good job!
a consumate host,
maintaining superb hospitality always,
whose selections made the close of the afternoon
and the beginning of the evening very delightful
and often moving, edifying,
whose fairness and acceptance of those whose background
and, possibly, belief and practice were different from his own,
posed no hindrance, and who loved to glean the best of each
worldview,
lastly, a man whose acquaintance and handshake I was delighted
aquire at the close of the Live from Hochstein concert in which
Christopher Seaman conducted an outstanding, and not unique
for the sake of being quirky, rendition of Shubert's Eighth....
I am pleased to hear you will be a regular part-time host for I
hope many years to come. Godspeed; my prayers go with
you, sir!
Hi Brenda,
I love your article, and linked to it this week from Poetry & Poets in Rags.
Thanks very much for doing it.
Yours,
Rus
I will miss your voice and warm presence that, combined with beautiful music, made my home feel extra cozy in winter and airy in summer. Best wishes.
Congratulations and best of luck on your retirement!
You were a welcome voice during decades of car rides home from work for me and I'm sure for thousands of others.
And, I enjoyed many noontime at Hochstein shows on the radio and a few in person over the years.
Sincererely,
Art Nielsen
Pittsford
Congratulations and best of luck on your retirement!
You were a welcome voice during decades of car rides home from work for me and I'm sure for thousands of others.
And, I enjoyed many noontime at Hochstein shows on the radio and a few in person over the years.
Sincererely,
Art Nielsen
Pittsford
Hi, Nicole,
Thanks for your e-mail! I agree with you that the poem is more provocative. I scarcely understand it. I seems to suggest that love can be mystical beyond the ability of language to describe its power.
The guy I interviewed for the NPR piece, Milton Cohen, says Cummings pursued both art forms with equal time and effort. I think it shows that some things come more easily. Cummings was a natural writer, a less natural painter. I wonder if he thought his paintings were as good as his poetry.
Brenda
Hi, Carl,
Look, Mahler, Nielsen, and Billy are all equally rated. So relax!
What about the Downeaster Alexa and And So It Goes?
Sincerely,
Uptown Girl
P.S. My rating will get an 11 knob when they get Sufjan Stevens.
*Sprays monitor with coffee*
Billy Joel more exciting than Mahler or Nielsen? I'd rather hear Kim Jong-il sing the Andy Williams song book. Gracious.
...except for Just the Way You Are, with the great solo by Phil Woods. I like that one.
I was hoping they'd get Ben Folds...
After looking at the collection of his paintings on SUNY Brockport site, I have an opinion. There is quite a range of work at the college, an unedited batch ranging in quality. The best work is thoughtful, sensitive in atmosphere, color, mood, with a nice feel for space and the area between things. Other work is more pedestrian, caught in a tight description of objects that don't quite breathe. It seems as though he was developing this talent and sometimes his voice came through, and sometimes he seems more the student.
The poem, on the other hand, is very provocative. I can think over each line again and again as well as muse on the meaning of the whole. Its conception is a fresh shock for a brain looking for exercise. Perhaps the painting was meditative and fed into the poetry, or perhaps it was too hard to write twenty-four seven and he needed another outlet for his mind and soul.
Dear Rob,
Aren't we each of us werewolf and peasant and seer rolled into one confused lump?
Brenda
P.S. Rob and Andrew are referring to a party game in which everyone draws a card, closes his eyes, and, based on the card drawn, is a) killed by a werewolf; b) witness to murder; or c) the sneaky wolf. I have played this game with these guys and, trust me, they're both witless peasants. ;)
Andrew's certainly a werewolf. Sure, he's been a peasant before, but that only increases the odds that he's a werewolf this time.
We finally had some - 4 or 5 inches of light fluffy powder. Then then temperature rose and became light rain. The snow got slushy and hard to shovel. I wish we could have one good snowfall that lasts more than a few hours.
P.S. Listenning to the stream now....
The late afternoon/early evening rally was attended by over 200 people, including same-sex couples with young children and close to a dozen couples who were legally married in Canada. Rochester City Councilman Bill Pritchard, Democratic County Legislator (26th District) Steve Eckel, Brighton Town Supervisor Sandy Frankel, Father Jim Mulcahy of Open Arms Metropolitan Community Church, Michael Nicosia representing Interfaith Advocates, along with many other community leaders and local couples/families, addressed the crowd. The common theme was that all NYS families deserve equal and fair treatment.
Sue Morgan, with her family (wife Jenny and daughters Katie-aged 4 and one year old Eleanor-)standing by her side shared how she has not been able to get on her wife's health insurance due to the fact that their Canadian Marriage is not recognized by Monroe County. The result has been that Sue, as a stay at home mom, has been w/o health coverage and their daughter Eleanor is on Medicaid.
Marriage discrimination causes numerous unnecessary financial, medical, legal and social hardships for same-sex households because they are denied over 1300 rights and protections that NYS extends to married couples. A complete itemized list of these rights can be found on the Empire State Pride Agenda's website: www.prideagenda.org
Dear Andrew,
You sound like you have a victim complex. I suggest you keep your eyes open at all times.
Brenda
Dear Anonymous,
I'll check it out and maybe play it next week when I fill in for my wonderful and inspiring colleague Simon Pontin.
Brenda
I'm never the werewolf. I'm not even the seer. I'm a lame peasant who, nonetheless, dies in the first round.
Great Job WXXI on FTT.
Ruth Phinney rules !!!!
You are the proud recipient of my first ever blog.
Dear Rachel,
Skitty is very shy. Her habits tend to be nocturnal: she sleeps most of the day and blogs by night. But I'll ask her what she thinks. She might be interested in spearheading a Bring Your Cat to Work Day and then blogging about the experience.
Brenda
Bring Skitty to work!!!!
Rachel Ward
WXXI Newsroom
I refer you to Jay Ansill's settings of the poems of Robert Graves. http://cdbaby.com/cd/jayansill Couple of wonderful 'moon' poems are represented in moving performances.
'Dogs rights"
hahahaha ah hahahahahaha
that's funny, brenda
And about the "free free..." thing, are you referring to the people around the park who can use it now without stepping in shi*^ every two steps or getting threatened by a group of dogs who's owners keep them locked in a house or apartment all day?