Day 354: In Vienna, last day, 1320s
07/21/08 07:38 AM
Day 354 — In Vienna, last day, 1320s
21-Jul-1972 (Fri.)
The
excitement builds towards the conclusion of my trip
as I spend my last day in Vienna. My mom sends me
$100 (surprise) but I can’t cash it (bigger
surprise). What to do? What to do? I think we all
know the answer.
Even in 2009, I’m getting a little emotional over everything. I feel like I coming back home again. Deja vù.
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21-Jul-1972 (Fri.)
Even in 2009, I’m getting a little emotional over everything. I feel like I coming back home again. Deja vù.
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Day 326: Leaving—no, still in Vienna
06/23/08 07:13 AM
Day 326 — Leaving—no, still in Vienna
23-Jun-1972 (Fri.)
I goofed. I missed my train. My journey to Poland didn’t happen yesterday. Do I make it to the train on time today? Certainly.
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23-Jun-1972 (Fri.)
I goofed. I missed my train. My journey to Poland didn’t happen yesterday. Do I make it to the train on time today? Certainly.
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Day 325: Leaving for Poland
06/22/08 07:33 AM
Day 325 — Leaving for Poland
22-Jun-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
It’s the last page of my journal and I’m leaving for Poland. What is going to happen? They journey continues.
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22-Jun-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
It’s the last page of my journal and I’m leaving for Poland. What is going to happen? They journey continues.
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Day 324: Spanish Riding School, Vienna at night
06/21/08 07:37 AM
Day 324 — Spanish Riding School, Vienna at night
21-Jun-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
A nice day
with a lot going on—packing, swimming, the Spanish
Riding School, and taking some night pictures of
Vienna.
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Day 323: Horn recital and goodbye and hello to friends
06/20/08 07:56 AM
Day 323 — Horn recital and goodbye and hello to
friends
20-Jun-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Today is a big day. My horn class recital and saying goodbye to my friends and teachers in both my horn and electronic music studies. What a wonderful year!
2009 brings in a surprise—Ragtime.
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20-Jun-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Today is a big day. My horn class recital and saying goodbye to my friends and teachers in both my horn and electronic music studies. What a wonderful year!
2009 brings in a surprise—Ragtime.
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Day 322: Time for psychology
06/19/08 07:54 AM
Day 322 — Time for psychology
19-Jun-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I enter a trans-hypnotic state to see if I can convince myself to play horn without making any mistakes. Does it work?
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19-Jun-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I enter a trans-hypnotic state to see if I can convince myself to play horn without making any mistakes. Does it work?
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Day 321: Music to relax by
06/18/08 07:49 AM
Day 321 — Music to relax by
18-Jun-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
An opera puts me in a better mood. Today, I say I’m relaxed.
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18-Jun-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
An opera puts me in a better mood. Today, I say I’m relaxed.
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Day 320: Recital pressure
06/17/08 08:15 AM
Day 320 — Recital pressure
17-Jun-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
I’m stressing out for my upcoming horn recital. Uh, oh!
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17-Jun-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
I’m stressing out for my upcoming horn recital. Uh, oh!
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Day 319: Winding down
06/16/08 07:59 AM
Day 319 — Winding down
16-Jun-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
It looks
like I’m winding down to the end of the school
semester. What’s next? I don’t know. We have to wait
to see what the journal reveals.
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16-Jun-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
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Day 318: Der Freischütz, again
06/15/08 07:56 AM
Day 318 — Der Freischütz, again
15-Jun-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Der Freischütz for the third time.
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15-Jun-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Der Freischütz for the third time.
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Day 317: Nothing new
06/14/08 07:54 AM
Day 316: Preparations
06/13/08 07:51 AM
Day 316 — Preparations
13-Jun-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Non-interesting preparations for my trips.
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13-Jun-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Non-interesting preparations for my trips.
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Day 315: Technical difficulties
06/12/08 07:46 AM
Day 315 — Technical difficulties
12-Jun-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
Just some minor technical glitches in continuing to make my final Fantasy copies.
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12-Jun-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
Just some minor technical glitches in continuing to make my final Fantasy copies.
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Day 314: Horn quartet in church
06/11/08 07:36 AM
Day 314 — Horn quartet in church
11-Jun-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
I play in
a horn quartet today in Prof. Gabler’s church then
take a walk through Schönbrunn.
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11-Jun-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
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Day 313: Thank you Prof. Lintz-Maues
06/10/08 07:22 AM
Day 313 — Thank you Prof. Lintz-Maues
10-Jun-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
In 2009, I receive a CD from Vienna with the lost recordings of Fantasy on Broken Glass, newly digitized by Prof. Lintz-Maues. What a thrill to hear those recordings after all of these years. Thank you, Prof. Lintz-Maues.
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10-Jun-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
In 2009, I receive a CD from Vienna with the lost recordings of Fantasy on Broken Glass, newly digitized by Prof. Lintz-Maues. What a thrill to hear those recordings after all of these years. Thank you, Prof. Lintz-Maues.
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Day 312: Goodbye to Dieter Kaufmann
06/09/08 07:18 AM
Day 312 — Goodbye to Dieter Kaufmann
09-Jun-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
It’s the last day of class for the electronic music class, and we say our goodbyes. What a great year it has been!
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09-Jun-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
It’s the last day of class for the electronic music class, and we say our goodbyes. What a great year it has been!
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Day 311: Warm-cold, good-bad
06/08/08 07:12 AM
Day 311 — Warm-cold, good-bad
08-Jun-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Normal day of life’s opposites. Nothing that drinking at night won’t solve.
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08-Jun-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Normal day of life’s opposites. Nothing that drinking at night won’t solve.
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Day 310: World premiere—Fantasy on Broken Glass
06/07/08 07:26 AM
Day 310 — World premiere—Fantasy on Broken Glass
07-Jun-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
I make a
last-minute, desperate attempt to remix my Fantasy
composition for tonight’s world premiere. Do I make
it? Does the audience like it? Do I need to drink my
sorrows into the ground?
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07-Jun-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
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Day 309: Almost there
06/06/08 07:15 AM
Day 309 — Almost there
06-Jun-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
I’m trying to finish up a “new” version of my piece. The concert is tomorrow.
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06-Jun-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
I’m trying to finish up a “new” version of my piece. The concert is tomorrow.
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Day 308: Preparing Fantasy
06/05/08 08:11 AM
Day 308 — Preparing Fantasy
05-Jun-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I remiss a bit about going out with friends for casual conversations over drinks and food. I am preparing my composition for a concert. I am being asked to play in a horn recital. The pressure is mounting.
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05-Jun-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I remiss a bit about going out with friends for casual conversations over drinks and food. I am preparing my composition for a concert. I am being asked to play in a horn recital. The pressure is mounting.
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Day 307: Beautiful Sundays
06/04/08 07:05 AM
Day 307 — Beautiful Sundays
04-Jun-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Vienna has a ton of beautiful Sundays in the spring. It brings everyone to the parks. I am trying to figure out my summer plans. What to do?
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04-Jun-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Vienna has a ton of beautiful Sundays in the spring. It brings everyone to the parks. I am trying to figure out my summer plans. What to do?
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Day 306: National Hungarian Symphony
06/03/08 06:55 AM
Day 306 — National Hungarian Symphony
03-Jun-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
It’s the Hungarian National Symphony at night. I love em. I talk about their style of horn playing.
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03-Jun-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
It’s the Hungarian National Symphony at night. I love em. I talk about their style of horn playing.
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Day 305: Planning a trip
06/02/08 07:11 AM
Day 305 — Planning a trip
02-Jun-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
I’m planning—to go to school at Indiana University, and to visit Poland.
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02-Jun-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
I’m planning—to go to school at Indiana University, and to visit Poland.
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Day 304: Good deed at Prater
06/01/08 08:06 AM
Day 304 — Good deed at Prater
01-Jun-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
It’s a holiday and I go to Prater. I do a good deed there.
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01-Jun-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
It’s a holiday and I go to Prater. I do a good deed there.
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Day 303: Live Kaufmann
05/31/08 08:00 AM
Day 303 — Live Kaufmann
31-May-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
My professor, composer Dieter Kaufmann, presents a very interesting “live” musical piece that he wrote based on live manipulation of a soprano voice. I liked it.
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31-May-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
My professor, composer Dieter Kaufmann, presents a very interesting “live” musical piece that he wrote based on live manipulation of a soprano voice. I liked it.
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Day 302: Shostakovich
05/30/08 07:48 AM
Day 302 — Shostakovich
30-May-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
A light day. Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 1 enlightens me.
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30-May-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
A light day. Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 1 enlightens me.
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Day 301: Paris says no
05/29/08 08:31 AM
Day 301 — Paris says no
29-May-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
Today is the day that I actually get the news that I am not going to Fontainebleau this summer to study composition. I’m depressed.
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29-May-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
Today is the day that I actually get the news that I am not going to Fontainebleau this summer to study composition. I’m depressed.
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Day 300: Big music day at Mai Fest
05/28/08 07:37 AM
Day 300 — Big music day at Mai Fest
28-May-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Vienna,
the city of music, lives up to its name today—the
Vienna Boys’ Choir, Mozart with the Vienna
Philharmonic, Böhm conducting and Gundula Janowitz
singing Weber’s Der
Freischütz are all on
the menu. Wow!
This is 300 days of blogging today. Come on Google, you say content is king. Give me a #1 ranking. (I used to be in the top 3 for a short while.) That said, we do use Google as a time machine to travel back to some of today’s concerts.
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28-May-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
This is 300 days of blogging today. Come on Google, you say content is king. Give me a #1 ranking. (I used to be in the top 3 for a short while.) That said, we do use Google as a time machine to travel back to some of today’s concerts.
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Day 299: New music from Prof. Kaufmann; Mai Fest
05/27/08 07:39 AM
Day 299 — New music from Prof. Kaufmann; Mai Fest
27-May-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
A full
day. Lots of things. Significant is that composer
Dieter Kaufmann is beginning work on a new musique
concrète composition. Mai Fest is also beginning.
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Day 298: First Fantasy in class
05/26/08 07:30 AM
Day 298 — First Fantasy
in class
26-May-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
A big day—I play my composition, Fantasy on Broken Glass, for the electronic music class and Prof. C. It is also a day of coincidences with Berlin, Vienna, and Fantasy.
At night, in my inflated state of ego, I hit the discotek attempting to meet some girls. Strikeout. Ha!
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26-May-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
A big day—I play my composition, Fantasy on Broken Glass, for the electronic music class and Prof. C. It is also a day of coincidences with Berlin, Vienna, and Fantasy.
At night, in my inflated state of ego, I hit the discotek attempting to meet some girls. Strikeout. Ha!
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Day 297: Electronic lecture and party
05/25/08 06:30 AM
SUMMARY
Today ends with some (loud) electronic music by composer Iannis Xenakis in our electronic music lecture. Later, Camilla invites us to her house for a party. Party time.
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Today ends with some (loud) electronic music by composer Iannis Xenakis in our electronic music lecture. Later, Camilla invites us to her house for a party. Party time.
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Day 296: Opera’s expression
05/24/08 08:45 AM
Day 296 — Opera’s expression
24-May-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
A light day. Just a short discourse on opera’s use of dialog to communicate the story.
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24-May-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
A light day. Just a short discourse on opera’s use of dialog to communicate the story.
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Day 295: Angelo Badalamenti and Twin Peaks
05/23/08 07:33 AM
Day 295 —Angelo Badalamenti and
Twin Peaks
23-May-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
A regular day. I feel good about helping some American tourists. In 2009, I take a lazy day and talk about the coincidences of a Twin Peaks rerun that I happen to see on TV and composer Angelo Badalamenti.
Oh! NJ is closed for business. House prices are way too high. No one can buy a house. Rents are high and ever rising. Time to leave?
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23-May-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
A regular day. I feel good about helping some American tourists. In 2009, I take a lazy day and talk about the coincidences of a Twin Peaks rerun that I happen to see on TV and composer Angelo Badalamenti.
Oh! NJ is closed for business. House prices are way too high. No one can buy a house. Rents are high and ever rising. Time to leave?
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Day 294: A holiday with Hesse
05/22/08 08:08 AM
Day 294 — A holiday with Hesse
22-May-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
A day mostly about Hermann Hesse, the author. I really seem to connect to his writing and philosophies. Time to read him again. I’m waxing philosophical today.
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22-May-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
A day mostly about Hermann Hesse, the author. I really seem to connect to his writing and philosophies. Time to read him again. I’m waxing philosophical today.
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Day 293: A lazy day with the Meistersinger
05/21/08 07:59 AM
Day 293 — A lazy day with the Meistersinger
21-May-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
A well-deserved lazy day ending with Wagner’s Der Meistersinger.
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21-May-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
A well-deserved lazy day ending with Wagner’s Der Meistersinger.
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Day 292: My fingers are on TV
05/20/08 07:53 AM
Day 292 — My fingers are on TV
20-May-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
Today is mostly about my being on Austrian TV for a whole two seconds. The TV documentary about the Electronic Music Studio is finally on TV.
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20-May-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
Today is mostly about my being on Austrian TV for a whole two seconds. The TV documentary about the Electronic Music Studio is finally on TV.
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Day 291: Opera, electronic music, computer music
05/19/08 07:56 PM
Day 291 — Opera, electronic music, computer music
19-May-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Today, I talk a bit about my growing interest in the emerging fields of computer music and electronic music, and some of my follow-up study and teachers in the genre. I add a couple of thoughts on operatic vs. orchestral climaxes, including Paul Pott and Puccini.
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19-May-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Today, I talk a bit about my growing interest in the emerging fields of computer music and electronic music, and some of my follow-up study and teachers in the genre. I add a couple of thoughts on operatic vs. orchestral climaxes, including Paul Pott and Puccini.
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Day 290: Ing. Gottwald to the rescue
05/18/08 08:53 PM
Day 290 — Ing. Gottwald to the rescue
18-May-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Ing. Gottwald to the rescue to help me make a better copy of my Fantasy on Broken Glass. I talk a bit about tape hiss and that musique concrète techniques naturally reduce the quality of sound.
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18-May-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Ing. Gottwald to the rescue to help me make a better copy of my Fantasy on Broken Glass. I talk a bit about tape hiss and that musique concrète techniques naturally reduce the quality of sound.
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Day 289: Richard Strauss day
05/17/08 08:45 PM
Day 289 — Richard Strauss day
17-May-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
A day of Richard Strauss at the opera and in a student performance. Problems with the electronic studio equipment leads me to ponder the absence of problems with newly-emerging synthesizers.
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17-May-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
A day of Richard Strauss at the opera and in a student performance. Problems with the electronic studio equipment leads me to ponder the absence of problems with newly-emerging synthesizers.
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Day 288: Very enjoyable
05/16/08 07:39 PM
Day 288 — Very enjoyable
16-May-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
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16-May-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
What can I say? Another opera is “very enjoyable.” Read More...
Day 287: Contemporary ballet and OSU
05/15/08 07:34 AM
Day 287 — Contemporary ballet and OSU
15-May-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I speak today to contemporary ballet and modern dance and relate to a modern dance/music composition that I wrote while a student at The Ohio State University. The composition was a musique concrète/electronic work titled, “Ruth,” based on the Book of Ruth from the Old Testament.
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15-May-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I speak today to contemporary ballet and modern dance and relate to a modern dance/music composition that I wrote while a student at The Ohio State University. The composition was a musique concrète/electronic work titled, “Ruth,” based on the Book of Ruth from the Old Testament.
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Day 286: Beautiful spring; Opera #50
05/14/08 06:55 AM
Day 286 — Beautiful spring; Opera #50
14-May-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Not much
happening today, on a beautiful Viennese spring day.
Wait—tonight I attend my 50th opera performance in
Vienna. Yes, Vienna is the city of music.
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Day 285: Amazing teachers, amazing friends
05/13/08 07:40 AM
Day 285 — Amazing teachers, amazing friends
13-May-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
I take a seemingly slow journal day and turn it around into a post about amazing teachers, friends (Mike), melodies, hooks, DJs, and trance. Intriguing. Now you’re “hooked,” right? You have to read this post. I have hypnotized you into a trance. Read…read…read…
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13-May-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
I take a seemingly slow journal day and turn it around into a post about amazing teachers, friends (Mike), melodies, hooks, DJs, and trance. Intriguing. Now you’re “hooked,” right? You have to read this post. I have hypnotized you into a trance. Read…read…read…
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Day 284: The Electronic Music Studio TV shoot
05/12/08 08:44 AM
Day 284 — The Electronic Music Studio TV shoot
12-May-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Today’s a big day—they are doing a TV shoot about the electronic music studio. It should be a great day, but I am upset. Why?
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12-May-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Today’s a big day—they are doing a TV shoot about the electronic music studio. It should be a great day, but I am upset. Why?
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Day 283: Birgit as Isolde
05/11/08 07:52 AM
Day 283 — Birgit as Isolde
11-May-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
A look and
listen at Birgit Nilsson as Isolde in Wagner’s
Tristan
und Isolde.
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Day 282: Noise, rauschen, clicks
05/10/08 07:46 AM
Day 282 — Noise, rauschen, clicks
10-May-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Come on, you’ve always wanted to hear a pointed discussion on how to edit out clicks from a tape. Well, here it is.
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10-May-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Come on, you’ve always wanted to hear a pointed discussion on how to edit out clicks from a tape. Well, here it is.
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Day 281: Documenting the Fantasy
05/09/08 10:40 AM
Day 281 — Documenting the Fantasy
09-May-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
I talk a
bit about the documentation that I am preparing
for Fantasy
on Broken Glass and the
educational aspect of documenting the techniques and
creation of the composition. Includes some scans.
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09-May-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
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Day 280: Time travel with YouTube—Mahler 4
05/08/08 04:08 PM
Day 280 — Time travel with YouTube—Mahler 4
08-May-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
The real
Mahler 4 concert at night. We enter a time-vortex
through the magic of YouTube and see two videos from
this same concert—36 years ago. Yes, I was there.
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Day 279: Bernstein & Beethoven
05/07/08 03:55 PM
Day 279 — Bernstein & Beethoven
07-May-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
A Mahler symphony and Beethoven opera are on today’s venue, along with a YouTube video. Nice.
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07-May-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
A Mahler symphony and Beethoven opera are on today’s venue, along with a YouTube video. Nice.
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Day 278: Old lady at the opera, with a score
05/06/08 02:35 PM
Day 278 — Old lady at the opera, with a score
06-May-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
I talk a bit about the old lady at the opera—she saw Mahler conduct at the Staatsoper. Read More...
06-May-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
I talk a bit about the old lady at the opera—she saw Mahler conduct at the Staatsoper. Read More...
Day 277: Note from Nadia Boulanger
05/05/08 12:28 PM
Day 277 — Note from Nadia Boulanger
05-May-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
A
wonderful note comes to me from Fontainebleau in
France. Nadia Boulanger has written me a handwritten
note. A treasure. Today’s post is one of the most
important to me, personally, in this entire year of
blogging.
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Day 276: About reading
05/04/08 07:14 AM
Day 276 — About reading
04-May-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Today I talk a bit about reading books and the price of books. Buy printed books now, they may not be around ten years from now.
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04-May-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Today I talk a bit about reading books and the price of books. Buy printed books now, they may not be around ten years from now.
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Day 275: My Vienna songs
05/03/08 07:09 AM
Day 275 — My Vienna songs
03-May-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
I talk a
little about the original songs that I wrote for
Anjali back in 1971–1972. Yes, they were corny and my
singing is very bad. I post the lyrics of my first
song, “One
Summer Day.”
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03-May-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
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Day 274: Avant-garde
05/02/08 07:02 AM
Day 274 — Avant-garde
02-May-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
A day of backup work in the studio and an avant-garde film in the evening.
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02-May-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
A day of backup work in the studio and an avant-garde film in the evening.
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Day 273: May Day, May Day!
05/01/08 08:11 AM
Day 273 — May Day, May Day!
01-May-1972 (Montag–Mon.)(Feirtag)
It’s May
Day, a national holiday celebrating the working
people. Today, there are lots of pictures from the
Rathaus festivities. Enjoy.
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Day 272: A lazy day
04/30/08 07:36 AM
Day 271: A history of John’s hair in Vienna
04/29/08 08:31 PM
Day 271 — A history of John’s hair in Vienna
29-April-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
I go to
the 60s hippie rock-musical, Hair.
Inspired by the theme of hair, I present a history of
my hair in 1971 Vienna. What happened? Plenty of
pictures today.
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29-April-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
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Day 270: Fantasy on Broken Glass—Finished, yay!
04/28/08 08:14 AM
Day 270 — Fantasy on Broken Glass—Finished, yay!
28-April-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
A great
day. Fantasy
on Broken Glass—that’s my
musique concrète work—is finally finished. Yes. It’s
a good feeling to complete a project. Be thankful to
your teachers. Some pictures of the rough score.
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Day 269: RPO, Tchaikovsky 4, Pirates of the Caribbean
04/27/08 07:26 AM
Day 269 — RPO, Tchaikovsky 4, Pirates of the
Caribbean
27-April-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
A good day
for everything—horn, piano, electronic music, and a
concert. Tchaikovsky 4 is on the menu today and a bit
of Pirates
of the Caribbean. Arrgh! My
last day of German journal writing. Yay!
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27-April-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
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Day 268: German students
04/26/08 08:13 PM
Day 268 — German students
26-April-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
A Bernstein tape and some drinking at night.
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26-April-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
A Bernstein tape and some drinking at night.
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Day 267: Partying with Bernstein
04/25/08 07:49 PM
Day 267 — Partying with Bernstein
25-April-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
After
another rehearsal of Mahler’s 5th, I get a surprise.
I’m invited, along with a group of students, to go to
a party for Leonard Bernstein.
I’m partying with Bernstein.
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25-April-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
I’m partying with Bernstein.
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Day 266: Missed Mahler, not Mozart
04/24/08 09:40 PM
Day 266 — Missed Mahler, not Mozart
24-April-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
A missed opportunity to see another Bernstein Mahler concert ends up with me at a lesser-known Mozart opera.
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24-April-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
A missed opportunity to see another Bernstein Mahler concert ends up with me at a lesser-known Mozart opera.
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Day 265: Bernstein and Vienna Boys’ Choir in Mahler 3
04/23/08 07:55 AM
Day 265 — Bernstein and Vienna Boys’ Choir in Mahler
3
23-April-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
What a
day, again! A long post for a great day. The Vienna
Boys’ Choir, first in church, and then in concert
with Leonard Bernstein performing Mahler’s 3rd
Symphony. Wow. Today, was the day I took pictures
inside the Musikverein. Then an opera at night. Is
Vienna, the City of Music or what?
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Day 264: If you have a bad day, wait, the next day may be better
04/22/08 07:50 AM
Day 264 — If you have a bad day, wait, the next day
may be better
22-April-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
Yesterday was bad, today is great. Once again, the Ying and Yang of life is upon us. Why can’t I stabilize my life? Because life throws you curve balls. Keep you eye on the ball. A good day, though with results. I write a letter home.
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22-April-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
Yesterday was bad, today is great. Once again, the Ying and Yang of life is upon us. Why can’t I stabilize my life? Because life throws you curve balls. Keep you eye on the ball. A good day, though with results. I write a letter home.
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Day 263: Work to do, no time
04/21/08 06:47 AM
Day 263 — Work to do, no time
21-April-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
A basically normal day—with plenty of frustration, and some relief via Buster Keaton films. Read More...
21-April-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
A basically normal day—with plenty of frustration, and some relief via Buster Keaton films. Read More...
Day 262: Rehearsing at Schönbrunn
04/20/08 07:16 AM
Day 262 — Rehearsing at Schönbrunn
20-April-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Today, I discover that I’m playing in a rehearsal of Don Pasquale at the theatre in Schönbrunn Palace.
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20-April-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Today, I discover that I’m playing in a rehearsal of Don Pasquale at the theatre in Schönbrunn Palace.
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Day 261: Tannhäuser nicht gut?
04/19/08 07:43 AM
Day 261 — Tannhäuser nicht gut?
19-April-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Not much today. Tannhäuser the opera. Again in German.
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19-April-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Not much today. Tannhäuser the opera. Again in German.
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Day 260: Back to German
04/18/08 07:35 AM
Day 260 — Back to German
18-April-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Nothing unusual today, but I’m back to writing German in my journal.
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18-April-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Nothing unusual today, but I’m back to writing German in my journal.
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Day 259: Mahler 5 televised
04/17/08 06:51 PM
Day 259 — Mahler 5 televised
17-April-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
Today, we
get to see Bernstein conduct Mahler 5 for the
televised version of the concerts. I get to see
Bernstein from the organ balcony and fifth row
orchestra. I also meet Roland Berger, 1st horn of the
Vienna Philharmonic.
A great day.
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A great day.
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Day 258: Bernstein moves the Earth
04/16/08 07:46 AM
Day 258 — Bernstein moves the Earth
16-April-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Bernstein
literally moves the Earth today [read earthquake] in
a concert of Mahler’s Symphony
No. 5 in the
Musikverein. I snuck in for free and got Mr.
Bernstein’s autograph after the concert. Yes.
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Day 257: More Bernstein, more Mahler
04/15/08 08:56 PM
Day 257 — More Bernstein, more Mahler
15-April-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
More electronic music, more Bernstein, more Mahler, and more translation.
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15-April-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
More electronic music, more Bernstein, more Mahler, and more translation.
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Day 256: Kein bekamtschaft (no hookups)
04/14/08 07:42 PM
Day 256 — Kein bekamtschaft (no hookups)
14-April-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
An easy day. Still writing and translating German. I hope that I don’t do this for the rest of the year. It’s a lot of work.
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14-April-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
An easy day. Still writing and translating German. I hope that I don’t do this for the rest of the year. It’s a lot of work.
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Day 255: Ein wunderbar Tage
04/13/08 05:45 PM
Day 255 — Ein wunderbar Tage
13-April-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
An
incredibly full day—horn lesson, piano practice,
electronic music composition and lecture, Leonard
Bernstein rehearsing the Vienna Philharmonic, another
Bach Heiler concert, and watching Buster Keaton
silent films. I’m still writing in German. The big
news—Leonard Bernstein is in town conducting the
Vienna Philharmonic in a Mahler series. This is big.
Photos from the 1972 Mahler Symphony
No. 5, concert
video, today.
Was this a full day or what? An incredible day.
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Was this a full day or what? An incredible day.
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Day 254: Schreiben Deutsch, zweimal
04/12/08 07:16 AM
Day 254 — Schreiben Deutsch, zweimal
12-April-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
I’m writing in German again. Damn. Actually, it was probably good for me at the time, though no one would read it and perhaps correct me. I attend a silent film festival dedicated to Buster Keaton. I remember these being very funny.
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12-April-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
I’m writing in German again. Damn. Actually, it was probably good for me at the time, though no one would read it and perhaps correct me. I attend a silent film festival dedicated to Buster Keaton. I remember these being very funny.
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Day 253: Ich schreiben Deutsch, heute (badly)
04/11/08 09:01 PM
Day 253 — Ich schreiben Deutsch, heute (badly)
11-April-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Today, I write my journal totally in German. What was I thinking back then? Was German the national language or something? Or did Anjali write me saying that I might learn German better if I tried to write it? Regardless, I test my 36-year old knowledge of German and try to translate on the fly (riding back home on the train from a music convention). How did I do? Read More...
11-April-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Today, I write my journal totally in German. What was I thinking back then? Was German the national language or something? Or did Anjali write me saying that I might learn German better if I tried to write it? Regardless, I test my 36-year old knowledge of German and try to translate on the fly (riding back home on the train from a music convention). How did I do? Read More...
Day 252: Ballet night
04/10/08 07:55 AM
Day 251 — Ballet night
10-April-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
After a normal day, I take in a ballet at night. It’s contemporary music and dance.
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10-April-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
After a normal day, I take in a ballet at night. It’s contemporary music and dance.
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Day 251: Mike and the Vienna Boys’ Choir; Idea book
04/09/08 07:36 AM
Day 251 —Mike and the Vienna Boys’ Choir; Idea book
09-April-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Today is a long post. I talk about my friend Mike and his work with the Vienna Boys’ Choir. About creativity, ideas, and writing down your thoughts in those old school marble notebooks or a journal.
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09-April-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Today is a long post. I talk about my friend Mike and his work with the Vienna Boys’ Choir. About creativity, ideas, and writing down your thoughts in those old school marble notebooks or a journal.
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Day 250: Erotic, neurotic
04/08/08 08:18 PM
Day 250 — Erotic, neurotic
08-April-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
I don’t go see an erotic movie, I see a neurotic movie.
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08-April-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
I don’t go see an erotic movie, I see a neurotic movie.
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Day 249: Jean-Pierre leaves
04/07/08 06:57 PM
Day 249 — Jean-Pierre leaves
07-April-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
A good friend leaves today and I discover that you can’t tell a composer by his published cover—until you see it.
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07-April-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
A good friend leaves today and I discover that you can’t tell a composer by his published cover—until you see it.
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Day 248: Strassebahn traffic jam
04/06/08 07:25 PM
Day 248 — Strassebahn traffic jam
06-April-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Today the
Viennese streetcars experience an unusual traffic
jam. At night, we’re at the Volksoper with
An
Italian in Algiers and then
have a drink afterwards with my horn teacher, Prof.
Gabler.
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Day 247: The end is in sight
04/05/08 08:25 PM
Day 247 — The end is in sight
05-April-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Today, I see the light at the end of the tunnel. No, not a train, but my completing my composition, Fantasy on Broken Glass. And I’m philosophical—experiencing the opposites of Ying and Yang in life.
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05-April-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Today, I see the light at the end of the tunnel. No, not a train, but my completing my composition, Fantasy on Broken Glass. And I’m philosophical—experiencing the opposites of Ying and Yang in life.
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Day 246: Lost Glass, found—Thank you, Vienna
04/04/08 07:10 AM
Day 246 — Lost Glass, found—Thank you, Vienna
04-April-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Broken Glass, found. No, that’s not a code word to launch nuclear weapons, it’s news from the Institute of Composition and Electroacoustic Media at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. They have found my 36-year-old tapes and will digitize them and send them to me. It’s a miracle.
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04-April-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Broken Glass, found. No, that’s not a code word to launch nuclear weapons, it’s news from the Institute of Composition and Electroacoustic Media at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. They have found my 36-year-old tapes and will digitize them and send them to me. It’s a miracle.
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Day 245: A ginormous opera
04/03/08 08:04 AM
Day 245 — A ginormous opera
03-April-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
On a national holiday, I take in a ginormous opera – Parsifal.
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03-April-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
On a national holiday, I take in a ginormous opera – Parsifal.
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Day 244: Easter Sunday; tourists
04/02/08 06:55 AM
Day 244 — Easter Sunday; tourists
02-April-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
It’s Easter Sunday and I am playing tourist guide—meeting tourists at mass where the Vienna Boys’ Choir performs and then taking them on a walking tour. A German girl attracts my attention.
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02-April-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
It’s Easter Sunday and I am playing tourist guide—meeting tourists at mass where the Vienna Boys’ Choir performs and then taking them on a walking tour. A German girl attracts my attention.
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Day 243: Fragments, not sentences
04/01/08 07:48 AM
Day 243 — Fragments, not sentences
01-April-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
A normal day with some music, reading, eating, and opera. I talk a bit about my journal writing—fragments, not sentences.
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01-April-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
A normal day with some music, reading, eating, and opera. I talk a bit about my journal writing—fragments, not sentences.
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Day 242: A day in the park
03/31/08 07:31 PM
Day 242 — A day in the park
31-March-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
I spend a
relaxing day in Vienna’s beautiful parks. They are
beautiful.
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Day 241: Back to Bohème
03/30/08 08:29 AM
Day 241 — Back to Bohème
30-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
A good day ends with Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme at the Staatsoper, and a beer.
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30-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
A good day ends with Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme at the Staatsoper, and a beer.
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Day 240: Talking, learning
03/29/08 07:25 AM
Day 240 — Talking, learning
29-March-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Jean-Pierre continues to give me good horn advice.
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29-March-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Jean-Pierre continues to give me good horn advice.
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Day 239: Looking for Broken Glass
03/28/08 06:59 AM
Day 239 — Looking for Broken Glass
28-March-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
In 1972
it’s a regular day. In 2009, a few days ago, I send
an email to the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende
Kunst in Vienna, through their website, in an attempt
to locate a copy of my lost Fantasy
on Broken Glass composition.
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28-March-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
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Day 238: Best horn playing
03/27/08 09:55 PM
Day 238 — Best horn playing
27-March-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I’m happy with my horn playing and saying it’s the best since I’ve been here. Is it attitude? Relaxation? Better breathing? Or a change in my embouchure? As long as it seems to be working.
For some reason, I’m looking at Indiana University for future music study.
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27-March-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I’m happy with my horn playing and saying it’s the best since I’ve been here. Is it attitude? Relaxation? Better breathing? Or a change in my embouchure? As long as it seems to be working.
For some reason, I’m looking at Indiana University for future music study.
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Day 237: Beautiful Vienna in the spring
03/26/08 09:32 PM
Day 237 — Beautiful Vienna in the spring
26-March-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Spring has
arrived in Vienna and the city is beautiful. I head
off to church, and then off to practice, taking a
long walk through central Vienna to the school. Great
opportunities during these walks to take lots of
pictures.
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Day 236: Selfish John
03/25/08 09:23 PM
Day 236 — Selfish John
25-March-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
I discover that I am a selfish, good-for-nothing, bum. I turn around 180-degrees that same day and let a good friend stay a week in my room.
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25-March-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
I discover that I am a selfish, good-for-nothing, bum. I turn around 180-degrees that same day and let a good friend stay a week in my room.
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Day 235: Old friends
03/24/08 06:49 PM
Day 235 — Old friends
24-March-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Nothing
new in 1972. In 2009, I have recently run into some
old college friends on the amazing social networks of
LinkedIn and Facebook. I reminisce a bit about our
friendships and dig up a picture or two.
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Day 234: Studienbuch
03/23/08 07:51 AM
Day 234 — Studienbuch
23-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
What did I
look like when I first arrived in Vienna? What did it
cost to go to school? My studienbuch will reveal the
answer.
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23-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
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Day 233: Bruckner 8 in the Musikverein
03/22/08 07:43 AM
Day 233 — Bruckner 8 in the Musikverein
22-March-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
The
student orchestra of the Vienna Academy of Music and
Dramatic Art (Wien Akademie für Musik und
darstellende Kunst) performs Bruckner’s
Symphony
No. 8 in the
wonderful Großer Saal of the Vienna Musikverein under
the direction of Maestro Karl Östereicher. A great
lifetime thrill and fun to play.
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Day 232: Salzburg pics
03/21/08 08:54 AM
Day 232 — Salzburg pics
21-March-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Amazingly,
my 35mm film processing from Salzburg was found. The
last time I was in Salzburg was in August. To
celebrate, I repost some of my pictures.
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21-March-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
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Day 231: On stage at the Musikverein
03/20/08 08:06 AM
Day 231 — On stage at the Musikverein
20-March-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I’m on
stage at one of the premiere concert halls in Vienna,
no the world—the Musikverein. Well, today is just a
rehearsal. Bruckner is on. I love it. I talk a bit
about this famous concert hall.
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Day 230: Parks, Prater, Films, and Fairs
03/19/08 07:34 AM
Day 230 — Parks, Prater, Films, and Fairs
19-March-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Not only
is today a beautiful spring day in Vienna, but I head
off to Prater to see Vienna’s International Fair and
some smelly cows. Unfortunately, the film festival at
night includes a film that shows the slaughter of
those cows. Another example of the Ying and Yang of
life.
I show a TON of pictures today of Vienna’s beautiful parks and sights.
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19-March-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
I show a TON of pictures today of Vienna’s beautiful parks and sights.
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Day 229: Group improv
03/18/08 08:08 AM
Day 229 — Group improv
18-March-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
An
excellent day of group vocal improvisation in Prof.
Kaufmann’s electronic music class. I talk a bit about
group improvisations.
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18-March-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
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Day 228: From Bach to rock
03/17/08 07:02 AM
Day 228 — From Bach to rock
17-March-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
It’s a packed day of electronic music, Bach organ magic, and a rock dance. Best part—I get additional scholarship money. Money is appreciated.
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17-March-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
It’s a packed day of electronic music, Bach organ magic, and a rock dance. Best part—I get additional scholarship money. Money is appreciated.
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Day 227: Austrian “class” in the keller
03/16/08 07:40 AM
Day 227 — Austrian “class” in the keller
16-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
After an electronic music lecture, we head off with Prof. Kaufmann to an underground keller and experience a pleasurable night of good company, discussion, wine, ambience and live opera arias as entertainment. Electronic music class. Austrian class.
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16-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
After an electronic music lecture, we head off with Prof. Kaufmann to an underground keller and experience a pleasurable night of good company, discussion, wine, ambience and live opera arias as entertainment. Electronic music class. Austrian class.
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Day 226: Good day
03/15/08 07:32 AM
Day 225: Break it down
03/14/08 08:23 PM
Day 225 — Break it down
14-March-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I learn something about piano practice today and spend most of my day with piano. I’m slouching in electronic music—only four hours.
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14-March-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I learn something about piano practice today and spend most of my day with piano. I’m slouching in electronic music—only four hours.
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Day 224: Skip me
03/13/08 07:20 AM
Day 223: Don’t be rude
03/12/08 07:06 AM
Day 223 — Don’t be rude
12-March-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Don’t be
rude at a concert. Be quiet. I am at an Anna Moffo
recital.
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Day 222: Taking a chance
03/11/08 07:50 AM
Day 222 — Taking a chance
11-March-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
A brand
new idea comes to me. Turning radio recordings into
compositions. I talk a bit about John Cage and his
influence on the genre of “chance” music and
“happenings.”
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11-March-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
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Day 221: Disco at the Voom-Voom
03/10/08 07:59 PM
Day 221 — Disco at the Voom-Voom
10-March-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
No, no. It’s not “zoom-zoom-zoom,” the Volkswagen commercial in 2008 and 2009, it’s Voom-Voom the 1972 Viennese disktotek and I visit it once again, hoping to meet a nice girl.
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10-March-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
No, no. It’s not “zoom-zoom-zoom,” the Volkswagen commercial in 2008 and 2009, it’s Voom-Voom the 1972 Viennese disktotek and I visit it once again, hoping to meet a nice girl.
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Day 220: Too little, too much
03/09/08 07:53 PM
Day 220 — Too little, too much
09-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
I pose to you, the reader, these questions:
• Which is better—too little, or too much?
• Is it better to produce five top-ten hits or 200 here’s-the-idea pieces of music?
Then, I spend a lot of time talking about this stuff.
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09-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
I pose to you, the reader, these questions:
• Which is better—too little, or too much?
• Is it better to produce five top-ten hits or 200 here’s-the-idea pieces of music?
Then, I spend a lot of time talking about this stuff.
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Day 219: Thinking of films
03/08/08 06:47 PM
Day 219 — Thinking of films
08-March-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Steven Spielberg, move over. Today, my journal tips me as to why I am suddenly in a film mode.
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08-March-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Steven Spielberg, move over. Today, my journal tips me as to why I am suddenly in a film mode.
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Day 218: Lofty musings today—Hermann Hesse
03/07/08 08:36 AM
Day 218 — Lofty musings today—Hermann Hesse
07- March-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Today is heavy with abstract concepts and thoughts. I want to make an abstract film about the human body and talk about influences. It’s Hermann Hesse’s fault.
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07- March-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Today is heavy with abstract concepts and thoughts. I want to make an abstract film about the human body and talk about influences. It’s Hermann Hesse’s fault.
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Day 217: Positive progress
03/06/08 06:32 AM
Day 217 — Positive progress
06-March-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I’m making progress. Other than that, not much news. Skip.
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06-March-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
I’m making progress. Other than that, not much news. Skip.
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Day 216: More score
03/05/08 07:23 AM
Day 216 — More score
05-March-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Today, I score, more. You can skip today.
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05-March-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Today, I score, more. You can skip today.
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Day 215: A bit tired
03/04/08 06:22 AM
Day 215 — A bit tired
04-March-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
Work can tire you out. That’s ok. Skip today.
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04-March-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
Work can tire you out. That’s ok. Skip today.
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Day 214: A good, no, “excellent” day
03/03/08 08:19 AM
Day 214 — A good, no, “excellent” day
03-March-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
An excellent day. Stravinsky, Berio, and Bruckner. Today, praise of contemporary music.
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03-March-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
An excellent day. Stravinsky, Berio, and Bruckner. Today, praise of contemporary music.
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Day 213: Critiquing and my music
03/02/08 07:16 AM
Day 213 — Critiquing and my music
02-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Another full day and some critique of contemporary music, and my music. I talk just a little bit about my music.
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02-March-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Another full day and some critique of contemporary music, and my music. I talk just a little bit about my music.
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Day 212: Pupofon Zweimal
03/01/08 06:14 AM
Day 212 —
Pupofon
Zweimal
01-March (März)-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Electronic
scoring and electronic live performance, Prof.
Kaufmann’s Pupofon,
are the
highlights of today. A good full day of music. I
wonder about lost opportunities and lost composition.
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Day 211: Leap Year with Bruckner
02/29/08 08:57 AM
Day 211 — Leap Year with Bruckner
29-February-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
I’m
playing Wagner tuba. I’m playing Bruckner. Well,
we’re rehearsing. And in 1972 and 2008, we have an
extra day this year. An extra day to play Bruckner.
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Day 210: I’m playing Bruckner; Brothers
02/28/08 07:43 AM
Day 210 — I’m playing Bruckner; Brothers
28-February-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
Not only
it is a good day but I am going to play Wagner tuba
in Bruckner’s Symphony
No. 8. Yes.
Check out some Bruckner links and a YouTube video. I
talk about brothers Steve and Frank.
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Day 209: Scoring for sound
02/27/08 10:50 PM
Day 209 — Scoring for sound
27-February-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
I present some brief examples from my “graphic” rough scores of my musique concrète piece and samples from the typed notes on how I created the work. Looking back at my actual notes, some of which I can’t read, reminded me of how much work went into this project. It was not a musical masterpiece, but it was a great learning experience.
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27-February-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
I present some brief examples from my “graphic” rough scores of my musique concrète piece and samples from the typed notes on how I created the work. Looking back at my actual notes, some of which I can’t read, reminded me of how much work went into this project. It was not a musical masterpiece, but it was a great learning experience.
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Day 208: Teaching with sound
02/26/08 09:51 PM
Day 208 — Teaching with sound
26-February-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
Music is
sound. Sound is music. Later in life, as a teacher, I
teach musical concepts and creativity through
sound—musique concrète and electronic music. Add the
ability to make student films—the young students
loved it all.
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26-February-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
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Day 207: Sound as music
02/25/08 08:30 AM
Day 207 — Sound as music
25-February-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Prof.
Kaufmann helps me to move towards the completion of
my educational electronic music book project with
both music and score. I am doing an extensive amount
of work in the electronic lab on this music. I talk a
bit about sound as music.
I may have discovered a long lost Viennese friend, Mike, on the Internet.
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25-February-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
I may have discovered a long lost Viennese friend, Mike, on the Internet.
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Day 206: The Viennese experience; the Valkyries
02/24/08 08:00 AM
Day 206 — The Viennese experience; the Valkyries
24-February-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
I talk a bit about the Viennese experience and why I couldn’t recreate it back home. It’s another great night at the opera with The Valkyries. Check out Pierre Boulez conducting The Ride of the Valkyries on YouTube. I may use the Valkyrie motive as a ringtone for certain family members. No, not my wife, Brunhilde.
Here’s my wife and I in costume as Wotan and Brunhilde.
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24-February-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
I talk a bit about the Viennese experience and why I couldn’t recreate it back home. It’s another great night at the opera with The Valkyries. Check out Pierre Boulez conducting The Ride of the Valkyries on YouTube. I may use the Valkyrie motive as a ringtone for certain family members. No, not my wife, Brunhilde.
Here’s my wife and I in costume as Wotan and Brunhilde.
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Day 205: Musique concrète—from Vienna to teaching
02/23/08 07:20 AM
Day 205 — Musique concrète—from Vienna to teaching
23-February-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Today, I talk about some of the techniques used to create music/sound in the musique concrète genre and how they can be used to teach musical concepts to young students, exploring musical creativity through electronic music and filmmaking. The students, grades 7–9, presented a full program of their creative work in a special Bicentennial program to the school. They were wonderful. Read More...
23-February-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Today, I talk about some of the techniques used to create music/sound in the musique concrète genre and how they can be used to teach musical concepts to young students, exploring musical creativity through electronic music and filmmaking. The students, grades 7–9, presented a full program of their creative work in a special Bicentennial program to the school. They were wonderful. Read More...
Day 204: Jehudi Menuhin concert
02/22/08 07:00 AM
Day 204 — Jehudi Menuhin concert
22-February-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
A busy day with a Yehudi Mehuhin concert at night.
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22-February-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
A busy day with a Yehudi Mehuhin concert at night.
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Day 203: Lows, highs, and lip slurs
02/21/08 06:40 AM
Day 203 — Lows, highs, and lip slurs
21-February-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
After hearing the Wagner Siegfried Horn Call the other day, you know how challenging playing the horn can be. My problem has mostly been the high register. These highs give me the lows. Don’t give me no lip, now.
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21-February-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
After hearing the Wagner Siegfried Horn Call the other day, you know how challenging playing the horn can be. My problem has mostly been the high register. These highs give me the lows. Don’t give me no lip, now.
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Day 202: Horn players love Richard Strauss
02/20/08 08:15 AM
Day 202 — Horn players love Richard Strauss
20-February-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
It’s Sunday and I need to take a break. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the brass section wows me at night.
I discover a ton of online videos relating to Ein Heldenleben and the horn.
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20-February-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
It’s Sunday and I need to take a break. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the brass section wows me at night.
I discover a ton of online videos relating to Ein Heldenleben and the horn.
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Day 201: Horn-o-phrenia
02/19/08 07:58 AM
Day 201 — Horn-o-phrenia
19-February-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
19-February-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
I discover
that I may be afflicted with the rare, horn player’s
problem, called horn-o-phrenia. Bipolar swings of
good and not-so-good playing. After analysis of this
journal, several professionals have concluded that I
certainly demonstrate bipolar horn playing.
To cheer myself up, I watch some great Siegfried horn
videos on YouTube.
Day 200: In 36 years, life hasn’t changed
02/18/08 06:55 PM
Day 200 — In 36 years, life hasn’t changed
18-February-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Life hasn’t changed in over 36 years. I was amazingly prophetic in 1972. I take you on a tour of my prophecies regarding my back, stomach, ego, brain, work, stress, eating chocolate, and girlfriends. It’s as if I stepped through a time-space continuum portal (with some warping) from 1972 to 2009.
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18-February-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Life hasn’t changed in over 36 years. I was amazingly prophetic in 1972. I take you on a tour of my prophecies regarding my back, stomach, ego, brain, work, stress, eating chocolate, and girlfriends. It’s as if I stepped through a time-space continuum portal (with some warping) from 1972 to 2009.
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Day 199: Practice, more practice
02/17/08 05:52 PM
Day 199 — Practice, more practice
17-February-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Skip today. Just a lot of practice and studio work.
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17-February-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Skip today. Just a lot of practice and studio work.
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Day 198: Practice Makes Perfect
02/16/08 06:31 PM
Day 198 — Practice Makes Perfect
16-February-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Lot’s of practicing today.
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16-February-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Lot’s of practicing today.
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Day 197: 25s a day, oh my!
02/15/08 07:26 PM
Day 197 — 25s a day, oh my!
15-February-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
“25s a day, oh my” can be sung to the Follow the Yellow-brick Road song in The Wizard of Oz. 25 Austrian schillings a day. Money, money, money. It’s time to follow the yellow-brick road to budgeting expenses.
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15-February-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
“25s a day, oh my” can be sung to the Follow the Yellow-brick Road song in The Wizard of Oz. 25 Austrian schillings a day. Money, money, money. It’s time to follow the yellow-brick road to budgeting expenses.
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Day 196: Applying to Fontainebleau
02/14/08 08:28 AM
Day 196 — Applying to
Fontainebleau
14-February-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
14-February-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
A full day
of school and work along with an application to study
at Fontainebleau, the famous school for composers.
Day 195: Gourmet Beethoven
02/13/08 07:13 AM
Day 195 — Gourmet Beethoven
13-February-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Today is a
GOURMET day. First, my incredible culinary
masterpiece—the Sunday meal. Second, wonderful
gourmet Beethoven. Life is good.
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Day 194: Conservatory style
02/12/08 12:40 PM
Day 194 — Conservatory style
12-February-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
I talk a little about the differences between my prior experience with horn lessons and the conservatory-style horn classes that I attended in Vienna.
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12-February-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
I talk a little about the differences between my prior experience with horn lessons and the conservatory-style horn classes that I attended in Vienna.
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Day 193: Nothing special
02/11/08 12:37 PM
Day 193 — Nothing special
11-February-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Skip today. Nothing special, a day of progress in electronic music.
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11-February-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Skip today. Nothing special, a day of progress in electronic music.
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Day 192: Dreams, hopes, and scholarships
02/10/08 06:40 PM
Day 192 — Dreams, hopes, and scholarships
10-February-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
I want to continue study and look to finding places to study and apply for scholarships. My 1972 youthful hopes and dreams are becoming apparent. Life’s choices and reality may change those dreams. My advice to young people…
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10-February-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
I want to continue study and look to finding places to study and apply for scholarships. My 1972 youthful hopes and dreams are becoming apparent. Life’s choices and reality may change those dreams. My advice to young people…
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Day 191: Life at Wickenburggasse; letters from Anjali
02/09/08 06:29 PM
Day 191 — Life at Wickenburggasse; letters from
Anjali
09-February-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Just a few
memories on life at home in my Wickenburggasse room.
After a normal school day, I reminisce about my
letters with Anjali. I come to the realization that I
was probably in need of a girlfriend.
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09-February-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
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Day 190: The Sound of Breaking Glass
02/08/08 09:05 AM
Day 190 — The Sound of Breaking Glass
08-February-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Today, I
record the sound of a breaking glass in electronic
music class and begin a satisfying journey of
manipulating sound with musique
concrète techniques.
I find a small excerpt of this lost music on the
Internet, over 36 years later.
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08-February-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
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Day 189: Pretty “well,” not pretty “good”
02/07/08 08:09 AM
Day 189 — Pretty “well,” not pretty “good”
07-February-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
My grammar is not well, err, good. Sheesh! Thank goodness I bought Grammar Girl’s new book.
I won’t be a film composer anytime soon, but I am appreciating Prof. Kaufmann, once again.
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07-February-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
My grammar is not well, err, good. Sheesh! Thank goodness I bought Grammar Girl’s new book.
I won’t be a film composer anytime soon, but I am appreciating Prof. Kaufmann, once again.
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Day 188: A Little Bit Every Day
02/06/08 08:02 AM
Day 188 — A Little Bit
Every
Day
06-February-1972 (Sontag–Sun.)
After some practice, I’m studying languages again. I pass on to you the secret “key” to successful learning.
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06-February-1972 (Sontag–Sun.)
After some practice, I’m studying languages again. I pass on to you the secret “key” to successful learning.
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Day 187: Great horn website
02/05/08 07:51 PM
Day 187 — Great horn website
05-February-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
In 2009, I
present a wonderful website on the Horn and the
Viennese Horn by Prof. Hans Pizka.
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05-February-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
Day 186: Quality Education; Opportunity Knocks
02/04/08 06:28 PM
Day 186 — Quality Education; Opportunity Knocks
04-February-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Today, I have some thoughts on the wonderful educational experiences provided by Prof. Gabler in Horn, and Prof. Kaufman in Electronic Music.
We’re going to be famous! Two real-world opportunities present themselves to the students of Kaufman’s electronic music class.
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04-February-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Today, I have some thoughts on the wonderful educational experiences provided by Prof. Gabler in Horn, and Prof. Kaufman in Electronic Music.
We’re going to be famous! Two real-world opportunities present themselves to the students of Kaufman’s electronic music class.
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Day 185: Viennese Horn teachers
02/03/08 07:10 AM
Day 185 — Viennese Horn teachers
03-February-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
Today, I
get a horn lesson from Dr. Paul, who tries to help me
with my frustration. I may not be a pro but I want to
be as good as I can.
I take this time to thank my main professor, Frederick Gabler. In my research I run across a great site filled with horn history and information.
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03-February-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
I take this time to thank my main professor, Frederick Gabler. In my research I run across a great site filled with horn history and information.
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Day 184: Friends leaving
02/02/08 08:01 AM
Day 184 — Friends leaving
02-February-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Two good horn-player friends are leaving soon. Jean-Pierre is from Montreal, and I do get to visit him, some years later.
I present two solutions to two regrets in my life. Here they are: (1) travel more, and (2) keep a journal.
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02-February-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Two good horn-player friends are leaving soon. Jean-Pierre is from Montreal, and I do get to visit him, some years later.
I present two solutions to two regrets in my life. Here they are: (1) travel more, and (2) keep a journal.
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Day 183: Nothing new; language study
02/01/08 07:48 AM
Day 183 — Nothing new; language study
01-February-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Nothing new today. I’m studying languages.
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01-February-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Nothing new today. I’m studying languages.
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Day 182: NAMM 2009
01/31/08 09:11 PM
Day 182 — NAMM 2009
31-January-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
Today, I
talk a bit about NAMM 2009, the music trade show that
introduces new music products to U.S. music
retailers.
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31-January-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
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Day 181: Vienna in the snow, beautiful
01/30/08 08:30 PM
Day 181 — Vienna in the snow, beautiful
30-January-1972 (Sontag–Sun.)
Today it
snows in Vienna. The parks are quiet, serene and
beautiful in the snow. Here are a few photos.
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Day 180: Vienna Ice Follies
01/29/08 07:37 PM
Day 180 — Vienna Ice Follies
29-January-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
A good day
for horn and electronic music. At night I see the Ice
Follies in Vienna’s Stadthalle. It was enjoyable.
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Day 179: Contemporary music
01/28/08 07:00 PM
Day 179 — Contemporary music
28-January-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Some thoughts on why I overly criticize contemporary music—at least from 36 years ago. Read More...
28-January-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Some thoughts on why I overly criticize contemporary music—at least from 36 years ago. Read More...
Day 178: Time Machine Tape Recorder
01/27/08 06:34 PM
Day 178 — Time Machine Tape Recorder
27-January-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
I see a good cello concert. I throw out a free business idea to inventors that could reap billions of dollars for someone. It’s free, for you. Read More...
27-January-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
I see a good cello concert. I throw out a free business idea to inventors that could reap billions of dollars for someone. It’s free, for you. Read More...
Day 177: Meeting Rotary; First Haircut
01/26/08 06:20 PM
Day 177 — Meeting Rotary; First Haircut
26-January-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
I finally get to meet other Rotary students and learn that there are many students here. For the occasion, I get my first haircut in six months. No more hippie-John.
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26-January-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
I finally get to meet other Rotary students and learn that there are many students here. For the occasion, I get my first haircut in six months. No more hippie-John.
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Day 176: Brother Mike in Vienna, yay!
01/25/08 03:38 PM
Day 176 — Brother Mike in Vienna, yay!
25-January-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Brother Mike comes to Vienna from Kitzbühel and gets a full day of sightseeing, and a Mozart opera (with actual seats) at night. Quite an excellent day.
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25-January-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Brother Mike comes to Vienna from Kitzbühel and gets a full day of sightseeing, and a Mozart opera (with actual seats) at night. Quite an excellent day.
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Day 175: Back in Vienna
01/24/08 03:24 PM
Day 175 — Back in Vienna
24-January-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
Straight to school from the train. Nothing of interest today.
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24-January-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
Straight to school from the train. Nothing of interest today.
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Day 170: Get Ready, Munich
01/19/08 08:46 AM
Day 170 — Get Ready, Munich
19-January-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
This year’s concert experiences have been a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a young music student. I have never been able to recreate this musical journey to this day, 36 years later.
I get ready for my trip to Munich to see my college friends of Montclair State, followed by a ski trip to Kitzbuhel to see my brother. I leave at night. Exciting.
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19-January-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
This year’s concert experiences have been a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a young music student. I have never been able to recreate this musical journey to this day, 36 years later.
I get ready for my trip to Munich to see my college friends of Montclair State, followed by a ski trip to Kitzbuhel to see my brother. I leave at night. Exciting.
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Day 169: Good electronic music
01/18/08 08:22 AM
Day 169 — Good electronic music
18-January-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
A good day in the electronic music studio. Not exciting in the journal but good news for my electronic studies.
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18-January-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
A good day in the electronic music studio. Not exciting in the journal but good news for my electronic studies.
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Day 168: A Lulu of a day
01/17/08 08:03 AM
Day 168 — A
Lulu
of a day
17-January-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
It’s a Lulu of a day. I had two good lessons. It’s a day at the dentist. It’s Lulu at the opera. And, I learn a life-lesson from a young blind boy.
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17-January-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
It’s a Lulu of a day. I had two good lessons. It’s a day at the dentist. It’s Lulu at the opera. And, I learn a life-lesson from a young blind boy.
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Day 167: Back to music
01/16/08 08:46 PM
Day 167 — Back to music
16-January-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
It’s back to some concertizing in Vienna. A Beethoven mass and Brahm’s symphony. Music heals the soul. In 2008, I need some soul healing—back to the blog.
My brother and college buddies are coming to Europe. I’m going to try and hookup with them.
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16-January-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
It’s back to some concertizing in Vienna. A Beethoven mass and Brahm’s symphony. Music heals the soul. In 2008, I need some soul healing—back to the blog.
My brother and college buddies are coming to Europe. I’m going to try and hookup with them.
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Day 166: Relaxing today
01/15/08 02:46 PM
Day 165: Electronic music class; a horn recital; dreams
01/14/08 08:54 PM
Day 165 — Electronic music class; a horn recital;
dreams
14-January-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Today is a
full day of school—electronic music class, a horn
class recital, and dreams of returning to Vienna.
This photo is that of our electronic music class. A
good question to ask ourselves is how our lives would
be different today, if we had pursued and followed
those early dreams.
It’s never too late to dream and it's never too late to take those first steps on your journey.
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14-January-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
It’s never too late to dream and it's never too late to take those first steps on your journey.
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Day 164: NAMM and the Vienna Symphonic Library
01/13/08 03:59 PM
Day 164 — NAMM and the Vienna Symphonic Library
13-January-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
In 2008, I
visit the NAMM trade show and visit my favorite music
manufacturers and software developers, including
the Vienna
Symphonic Library. If you are
a composer, arranger, orchestrator, producer, or have
aspirations of writing music for film, TV,
commercial, or the record business, you need to
discover orchestral sample libraries.
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13-January-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
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Day 163: The hair, the hair!
01/12/08 08:52 PM
Day 163 — The hair, the hair
12-January-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
It’s Day 2
of my blog catch-up. Today, in 1972, there is not
much going on.
In 2008, I post my student ID from 1971. Talk about hair. Weren’t there any barbers in Vienna 1971?
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12-January-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
In 2008, I post my student ID from 1971. Talk about hair. Weren’t there any barbers in Vienna 1971?
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Day 162: I'm back!
01/11/08 08:27 PM
Day 162 — I’m Back!
11-January-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
It’s been almost two months since I’ve blogged. Life in 2008 has been very hectic, with no time to concentrate on blogging. Just like Arnold, The Terminator, I’m terminating that silence. It's back to the past! I’m blogging again.
To read these back posts, use my "Catch-up" posting, or look to the Monthly Archives in the right column.
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11-January-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
It’s been almost two months since I’ve blogged. Life in 2008 has been very hectic, with no time to concentrate on blogging. Just like Arnold, The Terminator, I’m terminating that silence. It's back to the past! I’m blogging again.
To read these back posts, use my "Catch-up" posting, or look to the Monthly Archives in the right column.
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Day 161: Thank you, Austria
01/10/08 10:58 PM
Day 161 — Thank you, Austria
10-January-1972 (Montag—Mon.)
Back in Vienna, it’s back to the grind. I look back at a wonderful three weeks of vacation in Innsbruck, Vienna, and St. Anton.
10-January-1972 (Montag—Mon.)
Back in Vienna, it’s back to the grind. I look back at a wonderful three weeks of vacation in Innsbruck, Vienna, and St. Anton.
Day 152: Glückliches Neues Jahr; New Year’s Day concert; off to St. Anton
01/01/08 02:20 PM
Day 152 — Glückliches Neues Jahr; New Year’s Day
concert; off to St. Anton
01-January-1972 (Sat.)
What a
day! That’s how I end today’s reflections. I get into
standing room for the world-famous New Year’s Day
concert by the Vienna Philharmonic that features
waltzes and polkas by Johann Strauss’ I and II, dad
and son. What fun! Then, I head off on the train to
the Austrian Alps, stop in Innsbruck to give
Elisabeth a gift, and then head on to the
world-famous ski resort of St. Anton for a week of
skiing.
What a day! What a year!
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What a day! What a year!
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Day 151: New Year’s Eve—Die Fledermaus
12/31/07 07:47 PM
Day 151 — New Year’s Eve—Die Fledermaus
31-December-1971 (Fri.)
A day filled with New Year's Eve traditions—spending all day in a standing room line, an ad-lib performance of Die Fledermaus, sneaking in champagne into the opera house (?), Kärtnerstrasse, Stephansdom Platz, and partying. Great performances. Great traditions. Too much to drink. Read More...
31-December-1971 (Fri.)
A day filled with New Year's Eve traditions—spending all day in a standing room line, an ad-lib performance of Die Fledermaus, sneaking in champagne into the opera house (?), Kärtnerstrasse, Stephansdom Platz, and partying. Great performances. Great traditions. Too much to drink. Read More...
Day 150: Lord of Wagner's Ring
12/30/07 09:17 AM
Day 150 — Lord of Wagner's Ring
30-December-1971 (Thur.)
Before
the Lord
of the Rings movies,
there was
Richard Wagner’s Ring
Cycle. I go to
see the first opera, Das
Rheingold. Although
there is no CGI (computer-graphic imagery) in these
operas, as in the movie, the live staging and effects
that an opera company often produces for a Wagnerian
opera can often be quite dramatic and inspiring.
What do these girls (above) have to do with Wagner? Nothing. A Montclair State friend, Lucille, informs me that they are heading to Munich soon. Yay.
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30-December-1971 (Thur.)
What do these girls (above) have to do with Wagner? Nothing. A Montclair State friend, Lucille, informs me that they are heading to Munich soon. Yay.
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Day 149: My Google ranking drops; about the Blog
12/29/07 12:10 PM
Day 149 — My Google ranking drops; about the Blog
29-December-1971 (Wed.)
Today has nothing to do with Vienna.
In 2007, my Google ranking seems to drop to ZERO. I am no longer viable. Is my content boring? Google engineers have programmed me into oblivion. No one likes me. A vacuum closes around me. I’m alone. I do not exist.
I talk a bit, once again, about the reason for this blog—inspiration—and the difficulties of getting a blog noticed in the blogosphere. Hmmm, I haven’t actually done any marketing yet.
In today’s post, I’m being rhetorical and dramatic purely for journalistic purposes. I hope Sergei and Larry from Google call me, and invest. I’m ready. Larry? Sergei?
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29-December-1971 (Wed.)
Today has nothing to do with Vienna.
In 2007, my Google ranking seems to drop to ZERO. I am no longer viable. Is my content boring? Google engineers have programmed me into oblivion. No one likes me. A vacuum closes around me. I’m alone. I do not exist.
I talk a bit, once again, about the reason for this blog—inspiration—and the difficulties of getting a blog noticed in the blogosphere. Hmmm, I haven’t actually done any marketing yet.
In today’s post, I’m being rhetorical and dramatic purely for journalistic purposes. I hope Sergei and Larry from Google call me, and invest. I’m ready. Larry? Sergei?
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Day 148: Fly Dutchman, Fly
12/28/07 12:51 PM
Day 148 — Fly Dutchman, Fly
28-December-1971 (Tue.)
A normal
school day; my first Wagnerian opera ends the
day. Read
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28-December-1971 (Tue.)
Day 147: Get your eyes checked regularly
12/27/07 11:36 AM
Day 147 — Get your eyes checked regularly
27-December-1971 (Mon.)
I’m back at school and work. Today is about letters from family and friends. I reminisce about a good friend of mine, Andre, to whom I am indebted for my eyesight. Get your eyes checked regularly. I know the title has nothing to do with Vienna, but it's important.
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27-December-1971 (Mon.)
I’m back at school and work. Today is about letters from family and friends. I reminisce about a good friend of mine, Andre, to whom I am indebted for my eyesight. Get your eyes checked regularly. I know the title has nothing to do with Vienna, but it's important.
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Day 146: My Christmas present
12/26/07 07:01 PM
Day 146 — My Christmas present
26-December-1971 (Sun.)
SUMMARY
My Christmas present comes today—a package of candy from the elderly lady whose money I found on the bus.
Other than that, myself and two girls wander Vienna's famous graveyard, the Central Cemetery, where many a famous composer is buried. It is foggy. It is eerie. Are the spirits talking to me?
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26-December-1971 (Sun.)
SUMMARY
My Christmas present comes today—a package of candy from the elderly lady whose money I found on the bus.
Other than that, myself and two girls wander Vienna's famous graveyard, the Central Cemetery, where many a famous composer is buried. It is foggy. It is eerie. Are the spirits talking to me?
A delightful Bedrich Smetana opera ends the day. Read More...
Day 145: Vienna! Frohe Weihnachten—Merry Christmas!
12/25/07 08:11 PM
Day 145 — Vienna! Frohe Weihnachten—Merry Christmas!
25-December-1971 (Sat.)
A
wonderful Viennese Christmas day with my roommate,
Pavel, his sister, and her friend who have come to
see Pavel all the way from California. A good day
with some sightseeing, dinner, and conversation. A
Verdi opera concludes a great day.
The spirit of Christmas is about families. Meet John’s family and brothers. A photo bonanza. (There are so many photos today—you may need a fast Internet connection for this post.)
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25-December-1971 (Sat.)
The spirit of Christmas is about families. Meet John’s family and brothers. A photo bonanza. (There are so many photos today—you may need a fast Internet connection for this post.)
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Day 144: Goodbye Innsbruck; Christmas Eve
12/24/07 11:09 AM
Day 137: Christmas in class
12/17/07 07:58 AM
Day 137 — Christmas in class
17-December-1971 (Fri.)
While drinking a little wine in class, we create some Christmas tree patterns on an oscilloscope. How's that for education? We’re about to break for the holidays. Tonight I leave for Innsbruck.
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17-December-1971 (Fri.)
While drinking a little wine in class, we create some Christmas tree patterns on an oscilloscope. How's that for education? We’re about to break for the holidays. Tonight I leave for Innsbruck.
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Day 136: Nothing today
12/16/07 07:55 AM
Day 135: “Letter Home” is finished
12/15/07 06:22 PM
Day 135 — “Letter Home” is finished
15-December-1971 (Wed.)
A good
full day. I finish my electronic music letter. I plan
on taking a skiing trip to Innsbruck. I see a second
Anton Heiler organ concert.
Yay. Yay. Yay.
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15-December-1971 (Wed.)
Yay. Yay. Yay.
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Day 134: Zappa's 200 Motels
12/14/07 06:12 PM
Day 134 — Zappa's 200 Motels
14-December-1971 (Tue.)
It’s Frank Zappa at the movies today—200 Motels.
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14-December-1971 (Tue.)
It’s Frank Zappa at the movies today—200 Motels.
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Day 133: Wrote a new song
12/13/07 08:05 PM
Day 133 — Wrote a new song
13-December-1971 (Mon.)
Wrote a new song today. I don’t know what that song is, but I wrote it. Maybe, one day, I'll release it to the public. Maybe. One day.
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13-December-1971 (Mon.)
Wrote a new song today. I don’t know what that song is, but I wrote it. Maybe, one day, I'll release it to the public. Maybe. One day.
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Day 132: Music and art
12/12/07 09:44 PM
Day 132 — Music and art
12-December-1971 (Sun.)
A good day with both contemporary art and Romantic music. I have great subscription seats in the Vienna Musikverein, where I can see the conductor as he conducts the orchestra. From the front. Nice.
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12-December-1971 (Sun.)
A good day with both contemporary art and Romantic music. I have great subscription seats in the Vienna Musikverein, where I can see the conductor as he conducts the orchestra. From the front. Nice.
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Day 131: Beautiful Burgtheater
12/11/07 09:25 PM
Day 131 — Beautiful Burgtheater
11-December-1971 (Sat.)
A full day
of electronic music followed by a play in the
absolutely beautiful Burgtheater.
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11-December-1971 (Sat.)
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Day 130: Electronic letter
12/10/07 08:18 PM
Day 130 — Electronic letter
10-December-1971 (Fri.)
Nothing happening today. Just working on my electronic letter.
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10-December-1971 (Fri.)
Nothing happening today. Just working on my electronic letter.
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Day 129: Planning for St. Anton
12/09/07 06:08 PM
Day 129 — Planning for St. Anton
09-December-1971 (Thur.)
I make reservations to ski at St. Anton in the Austrian Alps. (Wait until you see the pictures.) I am nervous about the money, but hope it will be worth it.
My French horn needs some fixing. Oh boy.
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09-December-1971 (Thur.)
I make reservations to ski at St. Anton in the Austrian Alps. (Wait until you see the pictures.) I am nervous about the money, but hope it will be worth it.
My French horn needs some fixing. Oh boy.
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Day 128: My first “thunder-snow”
12/08/07 07:48 PM
Day 128 — My first “thunder-snow”
08-December-1971 (Wed.)
Vienna is an amazing city. So amazing that there was thunder and lightening during a snow storm. Wow. I have never experienced that again, even to this day. The opera, Othello, based on Shakespeare play, ends the day.
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08-December-1971 (Wed.)
Vienna is an amazing city. So amazing that there was thunder and lightening during a snow storm. Wow. I have never experienced that again, even to this day. The opera, Othello, based on Shakespeare play, ends the day.
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Day 127: Christmas $$
12/07/07 04:42 PM
Day 127 — Christmas $$
07-December-1971 (Tue.)
In 2007, I come to the realization that Christmas is, has been, and will always be expensive. I complain about spending 20s for mailing Christmas cards in 1971. Today, I wish I was only spending 20 schillings.
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07-December-1971 (Tue.)
In 2007, I come to the realization that Christmas is, has been, and will always be expensive. I complain about spending 20s for mailing Christmas cards in 1971. Today, I wish I was only spending 20 schillings.
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Day 126: Guitarist Julian Bream
12/06/07 04:06 PM
Day 126 — Guitarist Julian Bream
06-December-1971 (Mon.)
A Julian Bream guitar concert reminds me of the wonderful experience of hearing top artists perform “live.” Hey, I find some YouTube videos of Bream. Why didn't I think of this before?
I encourage you all to experience as many live music and concert events as are affordable and convenient to you. An apartment or condo in New York City would be nice. And convenient. And expensive.
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06-December-1971 (Mon.)
A Julian Bream guitar concert reminds me of the wonderful experience of hearing top artists perform “live.” Hey, I find some YouTube videos of Bream. Why didn't I think of this before?
I encourage you all to experience as many live music and concert events as are affordable and convenient to you. An apartment or condo in New York City would be nice. And convenient. And expensive.
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Day 125: Good friends depart
12/05/07 11:08 AM
Day 125 — Good friends depart
05-December-1971 (Sun.)
Nothing
happening in 1971.
In 2007, two good friends, Lisa and Kathy, are departing work.
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05-December-1971 (Sun.)
In 2007, two good friends, Lisa and Kathy, are departing work.
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Day 124: Improvisation
12/04/07 10:40 AM
Day 124 — Improvisation
04-December-1971 (Sat.)
We’re improvising today in electronic music class. Yes, that means were making things up. I learn that improvisation is not easy and is a learned skill. As with everything, practicing helps to develop those skill sets. Read More...
04-December-1971 (Sat.)
We’re improvising today in electronic music class. Yes, that means were making things up. I learn that improvisation is not easy and is a learned skill. As with everything, practicing helps to develop those skill sets. Read More...
Day 123: Splicing a letter home
12/03/07 02:05 PM
Day 123 — Splicing a letter home
03-December-1971 (Fri.)
I start writing, err splicing, an audio letter to my family for Christmas. It is corny. I guess, back in 1971, I was just a corny young guy. Today, I am still a corny old guy, perhaps. Oh well.
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03-December-1971 (Fri.)
I start writing, err splicing, an audio letter to my family for Christmas. It is corny. I guess, back in 1971, I was just a corny young guy. Today, I am still a corny old guy, perhaps. Oh well.
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Day 122: Frank Zappa rocks Vienna
12/02/07 10:44 AM
Day 122 — Frank Zappa rocks Vienna
02-December-1971 (Thur.)
It’s
Vienna—Mahler, Mozart, Beethoven, Puccini, opera,
symphony orchestras, and Frank Zappa and the Mothers
of Invention. Zappa rocks the Konzerthaus in Vienna.
Hippies all over the place. It was a blast of a
concert. 2007 sees its first mini-snowfall.
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02-December-1971 (Thur.)
Day 121: Thanking Rotary
12/01/07 01:05 PM
Day 121 — Thanking Rotary
01-December-1971 (Wed.)
Today, I
begin writing Christmas cards to send home. I single
out two cards that I am sending to two special
Rotarians that awarded me the Rotary fellowship—Mr.
Spaulding, the District Governor of Rotary #749, and
Mr. Mitchell, the Chairman of the Walter D. Head
Foundation. I am truly thankful to Rotary Clubs
International and my sponsor and boss, Nick Lioy
(pictured left, standing right), for this incredible
year.
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01-December-1971 (Wed.)
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Day 120: Get a Grip; 2007 photo surrealism
11/30/07 08:37 PM
Day 120 — Get a Grip; 2007 photo surrealism
30-November-1971 (Tue.)
Nothing
much today. I get the grippe
(flu) shot
in 1971. In 2007, I am into surrealism and take a few
iPhone photos of stark trees with a foggy background.
Check out the Slide Shows page.
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30-November-1971 (Tue.)
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Day 119: iWoz, iJon
11/29/07 09:05 PM
Day 119 — iWoz, iJon
29-November-1971 (Mon.)
Nothing
happens in 1971, so I talk about how this
blog—iJon—is
similar to Steve Wozniak’s book, iWoz.
Steve is the engineering genius behind the Apple I
and Apple II computer and the cofounder of Apple
Computer. Steve Jobs is the marketing genius and
get-it-done cofounder who made Apple what it is
today. Steve and Steve—they did it. Apple.
I am the founder of…
Uh, I’ll be founding something or other in the future.
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29-November-1971 (Mon.)
I am the founder of…
Uh, I’ll be founding something or other in the future.
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Day 118: Music and art
11/28/07 07:43 PM
Day 118 — Music and art
28-November-1971 (Sun.)
Contemporary art films are the focus of today’s journal. What do you see when looking at a film with flowers? Read More...
28-November-1971 (Sun.)
Contemporary art films are the focus of today’s journal. What do you see when looking at a film with flowers? Read More...
Day 117: Where’s my turkey?
11/27/07 08:30 AM
Day 117 — Where’s my turkey?
27-November-1971 (Sat.)
No turkey for me this year. Totally missed Thanksgiving. I see a contemporary music theatrical event and seem to like it. Europe is generally more open to contemporary music and art.
My cousin, Walter, has left the Peace Corps. I was impressed that he joined them as a volunteer in an African village, building a village well.
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27-November-1971 (Sat.)
No turkey for me this year. Totally missed Thanksgiving. I see a contemporary music theatrical event and seem to like it. Europe is generally more open to contemporary music and art.
My cousin, Walter, has left the Peace Corps. I was impressed that he joined them as a volunteer in an African village, building a village well.
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Day 116: Meine klängen
11/26/07 06:58 PM
Day 116 — Meine klängen
26-November-1971 (Fri.)
Today, I play my electronic music sounds (klängen) for the class, and think about what type of composition I may want to write.
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26-November-1971 (Fri.)
Today, I play my electronic music sounds (klängen) for the class, and think about what type of composition I may want to write.
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Day 115: Polish electronic music
11/25/07 06:44 PM
Day 115 — Polish electronic music
25-November-1971 (Thur.)
The World Series and football season are cancelled in Vienna. Not really, Time Magazine has made me realize that I am missing these events overseas. In class, today I am happier with Polish electronic music.
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25-November-1971 (Thur.)
The World Series and football season are cancelled in Vienna. Not really, Time Magazine has made me realize that I am missing these events overseas. In class, today I am happier with Polish electronic music.
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Day 114: Looking dumb
11/24/07 06:40 PM
Day 114 — Looking dumb
24-November-1971 (Wed.)
I am a little bit critical of student electronic music compositions today. I also make a comment about my looking dumb. What could I be wearing that would make me say that?
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24-November-1971 (Wed.)
I am a little bit critical of student electronic music compositions today. I also make a comment about my looking dumb. What could I be wearing that would make me say that?
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Day 113: First major snowfall; Heiler plays Bach
11/23/07 07:23 PM
Day 113 — First major snowfall; Heiler plays Bach
23-November-1971 (Tue.)
The first major snowfall of the year makes me happy. The parks are beautiful and serene. A full school day ends with a world-renowed organist, Anton Heiler, in concert.
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23-November-1971 (Tue.)
The first major snowfall of the year makes me happy. The parks are beautiful and serene. A full school day ends with a world-renowed organist, Anton Heiler, in concert.
I love the snow. Read More...
Day 112: Thankful Thanksgiving
11/22/07 08:42 PM
Day 112 — Thankful Thanksgiving
22-November-1971 (Mon.)
1971 Vienna sees a bit of snow, a good day of lessons, and a contemporary music concert. 2007 sees a Thankful Thanksgiving and my wedding anniversary.
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22-November-1971 (Mon.)
1971 Vienna sees a bit of snow, a good day of lessons, and a contemporary music concert. 2007 sees a Thankful Thanksgiving and my wedding anniversary.
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Day 111: Getting things done
11/21/07 07:00 PM
Day 111 — Getting things done
21-November-1971 (Sun.)
Getting things done feels good. That’s it for today. Read More...
21-November-1971 (Sun.)
Getting things done feels good. That’s it for today. Read More...
Day 110: Theater—Meine Angemessene Dame
11/20/07 07:36 AM
Day 110 — Theater—Meine Angemessene Dame
20-November-1971 (Sat.)
Mit
ein wenig von der Liebe, yes,
Mit
ein wenig von der Liebe. Nothing
like a theater production of My
Fair Lady in German.
An enjoyable production. I get to see my Baden 35mm
slides (Day 083) back from film processing, and
John's famous horn photo is taken today.
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20-November-1971 (Sat.)
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Day 109: Jerry Lewis in German
11/19/07 07:43 PM
Day 109 — Jerry Lewis in German
19-November-1971 (Fri.)
A full day in school includes a music composition from Camilla in our electronic music class, whom I remember as a Scandinavian goddess. I end the day with a Jerry Lewis movie. The dubbing, in German, made me laugh at the visuals rather than understanding the German jokes.
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19-November-1971 (Fri.)
A full day in school includes a music composition from Camilla in our electronic music class, whom I remember as a Scandinavian goddess. I end the day with a Jerry Lewis movie. The dubbing, in German, made me laugh at the visuals rather than understanding the German jokes.
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Day 108: Will meet Rotary students
11/18/07 08:17 PM
Day 108 — Will meet Rotary students
18-November-1971 (Thur.)
A full day at school followed by a Verdi opera at night. Two letters, from Anjali and Rotary Clubs International, complete the day. Read More...
18-November-1971 (Thur.)
A full day at school followed by a Verdi opera at night. Two letters, from Anjali and Rotary Clubs International, complete the day. Read More...
Day 107: Concert nerves
11/17/07 10:24 AM
Day 107 — Concert nerves
17-November-1971 (Wed.)
A young performer has a nerve-wracking concert. What does it take to be a top-tier performing artist?
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17-November-1971 (Wed.)
A young performer has a nerve-wracking concert. What does it take to be a top-tier performing artist?
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Day 106: Raindrops and ripples
11/16/07 09:20 AM
Day 106 — Raindrops and ripples
16-November-1971 (Tue.)
2007 is the focus of today’s post. I have had a few major events occur in a short period of time causing me to become overwhelmed and stressed. Things will be ok. In this short period, I think of a new way to look at life’s events—raindrops and ripples.
In 1971, my concern over some silly students who have a lot of money to go skiing, and to the Caribbean, for holiday vacations now seems very inconsequential.
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16-November-1971 (Tue.)
2007 is the focus of today’s post. I have had a few major events occur in a short period of time causing me to become overwhelmed and stressed. Things will be ok. In this short period, I think of a new way to look at life’s events—raindrops and ripples.
In 1971, my concern over some silly students who have a lot of money to go skiing, and to the Caribbean, for holiday vacations now seems very inconsequential.
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Day 105: I find money, a lot of it
11/15/07 09:36 AM
Day 105 — I find money, a lot of it
15-November-1971 (Mon.)
Today’s big story is about money. I find a lot of it and ponder what to do. If I keep it, I will have about one month’s of living expenses. What to do? What to do?
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15-November-1971 (Mon.)
Today’s big story is about money. I find a lot of it and ponder what to do. If I keep it, I will have about one month’s of living expenses. What to do? What to do?
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Day 104: Homesick, girlsick
11/14/07 08:32 AM
Day 104 — Homesick, girlsick
14-November-1971 (Sun.)
I’m tired. I’m homesick. I’m girlsick. Where is my new girlfriend?
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14-November-1971 (Sun.)
I’m tired. I’m homesick. I’m girlsick. Where is my new girlfriend?
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Day 103: Death to the idiots
11/13/07 07:02 PM
Day 103 — Death to the idiots
13-November-1971 (Sat.)
After a long day of practicing in horn ensembles, I take in a movie—the movie that really moved me a short while ago—Death in Venice. Unfortunately, some of the audience were apparently making fun of it. No, I didn’t scream it out, but probably thought it—Death to the idiots.
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13-November-1971 (Sat.)
After a long day of practicing in horn ensembles, I take in a movie—the movie that really moved me a short while ago—Death in Venice. Unfortunately, some of the audience were apparently making fun of it. No, I didn’t scream it out, but probably thought it—Death to the idiots.
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Day 102: Can you hear me now?
11/12/07 07:40 AM
Day 102 — Can you hear me now?
12-November-1971 (Fri.)
I’m in electronic music today. We’re looking at sound waves through an oscilloscope. Doesn’t sound exciting? Well, it’s not, but science and music are connected and learning can be exciting. It's acoustics. Can you hear me now?
Some issues are being resolved. A normal, busy day. Nothing exciting. Every day can’t be exciting, can it?
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12-November-1971 (Fri.)
I’m in electronic music today. We’re looking at sound waves through an oscilloscope. Doesn’t sound exciting? Well, it’s not, but science and music are connected and learning can be exciting. It's acoustics. Can you hear me now?
Some issues are being resolved. A normal, busy day. Nothing exciting. Every day can’t be exciting, can it?
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Day 101: Good horn lesson, I want to practice
11/11/07 04:04 PM
Day 101 — Good horn lesson, I want to practice
11-November-1971 (Thur.)
I finally feel like I have a really good horn lesson. Thus, I want to practice more. The only thing is that I can’t, there is a problem with the practice rooms.
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11-November-1971 (Thur.)
I finally feel like I have a really good horn lesson. Thus, I want to practice more. The only thing is that I can’t, there is a problem with the practice rooms.
At night, a Strauss opera. A Richard Strauss opera is not an easy listen. Read More...
Day 100: 100th Anniversary
11/10/07 10:36 AM
Day 100 — 100th Anniversary
10-November-1971 (Wed.)
I take a
single line of journal text and expand it into a
discourse about my music studies at Indiana
University. Read, you may find it interesting. The
photos on this posting are from yesterday's Indiana
Unversity live performance and streaming of
La
Boheme.
It’s our 100th anniversary. 100 days.
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10-November-1971 (Wed.)
It’s our 100th anniversary. 100 days.
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Day 099: Life events
11/09/07 06:58 PM
Day 99 — Life events
09-November-1971 (Tues.)
1971 is uneventful. 2007 has an important announcement (though I don't talk about it). Lesson today—throughout life there will always be things that happen, surprise us, and cause us to make important decisions.
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09-November-1971 (Tues.)
1971 is uneventful. 2007 has an important announcement (though I don't talk about it). Lesson today—throughout life there will always be things that happen, surprise us, and cause us to make important decisions.
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Day 098: John & Anjali (Romeo & Juliet)
11/08/07 06:32 PM
Day 98 — John & Anjali (Romeo & Juliet)
08-November-1971 (Mon.)
A
productive day in 1971. In 2007, I listen to a tape
from Anjali and realize that we were, perhaps, the
Romeo and Juliet of Vienna in 1971. A tragic love
story. Here's my Juliet. Ok, I may be exaggerating a
bit.
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08-November-1971 (Mon.)
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Day 097: Grab that shovel—Dig up your past
11/07/07 07:59 AM
Day 97 — Grab that shovel—Dig up your past
07-November-1971 (Sun.)
While 1971 is a great day for music with two concerts, 2007 sees me digging up my past. I am having a blast and it is bringing up great memories, some slightly corny love songs, and a ton of music-on-tape that I haven’t heard in decades. I am so excited, that I ramble on forever in today’s posting.
I encourage you to do the same. Dig up your past and enjoy those memories. Read More...
07-November-1971 (Sun.)
While 1971 is a great day for music with two concerts, 2007 sees me digging up my past. I am having a blast and it is bringing up great memories, some slightly corny love songs, and a ton of music-on-tape that I haven’t heard in decades. I am so excited, that I ramble on forever in today’s posting.
I encourage you to do the same. Dig up your past and enjoy those memories. Read More...
Day 096: Mozart’s Nozze; 36yearsago perfect for iPhone
11/06/07 09:53 PM
Day 96 — Mozart’s Nozze; 36yearsago perfect for
iPhone
06-November-1971 (Sat.)
We discuss
Mozart’s Nozze
today,
Le
Nozze de Figaro. I take
some Mozartian pictures of myself in tribute to
Mozart.
If you have an iPhone, the 36yearsago blog reads very nicely on it, or an iPod Touch. Try it.
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06-November-1971 (Sat.)
If you have an iPhone, the 36yearsago blog reads very nicely on it, or an iPod Touch. Try it.
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Day 095: Death in Venice
11/05/07 07:52 AM
Day 95 — Death in Venice
05-November-1971 (Fri.)
I see a movie today, Death in Venice. It has a powerful effect on me and so I talk a bit about life and feelings. Read More...
05-November-1971 (Fri.)
I see a movie today, Death in Venice. It has a powerful effect on me and so I talk a bit about life and feelings. Read More...
Day 094: Meet brother Dennis
11/04/07 09:36 PM
Day 94 — Meet brother Dennis
04-November-1971 (Thur.)
I have
nothing to say about 1971 today. After a bit of
digging in my past, I find some old photos. I
introduce to you my brother, Dennis (age 8 or so),
who saw me off at the airport on Day 001 of this
blog. Dennis is a great kid.
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04-November-1971 (Thur.)
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Day 093: Meet Maurizio Pollini and Olga
11/03/07 08:07 PM
Day 93 — Meet Maurizio Pollini and Olga
03-November-1971 (Wed.)
1971 in
Vienna ends with an amazing Maurizio Pollini piano
concert.
2007 in NJ presents my beautiful wife, Olga. I have been neglecting the family ever since I began this project. Thus, I make amends by offering her international attention. Yes, my readership will now go up to 15 or so.
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03-November-1971 (Wed.)
2007 in NJ presents my beautiful wife, Olga. I have been neglecting the family ever since I began this project. Thus, I make amends by offering her international attention. Yes, my readership will now go up to 15 or so.
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Day 092: Tights, tutus, and tippie-toes
11/02/07 10:17 PM
Day 92 —Tights, tutus, and tippie-toes
02-November-1971 (Tue.)
Excitement
stirs. Plans for a skiing vacation are formulating. I
talk a bit about my regret of not traveling more in
life. Damn Euro/dollar ratio. Damn time.
I enjoy my first ballet in Vienna—Swan Lake. There are men in tights, women in tutus, and lots of tippie-toes.
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02-November-1971 (Tue.)
I enjoy my first ballet in Vienna—Swan Lake. There are men in tights, women in tutus, and lots of tippie-toes.
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Day 091: Feiertag, Austrian Rotary
11/01/07 11:05 PM
Day 91 — Feiertag, Austrian Rotary
01-November-1971 (Mon.)
Feiertag. Holiday. It’s All Saints Day, the day after Halloween. I’m spending money too fast, and trying to meet with Austrian Rotary Club members. Mozart’s Magic Flute restores calm. Read More...
01-November-1971 (Mon.)
Feiertag. Holiday. It’s All Saints Day, the day after Halloween. I’m spending money too fast, and trying to meet with Austrian Rotary Club members. Mozart’s Magic Flute restores calm. Read More...
Day 090: A nice Sunday
10/31/07 11:45 PM
Day 90 — A nice Sunday
31-October-1971 (Sun.)
Sunday
brings enjoyment. Walking, Vienna Boys' Choir, and a
Puccini opera.
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31-October-1971 (Sun.)
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Day 089: If a tree falls in a forest
10/30/07 08:55 PM
Day 89 — If a tree falls in a forest...
30-October-1971 (Sat.)
An easy day today. I’m trying to record sounds for my electronic project. Again, I speak a bit about the learning process. Read More...
30-October-1971 (Sat.)
An easy day today. I’m trying to record sounds for my electronic project. Again, I speak a bit about the learning process. Read More...
Day 088: Beyond routines—start a new project
10/29/07 08:40 AM
Day 88 — Beyond routines—start a new project
29-October-1971 (Fri.)
The daily routine of 1971 is settling in. I present some thoughts on how to spice up your daily routine by starting new projects—perhaps something that you’ve always wanted to do. Write a novel. Write a song. Sing. Blog. Podcast. The list goes on. Do it.
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29-October-1971 (Fri.)
The daily routine of 1971 is settling in. I present some thoughts on how to spice up your daily routine by starting new projects—perhaps something that you’ve always wanted to do. Write a novel. Write a song. Sing. Blog. Podcast. The list goes on. Do it.
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Day 087: Tonight it’sa Italian—Rigoletto
10/28/07 11:23 PM
Day 87 — Tonight it’sa Italian—Rigoletto
28-October-1971 (Thur.)
It'sa Italian a'night. After a normal day, I hit the opera house and see Guiseppe Verdi’s opera, Rigoletto.
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28-October-1971 (Thur.)
It'sa Italian a'night. After a normal day, I hit the opera house and see Guiseppe Verdi’s opera, Rigoletto.
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Day 086: Brother Mike is coming to ski
10/27/07 10:22 PM
Day 86 — Brother Mike is coming to ski
27-October-1971 (Wed.)
Not much happening today. The practice routine continues. A care package from home provides needed winter clothing. My brother Mike writes me and tells me that he is coming to Austria to ski.
Watch out, Alps, we’re coming. Read More...
27-October-1971 (Wed.)
Not much happening today. The practice routine continues. A care package from home provides needed winter clothing. My brother Mike writes me and tells me that he is coming to Austria to ski.
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Day 085: Austria National Day, goodbye Pupofon girl
10/26/07 08:30 AM
Day 85 — Austria National Day, goodbye Pupofon girl
26-October-1971 (Tues.)
I say goodbye to Pupofon girl—the semi-clad, semi-naked girl tied up in ropes—from the opera, Pupofon. Come on, Google, index, index, index…
Today is an Austrian national holiday. I spend most of the day practicing.
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26-October-1971 (Tues.)
I say goodbye to Pupofon girl—the semi-clad, semi-naked girl tied up in ropes—from the opera, Pupofon. Come on, Google, index, index, index…
Today is an Austrian national holiday. I spend most of the day practicing.
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Day 084: Pupofon - electronic music opera
10/25/07 11:27 PM
Day 84 —
Pupofon—electronic
music opera
25-October-1971 (Mon.)
No
complaining today, I’m getting better at the horn.
See, practice makes perfect.
I encounter an arrogant American traveler who can’t survive on $1,000 a week in Vienna.
Finally, I end the day with a great electronic music opera by my very own teacher, Dieter Kaufmann. There are tall, giant puppets walking around. Great concert.
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25-October-1971 (Mon.)
I encounter an arrogant American traveler who can’t survive on $1,000 a week in Vienna.
Finally, I end the day with a great electronic music opera by my very own teacher, Dieter Kaufmann. There are tall, giant puppets walking around. Great concert.
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Day 082: Techie day—recording and editing sound
10/23/07 10:10 PM
Day 82 — Techie day—recording and editing sound
23-October-1971 (Sat.)
I’m splicing up a tape storm in the electronic music lab, and give a detailed overview of the process of editing and composing with tape and sound. It gets a bit detailed and is meant for music majors interested in learning about these vintage composing techniques. If you’re not a music techie—skip to tomorrow.
I get a letter from best friend Lenny, and Anjali. That makes today, a red-letter day.
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23-October-1971 (Sat.)
I’m splicing up a tape storm in the electronic music lab, and give a detailed overview of the process of editing and composing with tape and sound. It gets a bit detailed and is meant for music majors interested in learning about these vintage composing techniques. If you’re not a music techie—skip to tomorrow.
I get a letter from best friend Lenny, and Anjali. That makes today, a red-letter day.
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Day 081: Electronic music day
10/22/07 10:31 PM
Day 81 — Electronic music day
22-October-1971 (Fri.)
Friday is my electronic music class. We begin the task of collecting sounds. I speak about the types of activities in today’s world that were influenced by both musique concrète and electronic music. Read More...
22-October-1971 (Fri.)
Friday is my electronic music class. We begin the task of collecting sounds. I speak about the types of activities in today’s world that were influenced by both musique concrète and electronic music. Read More...
Day 080: Musique concrète sounds good
10/21/07 11:18 PM
Day 80 — Musique concrète sounds good
21-October-1971 (Thur.)
It’s a full day. Most exciting is the start of my “electronic music” class and lab. I learn later that this class is rooted in “musique concrète.” No, we’re not making cement booties for the mafia’s hit list. We’re making music with sound. Very modern. Very avant-garde.
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21-October-1971 (Thur.)
It’s a full day. Most exciting is the start of my “electronic music” class and lab. I learn later that this class is rooted in “musique concrète.” No, we’re not making cement booties for the mafia’s hit list. We’re making music with sound. Very modern. Very avant-garde.
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Day 079: John joins the Vienna Boys' Choir; Grammar Girl questions
10/20/07 01:21 PM
Day 79 — John joins the Vienna Boys' Choir; Grammar
Girl questions
20-October-1971 (Wed.)
The big
news is that I join the Vienna Boys' Choir. There is
even a photo of me. I start my first day in
electronic music, attending an acoustics class. And I
have fond recollections of my new-found friend Alan
[Civil, 1st horn of the BBC Symphony Orchestra] from
yesterday.
I talk a lot about my writing style in this post and pose questions for Grammar Girl—should I be “true” to the journal?
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20-October-1971 (Wed.)
I talk a lot about my writing style in this post and pose questions for Grammar Girl—should I be “true” to the journal?
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Day 078: Three days, three world-class horn players
10/19/07 10:52 PM
Day 78 — Three days, three world-class horn players
19-October-1971 (Tues.)
I've said it many times. Vienna is the city of music. In just three consecutive days, I see two solo horn concerts and an orchestra concert for a grand total of hearing three world-class horn players. AND I meet all three backstage, speak with them, obtain autographs, and try to assimilate their horn-playing skills into my body. I'm not certain if that last part worked, and so I take it upon myself to speak with them on a first-name basis.
That would be Herman, Barry, and Alan.
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19-October-1971 (Tues.)
I've said it many times. Vienna is the city of music. In just three consecutive days, I see two solo horn concerts and an orchestra concert for a grand total of hearing three world-class horn players. AND I meet all three backstage, speak with them, obtain autographs, and try to assimilate their horn-playing skills into my body. I'm not certain if that last part worked, and so I take it upon myself to speak with them on a first-name basis.
That would be Herman, Barry, and Alan.
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Day 077: Barry's in town; Sight singing
10/18/07 09:36 PM
Day 77 — Barry's in town; Sight singing
18-October-1971 (Mon.)
Wow! Surprises. First, being placed in the most difficult section of sight singing class, starting off with atonal sight singing. What’s next? Well, it’s a tremendous concert with world-renowned French hornist, Barry Tuckwell. After the concert, I’m speaking on a first-name basis with Barry.
In the U.S., I never get to meet anyone at concerts. In Vienna, I’m meeting everyone. It was magical.
Today’s a long post.
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18-October-1971 (Mon.)
Wow! Surprises. First, being placed in the most difficult section of sight singing class, starting off with atonal sight singing. What’s next? Well, it’s a tremendous concert with world-renowned French hornist, Barry Tuckwell. After the concert, I’m speaking on a first-name basis with Barry.
In the U.S., I never get to meet anyone at concerts. In Vienna, I’m meeting everyone. It was magical.
Today’s a long post.
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Day 076: Sunday walks and music
10/17/07 08:01 PM
Day 76 — Sunday walks and music
17-October-1971 (Sun.)
It’s
Sunday—a Bruckner mass, a walk in the park, and a
great French horn performance by Hermann
Baumann—remember, I’m a horn player. A frustrated
horn player; though I haven’t been complaining
lately.
Fall/winter is on the way.
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17-October-1971 (Sun.)
Fall/winter is on the way.
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Day 075: My trumpet's Baroque
10/16/07 07:00 PM
Day 75 — My trumpet's Baroque
16-October-1971 (Sat.)
A quiet
day of practice, reading, and a chamber concert with
a Baroque trumpet.
Hey, that's not a trumpet. Why is it here? Just a short science lesson on the natural horn and the harmonic series.
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16-October-1971 (Sat.)
Hey, that's not a trumpet. Why is it here? Just a short science lesson on the natural horn and the harmonic series.
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Day 074: Nothing exciting today
10/15/07 10:52 PM
A day where nothing exciting happens. Finally. Let’s take the day off.
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Day 073: Two concerts, two decades, too good
10/14/07 09:39 PM
Day 73 — Two concerts, two decades, too good
14-October-1971 (Thur.)
The title
says it all—two concerts, two decades, too good. 1971
features an incredible concert with the Romeros, a
family-style classical guitar ensemble, known for
their flamenco playing. The crowd goes wild! There
are five encores. John
is on stage with them! What? How
did that happen?
A wonderful 2007 operatic concert reintroduces me to some well-needed live music.
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14-October-1971 (Thur.)
A wonderful 2007 operatic concert reintroduces me to some well-needed live music.
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Day 072: A day of hope, web changes, new RSS feed
10/13/07 07:15 PM
Day 72 — A day of
hope,
web changes, new RSS feed
13-October-1971 (Wed.)
Not much today, but I experience a sign of hope.
Some website changes and a new RSS feed, I hope.
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13-October-1971 (Wed.)
Not much today, but I experience a sign of hope.
Some website changes and a new RSS feed, I hope.
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Day 071: Music—no boundaries
10/12/07 10:18 PM
Day 71 — Music—no boundaries
12-October-1971 (Tue.)
A second performance of War and Peace by the Bolshoi brings about some introspective thoughts on the power and influence of music on us. Music transcends politics. The arts have no boundaries.
A serious journal entry.
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12-October-1971 (Tue.)
A second performance of War and Peace by the Bolshoi brings about some introspective thoughts on the power and influence of music on us. Music transcends politics. The arts have no boundaries.
A serious journal entry.
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Day 070: Music theory, in German
10/11/07 11:27 PM
Day 70 — Music theory, in German
11-October-1971 (Mon.)
Yay, I register for school and attend my first music theory class. It’s in German. Duh, what did I expect? Well, it’s more difficult than I imagined. This brings me to a discussion of foreign students in ESL classes. I can now relate.
I decide to write an opera, and some lyrics for a song for Anjali.
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11-October-1971 (Mon.)
Yay, I register for school and attend my first music theory class. It’s in German. Duh, what did I expect? Well, it’s more difficult than I imagined. This brings me to a discussion of foreign students in ESL classes. I can now relate.
I decide to write an opera, and some lyrics for a song for Anjali.
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Day 069: The early bird gets the book
10/10/07 09:16 PM
Day 69 — The early bird gets the book
10-October-1971 (Sun.)
Today is
such a jam-packed day—from the early-bird in line for
tickets, to a morning mass, reading books, walking in
the park, taking pictures, and ending with a night
opera—today was, well, jam-packed.
I take a tangent on the benefits of reading. I’ll throw in a bunch of pictures if you promise to read about reading.
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10-October-1971 (Sun.)
I take a tangent on the benefits of reading. I’ll throw in a bunch of pictures if you promise to read about reading.
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Day 068: Music appreciation, Vienna style
10/09/07 07:15 PM
Day 68 — Music appreciation, Vienna style
09-October-1971 (Sat.)
I don’t practice today. I go to see Boris Godunov for the second time. Again, performed by the Bolshoi. The Viennese really love their music and they show it. This is music appreciation at its best.
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09-October-1971 (Sat.)
I don’t practice today. I go to see Boris Godunov for the second time. Again, performed by the Bolshoi. The Viennese really love their music and they show it. This is music appreciation at its best.
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Day 067: *?!%?!!-@?
10/08/07 07:00 PM
Day 67 — *?!%?!!-@?
08-October-1971 (Fri.)
I’m getting rubbery lips from trying to practice too much. Here it is again, I’m whining away about my horn playing. So redundant, so predictable. Well, I must have been frustrated.
I continue my long tradition (since yesterday) of swearing. See? *?!%?!!-@?
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08-October-1971 (Fri.)
I’m getting rubbery lips from trying to practice too much. Here it is again, I’m whining away about my horn playing. So redundant, so predictable. Well, I must have been frustrated.
I continue my long tradition (since yesterday) of swearing. See? *?!%?!!-@?
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Day 066: One-step-in-front-of-the-other
10/07/07 06:28 PM
Day 66 — One-step-in-front-of-the-other
07-October-1971 (Thur.)
Life goes
on with my second horn lesson and the notification
that I need to do better. I will. Once again, music
fills the evening with a performance of
Prokofiev’s War
and Peace performed
by the amazing Bolshoi Theater Company. Prokofiev is
on the right here. Hi Sergei. (I like that
name.) Read
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07-October-1971 (Thur.)
Day 065: William Tell, meet Bonanza
10/06/07 06:52 PM
Day 65 — William Tell, meet Bonanza
06-October-1971 (Wed.)
Remember
my horn audition? Well, I blew it. I guess I was very
nervous. What will happen next? Will I get into
school? I’m not certain. I need some soul
soothing—Tchaikovsky and the Lone Ranger to the
rescue.
In 2007, I hit the Audio Engineering Show in NYC to walk down the aisles of Javits Center and look at all of the music and recording equipment that I can’t afford to buy. Well, I can buy a few things.
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06-October-1971 (Wed.)
In 2007, I hit the Audio Engineering Show in NYC to walk down the aisles of Javits Center and look at all of the music and recording equipment that I can’t afford to buy. Well, I can buy a few things.
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Day 064: Boris is good enough
10/05/07 08:27 AM
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Day 063: My first Viennese horn lesson
10/04/07 10:44 PM
Day 63 — My first Viennese horn lesson
04-October-1971 (Mon.)
Today is
my first horn lesson from Professor Gabler in Vienna.
Holy cow, it’s an assembly line. I wait my turn as I
listen to other students, and other students wait
their turn as they listen to me. Uh, oh. What is this
Viennese style lesson?
In 2007, I am in Washington, D.C. and get to see Whistler's Mom.
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04-October-1971 (Mon.)
In 2007, I am in Washington, D.C. and get to see Whistler's Mom.
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Day 062: A day of contrasts
10/03/07 10:24 PM
Day 62 — A day of contrasts
03-October-1971 (Sun.)
Today is a day of contrasts. First, the wonderful experience of seeing a performance of a Benjamin Britten mass with the Vienna Boys' Choir in a church setting, followed by reading about the Vietnam War in Time magazine.
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03-October-1971 (Sun.)
Today is a day of contrasts. First, the wonderful experience of seeing a performance of a Benjamin Britten mass with the Vienna Boys' Choir in a church setting, followed by reading about the Vietnam War in Time magazine.
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Day 061: Oktoberfest is here
10/02/07 05:56 PM
Day 61 — Oktoberfest is here
02-October-1971 (Sat.)
It’s time
for some serious partying at Oktoberfest, Vienna
style at the Rathaus. We’ll also learn a bit about
the actual festival, not from me, but from Wikipedia.
Drink, drink, drink! (in moderation)
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02-October-1971 (Sat.)
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Day 060: Austria—beautiful panoramas
10/01/07 05:23 PM
Day 60 — Austria 360—beautiful panoramas
01-October-1971 (Fri.)
01971:
Some letter writing to mom and my brothers relieves
some of my horn-playing stress.
2007: I discover two new websites, one Austrian, www.austria-360.at, and the other www.panoramas.dk, that display absolutely gorgeous 360-degree panoramic pictures from around Austria and the world. Absolutely gorgeous and a lot of fun. The picture at the left is from panoramas.dk and is of the Vienna National Library (© Peter Winkler). It is stunning in 360.
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01-October-1971 (Fri.)
2007: I discover two new websites, one Austrian, www.austria-360.at, and the other www.panoramas.dk, that display absolutely gorgeous 360-degree panoramic pictures from around Austria and the world. Absolutely gorgeous and a lot of fun. The picture at the left is from panoramas.dk and is of the Vienna National Library (© Peter Winkler). It is stunning in 360.
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Day 059: Two resolutions—exam completed and new apartment
09/30/07 09:32 PM
Day 59 — Two resolutions—exam completed and new
apartment
30-September-1971 (Thur.)
Examination
day—composition. I’m not sure if I passed or failed.
I think I passed.
Then on to my new apartment. It’s nice to settle down. Read More...
30-September-1971 (Thur.)
Then on to my new apartment. It’s nice to settle down. Read More...
Day 058: New music in 2007
09/29/07 11:50 PM
Day 58 — New music in 2007
29-September-1971 (Wed.)
Nothing happened in 1971, but 2007 brought in a fall beach day, pirogies and stuffed cabbage, and a new music concert.
It’s nice to be living simultaneously in two decades. If one decade doesn’t pan out, do something in the current decade to make up for it.
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29-September-1971 (Wed.)
Nothing happened in 1971, but 2007 brought in a fall beach day, pirogies and stuffed cabbage, and a new music concert.
It’s nice to be living simultaneously in two decades. If one decade doesn’t pan out, do something in the current decade to make up for it.
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Day 057: Hot cold, Ying Yang
09/28/07 09:01 PM
Day 57 — Hot cold, Ying Yang
28-September-1971 (Tues.)
Experiencing the opposites of life, a bad hair day turns into a good hair day. Hair aside, I find a room to live in for the remainder of the year. It’s a great day.
A double-bill of two light Italian operas, Cavalleria rusticano and Paglicacci at the Volksoper makes it even better.
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28-September-1971 (Tues.)
Experiencing the opposites of life, a bad hair day turns into a good hair day. Hair aside, I find a room to live in for the remainder of the year. It’s a great day.
A double-bill of two light Italian operas, Cavalleria rusticano and Paglicacci at the Volksoper makes it even better.
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Day 056: Viennese house hunting
09/27/07 10:44 PM
Day 56 — Viennese house hunting
27-September-1971 (Mon.)
A day of
house hunting, and some reflections on the kinds of
housing that was available. In 1971, finding
apartments was difficult in Vienna. It is probably
difficult now as well, and is often just as difficult
in the U.S.
Stress reliever—opera at night.
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27-September-1971 (Mon.)
Stress reliever—opera at night.
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Day 055: A Haydn Mass, Chicago II
09/26/07 07:32 PM
Day 55 — A Haydn Mass, Chicago II
26-September-1971 (Sun.)
Music,
music, music.
Haydn, horn, Chicago Symphony.
I’m just living music in this town. My horn teacher gets me backstage. I hob-knob with fellow “hornists” (no such word—but you can do anything as a blogger). What a musical year.
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26-September-1971 (Sun.)
Haydn, horn, Chicago Symphony.
I’m just living music in this town. My horn teacher gets me backstage. I hob-knob with fellow “hornists” (no such word—but you can do anything as a blogger). What a musical year.
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Day 054: Incredible Two's
09/25/07 08:42 AM
Day 54 — Incredible Two's
25-September-1971 (Sat.)
What a
day!
Two incredible:
• concerts
• conductors
• orchestras
• symphonies
• horn sections
The day was mostly two amazing concerts by two incredible, internationally renowned orchestras—the Vienna Philharmonic, and the Chicago Symphony. From Dr. Karl Böhm to Sir Georg Solti, to Dvorak’s New World Symphony and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, I was in heaven.
What a day!
What a city!
Vienna, the city of music.
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25-September-1971 (Sat.)
Two incredible:
• concerts
• conductors
• orchestras
• symphonies
• horn sections
The day was mostly two amazing concerts by two incredible, internationally renowned orchestras—the Vienna Philharmonic, and the Chicago Symphony. From Dr. Karl Böhm to Sir Georg Solti, to Dvorak’s New World Symphony and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, I was in heaven.
What a day!
What a city!
Vienna, the city of music.
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Day 053: Mozart's magical opera
09/24/07 11:09 PM
Day 53 — Mozart’s magical opera
24-September-1971 (Fri.)
There’s
magic in the air, at the Volksoper, with
Mozart’s Magic
Flute opera. I
imagine writing a multimedia version of an opera,
though it hasn’t yet happened.
The Magic Flute is a wonderful opera. Try to see it, if you can. Kids would like it as well.
Still practicing. Roommates leaving. Exam coming up. Read More...
24-September-1971 (Fri.)
The Magic Flute is a wonderful opera. Try to see it, if you can. Kids would like it as well.
Still practicing. Roommates leaving. Exam coming up. Read More...
Day 052: Standing room only, La Bohème
09/23/07 10:06 PM
Day 52 — Standing room only,
La Bohème
23-September-1971 (Thur.)
Standing
room only, please. That’s the ticket (10 schillings)
to seeing a lot of opera for us students. And what an
opera it is, “La
Bohème,” a Puccini
favorite.
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23-September-1971 (Thur.)
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Day 051: Standing room at the Staatsoper, friendly letters
09/22/07 06:29 PM
Day 51 — Standing room at the Staatsoper, friendly
letters
22-September-1971 (Wed.)
I’m going
for the composition exam. I hope that I don’t screw
it up. Letters from friends are coming in and that’s
taking my mind off of the pressure of entrance exams.
Letter writing and reading is fun, especially from friends. It’s a lost art though, replaced by email, social networks, and instant messaging.
I don't get to dine with the King and Queen of Belgium, but I learn the ropes of "standing room" at the Vienna State Opera.
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22-September-1971 (Wed.)
Letter writing and reading is fun, especially from friends. It’s a lost art though, replaced by email, social networks, and instant messaging.
I don't get to dine with the King and Queen of Belgium, but I learn the ropes of "standing room" at the Vienna State Opera.
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Day 050: Wien apartment hunting
09/21/07 08:20 PM
Day 50 — Wien apartment hunting
21-September-1971 (Tue.)
Spent the
day apartment hunting. Fun?
1971—newspapers
2007—Craigslist.org
Some musings on apartment hunting, the 2007 US$/Euro exchange rate, and other nonsense.
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21-September-1971 (Tue.)
1971—newspapers
2007—Craigslist.org
Some musings on apartment hunting, the 2007 US$/Euro exchange rate, and other nonsense.
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Day 049: The Vienna State Opera (Wozzeck)
09/20/07 11:32 PM
Day 49 — The Vienna State Opera (Wozzeck)
20-September-1971 (Mon.)
My first
visit to the Vienna State Opera. The building and
interior of the opera house, and the performance of
the opera Wozzeck,
all lead to a grand conclusion for the day.
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20-September-1971 (Mon.)
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Day 048: Stress relief: Donau Park and Tower
09/19/07 09:05 PM
Day 48 — Stress relief: Donau Park and Tower
19-September-1971 (Sun.)
To reduce
the stress of my daily frustration, I visit the Donau
Park and Tower adjacent to the Danube River.
Great views. Ah, I feel better.
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19-September-1971 (Sun.)
Great views. Ah, I feel better.
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Day 047: Preparing for entrance exams
09/18/07 06:23 PM
Day 47 — Preparing for entrance exams
18-September-1971 (Sat.)
I start preparing for the entrance exams to the academy. I’m feeling inadequate. I have an interest in studying composition. I am not certain as to how I developed that interest.
Interesting. (Sorry for the redundancy. Literary humor.)
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18-September-1971 (Sat.)
I start preparing for the entrance exams to the academy. I’m feeling inadequate. I have an interest in studying composition. I am not certain as to how I developed that interest.
Interesting. (Sorry for the redundancy. Literary humor.)
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Day 046: Another girl?
09/17/07 10:51 PM
Day 46 — Another girl?
17-September-1971 (Fri.)
In the evening, I go to a dance and meet an American girl. We dance. What happens next? Read More...
17-September-1971 (Fri.)
In the evening, I go to a dance and meet an American girl. We dance. What happens next? Read More...
Day 045: Starting over; photos arrive; social networks
09/16/07 08:54 PM
Day 45 — Starting over; photos arrive; social
networks
16-September-1971 (Thur.)
Today, I’m
trying to start fresh with my horn playing. Change is
always difficult and frustrating. All I can do is
keep trying.
The scans of the 35mm slides arrived a short while ago. I hope to add them to the blog posts over time.
I'm gonna join some social networks.
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16-September-1971 (Thur.)
The scans of the 35mm slides arrived a short while ago. I hope to add them to the blog posts over time.
I'm gonna join some social networks.
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Day 044: My new horn teacher–Professor Gabler
09/15/07 04:43 PM
Day 44 — My new horn teacher—Professor Gabler
15-September-1971 (Wed.)
I get to meet my new horn teacher, Professor Gabler, at the opera. I’m in the pits, literally, during a Volksoper rehearsal. Great experience. Then, an opera at night.
I’m loving opera. I’m loving Vienna.
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15-September-1971 (Wed.)
I get to meet my new horn teacher, Professor Gabler, at the opera. I’m in the pits, literally, during a Volksoper rehearsal. Great experience. Then, an opera at night.
I’m loving opera. I’m loving Vienna.
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Day 043: Nothing new
09/14/07 06:51 AM
Day 43 — Nothing new
14-September-1971 (Tue.)
Typical day.
Frustrated on horn.
That’s it today. Nothing new. Read More...
14-September-1971 (Tue.)
Typical day.
Frustrated on horn.
That’s it today. Nothing new. Read More...
Day 042: Where is Joan? In Vienna
09/13/07 10:51 PM
Day 42 — Where is Joan? In Vienna
13-September-1971 (Mon.)
• I learn where Joan was yesterday—not in Vienna.
• A second apology goes out to the entire city of Vienna.
• It’s nice to spend time with friends.
• I don’t get excited until I get a letter from Anjali.
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13-September-1971 (Mon.)
• I learn where Joan was yesterday—not in Vienna.
• A second apology goes out to the entire city of Vienna.
• It’s nice to spend time with friends.
• I don’t get excited until I get a letter from Anjali.
Hmmm. Read More...
Day 041: I am a 60's student radical
09/12/07 08:15 AM
Day 41 — I am a 60's student radical
12-September-1971 (Sun.)
Today, I am supposed to meet a girl that I had met and dated before leaving for Vienna.
I am frustrated and blame everyone. I am a 60’s student radical. I am the stupid one. Read More...
12-September-1971 (Sun.)
Today, I am supposed to meet a girl that I had met and dated before leaving for Vienna.
I am frustrated and blame everyone. I am a 60’s student radical. I am the stupid one. Read More...
Day 040: A typical day?
09/11/07 08:09 AM
Day 40 — A typical day?
11-September-1971 (Sat.)
A typical day in 1971. Mostly practicing, study, German, and life chores.
I remark how September 11 is no longer a typical day after 2001.
This blog, and other ventures I hope will come about, will not be political, but will be about people—you, me, everyone.
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11-September-1971 (Sat.)
A typical day in 1971. Mostly practicing, study, German, and life chores.
I remark how September 11 is no longer a typical day after 2001.
This blog, and other ventures I hope will come about, will not be political, but will be about people—you, me, everyone.
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Day 039: Der Freischutz—my first opera in Vienna
09/10/07 09:18 PM
Day 39 — Der Freischutz—my first opera in Vienna
10-September-1971 (Fri.)
I'm in heaven.
I get to see my first opera in Vienna, Der Freischutz, performed at the Volksoper. I’m really enjoying the opera, the horn playing, and the musical life in Vienna.
Did you know that the Viennese had their own brand of “French Horn”—the Viennese horn?
Did you know that the early Vienna F-natural horn had no valves? Just like the "Ricola" alpen-horn guys on the commercial. Try playing a Mozart horn concerto on your Boomwhacker™.
[The Boomwhacker™ is a plastic tube, used in elementary music education, that you whirl around your head to create musical pitches. The tubes come in different sizes, each tube length produces a single note. I was making a funny. A joke. Ok, it's not funny. It's clever.]
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10-September-1971 (Fri.)
I'm in heaven.
I get to see my first opera in Vienna, Der Freischutz, performed at the Volksoper. I’m really enjoying the opera, the horn playing, and the musical life in Vienna.
Did you know that the Viennese had their own brand of “French Horn”—the Viennese horn?
Did you know that the early Vienna F-natural horn had no valves? Just like the "Ricola" alpen-horn guys on the commercial. Try playing a Mozart horn concerto on your Boomwhacker™.
[The Boomwhacker™ is a plastic tube, used in elementary music education, that you whirl around your head to create musical pitches. The tubes come in different sizes, each tube length produces a single note. I was making a funny. A joke. Ok, it's not funny. It's clever.]
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Day 038: Finally, a normal day
09/09/07 09:14 PM
Day 38 — Finally, a normal day
09-September-1971 (Thur.)
Time to
get down to business. I set up a daily routine for
practicing. School (Academy of Music and Dramatic
Art) will be starting soon.
I am getting to know my roommates—they’re fine, good guys.
The ghost of Anjali appears.
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09-September-1971 (Thur.)
I am getting to know my roommates—they’re fine, good guys.
The ghost of Anjali appears.
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Day 037: Anjali leaves for home
09/08/07 08:33 PM
Day 37 — Anjali leaves for home
08-September-1971 (Wed.)
Anjali
leaves for home today—Paris. I am sad to see her go,
but reflect on why she is special.
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08-September-1971 (Wed.)
Will I get to see Anjali next summer in Paris? The city of love? Read More...
Day 036: New roommates arrive
09/07/07 07:45 PM
Day 36 — New roommates arrive
07-September-1971 (Tue.)
I don’t
get to see Anjali today, she’s preparing for her
journey home. I do get a nice surprise—two new
roommates, both English speakers—Pavel from
California and Jeff from England.
It’s nice to make new friends.
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07-September-1971 (Tue.)
It’s nice to make new friends.
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Day 035: Dinner with Anjali's mom; Belvedere Palace
09/06/07 08:58 AM
Day 35 — Dinner with Anjali's mom; Belvedere Palace
06-September-1971 (Mon.)
Letter
writing, Belvedere Palace, dinner with Anjali’s mom,
and some discourse on living in the
“analog”
world.
Link to a wonderful 360-degree panorama by
photographer Bernhard Vogl.
I'm really sad, once again, and missing Anjali. She is still here, but I'm missing
her. Ah, young love! Read
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06-September-1971 (Mon.)
I'm really sad, once again, and missing Anjali.
She is still here, but I'm missing
her. Ah, young love! Read
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Day 034: Anjali's mom comes to Vienna
09/05/07 11:07 PM
Day 34 — Anjali's mom comes to Vienna
05-September-1971 (Sun.)
Anjali’s
mom comes to Vienna to pick up her daughter—Anjali.
But her daughter—Anjali—is the girl that I really
like and want to be with. Anjali will be leaving for
Paris in a few days.
John stars in Meet the Parents. What am I going to do?
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05-September-1971 (Sun.)
John stars in Meet the Parents. What am I going to do?
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Day 033: Anjali in a dress—dinner and dancing
09/04/07 07:38 PM
Day 33 — Anjali in a dress—dinner and dancing.
04-September-1971 (Sat.)
A full day
with Anjali. We both know that she will be leaving
soon which brings a bit of sadness to the day. We
start out with a Woody Allen movie and end with
dinner and dancing. And, she wore a dress and became
a young woman.
If you’re a romantic, read today’s journal.
I veer a bit from the day’s activities and revisit some of the reasons for writing this blog whether you’re young or older.
Finally, send me an email or note a comment on the blog. I would love to hear from all readers.
Take care.
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04-September-1971 (Sat.)
If you’re a romantic, read today’s journal.
I veer a bit from the day’s activities and revisit some of the reasons for writing this blog whether you’re young or older.
Finally, send me an email or note a comment on the blog. I would love to hear from all readers.
Take care.
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Day 032: Amusement at Prater
09/03/07 09:24 PM
Day 32 — Amusement at Prater
03-September-1971 (Fri.)
A day at
Vienna’s Prater amusement park with Anjali. I get a
little dizzy, lose in ping pong, and eat a lot. As an
aside, I comment on my use of emdashes and thus
address some of the grammar issues of my journal
writing, and plea to Grammar Girl to set me straight.
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03-September-1971 (Fri.)
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Day 031: Anjali; the National Library; Hofburg Complex
09/02/07 09:32 PM
Day 31 — Anjali; the National Library; Hofburg
Complex
02-September-1971 (Tue.)
Sightseeing
with Anjali continues. Just a bit of info on the
Austrian National Library situated in the Hofburg
Complex in central Vienna.
When visiting Vienna, you can’t help but imagine the expansive power and influence of the Austro-Hungarian empire as you enter the incredible Hofburg Complex through the Heldenplatz and look upon the massive Neue Burg.
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02-September-1971 (Tue.)
When visiting Vienna, you can’t help but imagine the expansive power and influence of the Austro-Hungarian empire as you enter the incredible Hofburg Complex through the Heldenplatz and look upon the massive Neue Burg.
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Day 030: Sightseeing with Anjali
09/01/07 07:30 PM
Day 30 — Sightseeing with Anjali
01-September-1971 (Mon.)
With exams
over, I spend some quality sightseeing time with
Anjali.
And I admit that I really like her.
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01-September-1971 (Mon.)
And I admit that I really like her.
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Day 029: The beautiful parks of Vienna
08/31/07 07:42 PM
Day 29 — The beautiful parks of Vienna
31-August-1971 (Tue.)
Last day
of German class exams. Studying in the beautiful
parks of Vienna. Travel the world virtually
with Google
Earth.
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31-August-1971 (Tue.)
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Day 028: German class examinations
08/30/07 09:33 PM
Day 28 — German class examinations
30-August-1971 (Mon.)
Examinations in German class and my usual advice for young people. Read More...
30-August-1971 (Mon.)
Examinations in German class and my usual advice for young people. Read More...
Day 027: My first song; Rick Steve’s Europe on PBS
08/29/07 09:26 PM
Day 27 — My first song; Rick Steve’s Europe on PBS
29-August-1971 (Sun.)
A two-line entry today. I’ve written my first young-love pop-folk song ever—“One Summer Day”—for Anjali. It may be corny but it was from my heart. (all girls swoon)
In the contemporary world (today), I happen to see a Rick Steve’s Europe video tour of Vienna. Wonderful video and commentary.
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29-August-1971 (Sun.)
A two-line entry today. I’ve written my first young-love pop-folk song ever—“One Summer Day”—for Anjali. It may be corny but it was from my heart. (all girls swoon)
In the contemporary world (today), I happen to see a Rick Steve’s Europe video tour of Vienna. Wonderful video and commentary.
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Day 026: Mahler’s 8th Symphony; Schönbrunn Palace
08/28/07 08:52 PM
Day 26 — Mahler’s 8th Symphony; Schönbrunn Palace
28-August-1971 (Sat.)
What a
day. A visit to the incredible Schönbrunn Palace and
gardens with Anjali, and an incredible performance of
Mahler’s 8th Symphony. Shivers…shivers…shivers up and
down my spine.
Practice on my new horn and sad to see Achille leave for Italy.
And a little rant on why the RIAA should change their policies and fees on licensing music for Internet-radio and podcasts.
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28-August-1971 (Sat.)
Practice on my new horn and sad to see Achille leave for Italy.
And a little rant on why the RIAA should change their policies and fees on licensing music for Internet-radio and podcasts.
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Day 025: Coffee with Mozart, Hadyn, and Beethoven
08/27/07 10:40 PM
Day 25 — Coffee with Mozart, Hadyn, and Beethoven
27-August-1971 (Fri.)
A short but historic day. Dining with Schubert, and drinking coffee with Mozart, Hadyn, and Beethoven. I meet my new horn teacher. It looks like the music’s about to begin. Maestro!
And the first historical documentation of my career as a songwriter. It began in Vienna? Who would have thought?
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27-August-1971 (Fri.)
A short but historic day. Dining with Schubert, and drinking coffee with Mozart, Hadyn, and Beethoven. I meet my new horn teacher. It looks like the music’s about to begin. Maestro!
And the first historical documentation of my career as a songwriter. It began in Vienna? Who would have thought?
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Day 024: Burgemeister’s Reception at the Rathaus
08/26/07 08:07 PM
Day 24 — Burgemeister’s reception at the Rathaus
26-August-1971 (Thur.)
Back in
Vienna, I return very tired and head off to German
class. I’m not tired enough to miss the Mayor’s
Reception that evening, however. A formal ball with
everyone dressed up. Especially Anjali, in her
soiree. Dancing and enjoyable company. Life is good.
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26-August-1971 (Thur.)
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Day 021: Busy, busy. Why am I writing this blog?
08/23/07 10:14 PM
Day 21 — Busy, busy. Why am I writing this blog?
23-August-1971 (Mon.)
• “I’m busy, dude.” For myself, it’s busy in both 1971 and 2007 and in between.
• I revisit the reasons as to why I am writing this blog…
Mostly, to
• Encourage the "young" and the "graduated."
• Encourage the “middies” and “oldsters.”
• Be creative.
• Never give up.
• Follow those dreams.
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23-August-1971 (Mon.)
• “I’m busy, dude.” For myself, it’s busy in both 1971 and 2007 and in between.
• I revisit the reasons as to why I am writing this blog…
Mostly, to
• Encourage the "young" and the "graduated."
• Encourage the “middies” and “oldsters.”
• Be creative.
• Never give up.
• Follow those dreams.
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Day 017: I'm trying
08/19/07 09:00 PM
Day 17 — I’m trying
17-August-1971 (Thur.)
No news today. Just working on German language. I did invent a new literary language device that can be used in any language. Later today—2007—I bought the Berlitz German Premiere CD course. Will I use it?
Sending out over 600 slides to be scanned for this journal. Can’t wait to get them back.
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17-August-1971 (Thur.)
No news today. Just working on German language. I did invent a new literary language device that can be used in any language. Later today—2007—I bought the Berlitz German Premiere CD course. Will I use it?
Sending out over 600 slides to be scanned for this journal. Can’t wait to get them back.
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Day 016: Innocence, first kiss
08/18/07 09:53 PM
Day 16 — Innocence, first kiss
18-August-1971 (Wed.)
I explain that I typically don’t write about my daily routines in the journal.
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18-August-1971 (Wed.)
I explain that I typically don’t write about my daily routines in the journal.
This night is special for Anjali and myself. It is a great memory of youth and innocence. Read More...
Day 015: 1971—What’s an Austrian schilling worth?
08/17/07 10:52 PM
Day 15 — 1971—What’s an Austrian schilling worth?
17-August-1971 (Tue.)
No journal entry today.
So, I explore my financial ledger to figure out the value of the Austrian schilling. We get the approximate value, then go into a price diatribe comparing today to yesteryear, confusing you, me, and the Federal Reserve.
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17-August-1971 (Tue.)
No journal entry today.
So, I explore my financial ledger to figure out the value of the Austrian schilling. We get the approximate value, then go into a price diatribe comparing today to yesteryear, confusing you, me, and the Federal Reserve.
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Day 014: My first concert—Washington State Choir
08/16/07 08:53 PM
Day 14 — Day 014: My first concert—Washington State
Choir
16-August-1971 (Mon.)
• Uh, oh! I’m complaining about learning German again.
• Saw my first concert, a university choir from the United States. Yes!
• And a brief flashback to my student concert-going days at Lincoln Center.
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16-August-1971 (Mon.)
• Uh, oh! I’m complaining about learning German again.
• Saw my first concert, a university choir from the United States. Yes!
• And a brief flashback to my student concert-going days at Lincoln Center.
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Day 013: Vienna Woods, Kahlenburg
08/15/07 08:17 PM
Day 13 — Vienna Woods, Kahlenburg
15-August-1971 (Sun.)
A quiet
day of walking in the Vienna Woods, and then up the
winding path to see a view of Vienna and outlying
vineyards from the heights of Kahlenburg. An
enjoyable day.
A little bit of an aside on my interest in photography and the Kodak slides that are from 36 years ago, and Austrians.
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15-August-1971 (Sun.)
A little bit of an aside on my interest in photography and the Kodak slides that are from 36 years ago, and Austrians.
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Day 012: Let’s go to the summer cottage, dear—Belvedere Palace
08/14/07 06:54 PM
Day 12 — Let’s go to the summer cottage,
dear—Belvedere Palace
14-August-1971 (Sat.)
“Hello,
yes it’s me, Prince Eugene of Savoy. Yes, the guy who
defeated the Turks in 1683. Well, thanks. We want to
take the kids and go to the summer cottage this
weekend at Belvedere. Can you round up the
1,000-person staff and have them get the place ready?
Chow.”
That was the owner of Belvedere Palace. This was the first palace that I saw up close. Palaces are huge. The gardens are incredible. The interiors are ornate and magnificent. This was only the summer residence. Wow. I'm ready to move in.
Oh, and Anjali also plays folk guitar, sings, and writes songs. And I’m supposed to be the musician?
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14-August-1971 (Sat.)
That was the owner of Belvedere Palace. This was the first palace that I saw up close. Palaces are huge. The gardens are incredible. The interiors are ornate and magnificent. This was only the summer residence. Wow. I'm ready to move in.
Oh, and Anjali also plays folk guitar, sings, and writes songs. And I’m supposed to be the musician?
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Day 011: Danube boat party, the Iron Curtain
08/13/07 07:38 AM
Day 11 — Danube boat party, the Iron Curtain
13-August-1971 (Fri.)
No short
posts here. Live on-the-spot journaling, documenting
an exciting full-day excursion on the Blue, err
Green, Danube River that flows by Vienna
(Wein).
Sightseeing, plenty of photos, and more.
I’m up to the task and only briefly let the armed patrol boat, barbed-razor-wire security fence (the Iron Curtain), and the armed machine-gun guards in the towers “shock” me. Welcome to Czechoslovakia and communism in the 60’s and 70’s.
Anjali, a young, pretty girl, comes to the rescue. We sightsee, eat, and then learn to dance. I’m her first dance partner.
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13-August-1971 (Fri.)
I’m up to the task and only briefly let the armed patrol boat, barbed-razor-wire security fence (the Iron Curtain), and the armed machine-gun guards in the towers “shock” me. Welcome to Czechoslovakia and communism in the 60’s and 70’s.
Anjali, a young, pretty girl, comes to the rescue. We sightsee, eat, and then learn to dance. I’m her first dance partner.
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Day 010: German is hard, yes it is
08/12/07 09:31 AM
Day 10 — German is hard, yes it is
12-August-1971 (Thur.)
Today is a slow news day. All I do is complain about the difficulty of the German class.
I wax philosophical and give my non-professional advice on learning theory. Disclaimer: use at your own risk. Learning may be dangerous and contagious. Read More...
12-August-1971 (Thur.)
Today is a slow news day. All I do is complain about the difficulty of the German class.
I wax philosophical and give my non-professional advice on learning theory. Disclaimer: use at your own risk. Learning may be dangerous and contagious. Read More...
Day 009: Grinzing wine tasting
08/11/07 09:48 PM
Day 9 — Grinzing wine tasting
11-August-1971 (Wed.)
After German class in the morning, where I make a non-funny German joke, we go to wine country—Grinzing—for some, eatin’, talkin’, drinkin’, singin’, and tastin’ some of that mighty-fine Austrian wine.
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11-August-1971 (Wed.)
After German class in the morning, where I make a non-funny German joke, we go to wine country—Grinzing—for some, eatin’, talkin’, drinkin’, singin’, and tastin’ some of that mighty-fine Austrian wine.
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Day 008: German language class starts
08/10/07 06:30 PM
Day 8 — German language class starts
10-August-1971 (Tue.)
My German
language class started today. Busy with school and
enjoying the class and my professor. The photo is
that of a streetcleaner on the Ringstrasse, close to
where the University of Vienna German classes were
being held.
And being that it’s a slow journal day, I make a plea for the young people of the world to save us.
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10-August-1971 (Tue.)
And being that it’s a slow journal day, I make a plea for the young people of the world to save us.
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Day 007: Dr. H.—Roommate 2 from Japan
08/09/07 06:30 PM
Day 7 — Dr. H.—Roomate 2 from Japan
09-August-1971 (Mon.)
Roomate 2
arrives from Japan. It's Dr. H.
Today is a short day with not much entered. It was probably a busy day registering for the language course and taking some tests. I like Dr. H. We can only communicate in German. Ya! Das ist richtig!
P.S. Any German in this journal, especially in these reflections, is strictly off the top of my head from my tired-old memory, and may be totally incorrect. Read (“lesen” ?) at your own risk.
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09-August-1971 (Mon.)
Today is a short day with not much entered. It was probably a busy day registering for the language course and taking some tests. I like Dr. H. We can only communicate in German. Ya! Das ist richtig!
P.S. Any German in this journal, especially in these reflections, is strictly off the top of my head from my tired-old memory, and may be totally incorrect. Read (“lesen” ?) at your own risk.
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Day 006: Achille from Italy
08/08/07 09:16 PM
Day 6 — A new roommate, Achille
08-August-1971 (Sun.)
Today
is a day of rest, and of meeting many people. First
and foremost, I have a new roommate, Achille, who is
from Milan, Italy. Together, we meet friendly people
over lunch and dinner from South Africa and France,
and attend Mass at St. Stephan’s Cathedral.
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08-August-1971 (Sun.)
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Day 005: Coffee and call girls
08/07/07 09:15 PM
Day 5 — Coffee and call girls
07-August-1971 (Sat.)
Ok, ok!
I'm focusing on bra-less girls. I'm young, I'm 22,
I'm male. And I still am not sure on how to spell
bra-less. [Repeating theme.] Certainly, I'm trying to
build up readership for this blog by shamelessly
suggesting sexual innuendoes. All of these
reflections are probably in my contemporary mind and
of less importance those many years ago. Hmmm, I am
writing about it a lot. So, I take it back.
Sex sells, they say. Oh boy, does it! [towards the end of the post]
Watch me sit on a bench next to a pretty girl and practice my knock-em-dead-pick-up-German-language skills. As Mastercard says, "priceless."
Did I tell you that I am really enjoying this project? I am. As I type and read the transcript, I'm smiling and going back to those days. It really is a blast. I'm not certain if it's that interesting to the rest of the world. But, heck...I'm going on.
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07-August-1971 (Sat.)
Sex sells, they say. Oh boy, does it! [towards the end of the post]
Watch me sit on a bench next to a pretty girl and practice my knock-em-dead-pick-up-German-language skills. As Mastercard says, "priceless."
Did I tell you that I am really enjoying this project? I am. As I type and read the transcript, I'm smiling and going back to those days. It really is a blast. I'm not certain if it's that interesting to the rest of the world. But, heck...I'm going on.
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Day 004: To the dorms, to the discotek
08/06/07 10:27 PM
Day 4 — To the dorms, to the discotek
06-August-1971 (Fri.)
As a young male, I am becoming infatuated with the beauty of Vienna and the bra-less girls in the Voom-Voom discotek. I finally leave the hotel and enter the student hostel (dorms) where I will spend the summer while attending a German language course.
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06-August-1971 (Fri.)
As a young male, I am becoming infatuated with the beauty of Vienna and the bra-less girls in the Voom-Voom discotek. I finally leave the hotel and enter the student hostel (dorms) where I will spend the summer while attending a German language course.
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Day 003: New people, new languages
08/05/07 09:40 PM
Day 3 — New people, new languages
05-Aug-1971 (Thur.)
Meeting
new and interesting people is fun. I’m enjoying my
newfound exposure to people that speak foreign
languages. Wait a second, in their country I'm the
foreigner with the foreign language.
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Day 002: Arrival in Vienna
08/04/07 09:49 PM
Day 2 — Arrival in Vienna
04-Aug-1971 (Wed.)
Finally, arrival in
Vienna. I learn that Vienna is a big city and has
actual people. They wear business suits and go to
work. Just like us. Helped by the Austrian National
Student Service, I get a hotel room, try to make
contacts, and mostly sleep.
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04-Aug-1971 (Wed.)
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Day 001: The journey begins
08/03/07 09:30 AM
Day 1 — The journey begins
03-Aug-1971 (Tue.)
Pan Am,
Flight 72, 6:00 pm, 747
The journey begins. My first time on a plane. Heck, I had never been outside of NJ, NY, VT, and PA.
I'm on the way to Vienna, Austria for a year's graduate study. Perhaps one of the best years of my life.
For each day that I have a journal entry, I transcribe the entry and then give my retrospective commentary looking back from today, 36 years later. I have posted a few pages of the original journal in the Pictures/Photo section of this website. They are on the small size but give you the general idea of the original.
I hope that you join me. Enjoy.
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03-Aug-1971 (Tue.)
The journey begins. My first time on a plane. Heck, I had never been outside of NJ, NY, VT, and PA.
I'm on the way to Vienna, Austria for a year's graduate study. Perhaps one of the best years of my life.
For each day that I have a journal entry, I transcribe the entry and then give my retrospective commentary looking back from today, 36 years later. I have posted a few pages of the original journal in the Pictures/Photo section of this website. They are on the small size but give you the general idea of the original.
I hope that you join me. Enjoy.
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