What I did today was listen to Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. Lord, that is long! I think I will never again listen to both books all the way through in a single day. Music shouldn't be that much work. And so with relief I turned to my first Sigur Ros album, Agaetis Byrjun. There are some diguts and smigguls in there, but that's about right. ...
I didn't have time to post last night, so I'll catch up a bit. I continued my self-education in classic rock with the Rolling Stones, Let it Bleed. I knew "You Can't Always Get What You Want" from the radio, but I think the rest of the songs were new to me. I admit my prejudices: I did not expect this album to be so good. What impressed me the most ...
As a mere "advanced beginner" in the world of classical music, I won't pretend to give any lectures here. No map, just a record of my stumbles through the vast uncharted territories of human culture. Too much ado already. And anyway, today was a pop day. For the first time, I listened to If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears, an album bt The Mamas & the Papas. The experts tell us it's a classic. ...
Updated Apr-18-2011 at 19:52 by science