Sunday, September 25, 2005
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I visited Dan in the hospital. He's pretty messed up, but on his way to a full (but slow) recovery. Two broken ankles, a shattered tibia and a broken femur, and a messed up hand. Don't be a motorcycle moron, kids, you know what I mean? He's incredibly lucky he's alive, as he wasn't wearing a helmet.
Yesterday I had the chance to hear the Cedar Rapids Symphony and Susan Starr play Prokofiev's 3rd piano concerto (the piece that made me fall in love with Prokofiev when I was 15). The performance was almost immaculate. She missed a few notes here and there, but that's a lot better than missing entire cadenzas like my mortal enemy Christopher O'Riley last year with the 2nd concerto.
Today I practiced with Dirty Sixty (hey, here's a snapshot of us performing back in May, taken by Kevin P.). This was probably the first time the band actually "practiced" rather than just bumbling around. We're trying to get a set put together for this show we're going to do at some indeterminate future date with The Michael Tabors. Progress is going slower than I had hoped; and unfortunately I don't have all the time in the world to dedicate to writing/arranging/learning D60 songs, what with my school and two jobs. Being the creative impetus behind something like this is hellishly difficult.
Yesterday I had the chance to hear the Cedar Rapids Symphony and Susan Starr play Prokofiev's 3rd piano concerto (the piece that made me fall in love with Prokofiev when I was 15). The performance was almost immaculate. She missed a few notes here and there, but that's a lot better than missing entire cadenzas like my mortal enemy Christopher O'Riley last year with the 2nd concerto.
Today I practiced with Dirty Sixty (hey, here's a snapshot of us performing back in May, taken by Kevin P.). This was probably the first time the band actually "practiced" rather than just bumbling around. We're trying to get a set put together for this show we're going to do at some indeterminate future date with The Michael Tabors. Progress is going slower than I had hoped; and unfortunately I don't have all the time in the world to dedicate to writing/arranging/learning D60 songs, what with my school and two jobs. Being the creative impetus behind something like this is hellishly difficult.
