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Clear filtersApril 20, 2009
New music is alive and well in Oberlin, but so is the old. A look at the concerts I attended or performed in this past week.
April 18, 2009
Watch some of the movie. Become rather confused because you've missed the first fifteen minutes. Snicker at inappropriate moments.
April 9, 2009
For some reason, that computer program for writing Western musical scores didn't want to comply to my demands that it blend with Indian ways of notating music. I'm not really sure why it was so stubborn.
April 9, 2009
Everyone is attractive, even when you have no idea what gender they are.
March 16, 2009
Oberlin is a mecca for all things music, and not just because of the Conservatory. Cool awesome bands and musicians are here all the time, at a fraction of the cost of most performances in the real world.
March 14, 2009
Papageno, essentially a humanized bird and bird catcher, sang about how he wanted to catch chicks. And when he said "chicks," he didn't mean those little yellow baby chickens.
March 11, 2009
For three weeks of the year, the walls of the Bent corridor (which I totally thought was just a descriptor, not the name of two illustrious alumni, up until last week) are graced with beautiful local artwork from students from the 9th Congressional District. I was ever so lucky to be there photographing it.
March 8, 2009
In fear of the real world, I resolved to do and see as many ridiculous things as I can this semester. Like swing dancing.
March 5, 2009
He did say that there is a small chance that it will create a micro black hole that will gobble up Geneva and then the rest of the world.
February 28, 2009
From what I saw of it from my place serving "beef in spicy sauce," the performance was great.
February 24, 2009
The applications were sent, the waiting is over, and by the magic of a little envelope in the mail, POOF! You're now one step closer to being an Obie. But, if you've been accepted, what is available to help you decide if Oberlin is the right place for you? Man, if only there was some great and helpful program...
February 19, 2009
There's more to the New York art scene than pretentiousness and Andy Warhol, but you certainly won't find it in this post. What you will find is a retrospective of some of the various art--both deliberate and not--that we happened to come across during our afternoon visit.