tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post6244198653767959714..comments2024-01-20T23:55:26.269-08:00Comments on The Detritus Review: Guilty on One Charge of Puffery and One Charge of Lying under OathUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-5345606438562663742008-08-27T10:38:00.000-07:002008-08-27T10:38:00.000-07:00E - right, I don't have to go, and I won't. Last t...E - right, I don't have to go, and I won't. Last time I saw them, great program; this year - yeesh. Overexposed classical pop (Eine Kleine, Brandenburgs), movie music, some Piazzolla, and some new music by Clarice Assad.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-20233108132401724342008-08-26T13:57:00.000-07:002008-08-26T13:57:00.000-07:00Oops! I should clarify something. When I referred ...Oops! I should clarify something. When I referred to my high school's music program, I was, in fact, referring to a California public high school music program. <BR/><BR/>So there, just in case you were thinking I went to a super-genius private high school that cost more than my left arm on the black market.Empiricushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629835829400843701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-25808754847169030592008-08-26T13:43:00.000-07:002008-08-26T13:43:00.000-07:00Yeah. Their programming is surely on the pops-ish ...Yeah. Their programming is surely on the pops-ish side. Good call. But, I don't have to go (I hope you don't/didn't, either), which explains why I chose not go after them. It seems they're just going about their business, as usual, as many small budget orchestras do. I just don't understand how someone can call the NCCO innovative, while simultaneously acknowledging that many ensembles do the same. But, is the least offensive, middle-of-the-road kind of programming really innovative, especially when every orchestra and their moms are doing it? Somewhere in Scott's head there was one tiny, non-essential screw loose, that didn't link "dry rot" and "cliche" with pops concerts.Empiricushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629835829400843701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-70185187839830197372008-08-26T13:09:00.000-07:002008-08-26T13:09:00.000-07:00Back in May I had a few things to say about NCCO's...Back in May I had <A HREF="http://irontongue.blogspot.com/2008/05/pops.html" REL="nofollow">a few things to say</A> about NCCO's ghastly programming this season.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-44351913893946175312008-08-26T12:33:00.000-07:002008-08-26T12:33:00.000-07:00Bach, and holiday music from around the globe? Th...Bach, and holiday music from around the globe? That sounds dreadful. High school orchestra concert is dead on -- we all know that the Holiday concert at Spiro Agnew Middle School is the must attend musical event of the year. Everyone who is anyone will surely be there. <BR/><BR/>Schlocky eclecticism, indeed. It's as though the whole music industry has been taken over by people who don't know anything about music, and also seem to not like music all that much either. <BR/><BR/>Here's innovative -- play good music. Just because Eine Kleine Nachtmusik is famous doesn't mean it needs yet another performance. Not innovative! I'm sure the classical thunder recording, and the 30 second clip used as part of the soundtrack of about a dozen movies ever year should just about do us for that piece. And paired with Psycho? But why? Not that you need a reason, but your innovation must have some explanation. Dazzle me with your innovative invocations of innovavavavations. [Note: Bull-shit connections like "light" and "dark" are very tired and will not be accepted due to their decidedly piss-poor levels of innovativeness.]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com