Category: whimsy

It’s finally spring up here and I’ve been out 2 out of 2 days and it is absolutely amazingly fantastic.

Here’s a road sign I found on my second trip out.

 

And this image is for two people whose birthdays are today.

Happy birthday to you both!

This is not something I do often, or lightly, but having just been through a round of some stomach bug or flu, I’ve been drinking a lot of stomach ease tea, by Yogi Teas, and I swear by the stuff. It’s a miracle as far as I’m concerned.

Really, just try it if you’re one of those people with a fluttery stomach – from stress, indigestion, hangover, whatever.

It makes you feel like a person again. If you can’t find it near you, you can buy it on Amazon.

And no, this is not a paid blog post, but a genuine article product endorsement. It tastes good, too.

So I’ve been teaching Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring to first year students this year, and while I had a vivid memory of being introduced to his music via Siouxsie and the Banshees, I could never find any evidence of that fact.

But now I have: in the video of Nocturne, a live concert, the first few minutes you can hear the Stravinksy; it was the music Siouxsie and the Banshees used to play to cue the audience that they were up next.

I saw this show at Radio City Music Hall, and honestly, seeing that gorgeous hall full of High Goth was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen. I also still remember, because it was one of those Perfect Days, the day we bought the tickets: first going to Radio City to stand online to buy the tickets and then handing around Washington Square Park all day with my friends Marc and Lara.

(& For Cure fans: that is a very young Robert Smith standing stage left and playing guitar.)

I wonder how many hours of my life have been spent watching live music – a lot, no doubt, and still? Never enough. Now I’m more likely to actually go see a performance of Rite of Spring, which seems pretty full circle, no?

Interviewer: What would you consider to be your greatest weakness?

Applicant: Honesty.

Interviewer: Honesty? I don’t think honesty is a weakness.

Applicant: I don’t give a fuck what you think.