6:40am wake-up call from Harriet, who is Sacramento, on the overnight train from Seattle, soon to arrive in Davis -- so,
out the door post-haste in
striking sun and
clouds,
across the Valley to the U.C. area.
Happy in reunion,
we
return,
only to find that Harriet's computer (our original Macbook), cannot "find" the new system, despite a successful Airport establishment and new internet network "join." Call ATT for another service call, and
head
to
DVC,
where eager Theoreticians await short videos of John Williams's Star Wars, the Elvis Presley version of Hound Dog, followed by sight-singing the first 15 figures of Terry Riley's In C, with percussionist Christian as pulse on piano. Roger Waters's Shine On You Crazy Diamond concludes for dictation and board harmony, then, call Harriet to see what the signs of progress are re internet.
While heading home, via petrol,
the
word
is
received
that her online connection has been re-established, although neither repair person nor she actually knows how it happened (Mr. Sulu: "But Captain, I didn't do it -- everything just came on", or words to that effect).
Multiple
supply
run, then paper grading,
returning
down 80
and
680
for the
Literature class, proceeding from Willie Dixon's Hoochie-Coochie Man through George Crumb's Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death and Black Angels -- and looking towards minimalism and rock.
Two Classic Rock Progressions:
I Want to Hold Your Hand
C G Am Em
I V vi iii
Stairway to Heaven
Cm Bb Ab
i bVII bVI
Two Ongoing New-Music Ensemble Types:
Pierrot
Flute
Clarinet
(Soprano)
Piano
Violin
Cello
Histoire (Soldier's Tale)
Clarinet
Bassoon
Trumpet
Trombone
Percussion
Violin
String Bass
Three Stylistic Periods for the Beatles in the 60's:
60-64 - Beatlemania
65-66 - Folk Transition
67-70 - Progressive
Listening:
8935 Terry Riley - In C
8936 Steve Reich - Tehillim: I
3937 Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach: Train
8940 John Lennon - A Day in the Life
8942 Andy Summers - Mother
8943 Roger Waters - Shine On You Crazy Diamond: III
***
Out late with Owen and company, and a later return for typical pdf (Merton 74) and compositional activities (Decameron 83 and Psalm 93 system 12).
...and blog usage to date: 155 MB (15.17%) of the 1024 MB -- with five weeks to spare...
