Mixed Meters

Space Time, the short version of Spring 2015 from The Seasons , is now online for your listening pleasure.  Some explanation will probably...

I was a junior in high school when I discovered absurdity. I understood absurdity immediately because it reflected my life so perfectly.  A...

John Adams , the most successful composer, has been my top client for decades. Hey John, thanks for all the work! (I mean, really.) But he...

One night in 1980 my friend John Steinmetz couldn't sleep. Instead, he drew pictures of blenders, those friendly, familiar kitchen comp...

(Hey, later in this post you'll find a new 30 Second Spot to play. And it ends with a little story about Frank Zappa's music. Othe...

AWFUL STARBUCKS MUSIC DRIVES ME TO IPOD Over the years I've had surprisingly few issues with the music selection in my local Starbucks. ...

Forward: This is a long, completed essay about my relationship to the music of Gustav Mahler over 40 years. Go back to this post Buying a G...