Mixed Meters

. . . then of course there needs to be a label to help music consumers select the most wholesome and nutritious product. The Improvising Gui...

Two weeks ago I traveled to San Francisco to hear 2 performances of A Flowering Tree , the newest opera by John Adams . I feel some pressur...

I have two confessions . One -- I used to play the bass clarinet. Two -- I occasionally ego surf (er, I search the web for my own name.) ...

Yes, these pictures are indeed blog filler. You'll find an L.A. Cat with no arms wearing a coat , a baseball-cap-wearing bird from San ...

I do intend to post about my recent trip to San Francisco to hear John Adams' A Flowering Tree and about the waltz-tune I wrote in Sta...

(This is Mixed Meters' 250th post. But who's counting?) Sunday is the last day I could play a game I've invented to amuse mysel...

Who is this cute young woman? And why does she deserve some blame for our stupid war in Iraq? (Answer at the end of this post.) Who would im...

Can you find me in this picture? It appears on The Rest Is Noise - the blog of Alex Ross, New Yorker Music Critic. You can see my hairlin...

Click here to read Mixed Meters' Valentine's Day post from last year - The Frequent Kisser's Card ValenTags: Leslie Harris . . ...

Alex is Alex Shapiro - composer, moderator and blogger, a tireless crusader for new music in Los Angeles. Her blog, Notes From The Kelp ,...

Here's a YouTube video of six (intently focused) guys juggling Clapping Music by Steve Reich. As an ex-juggler I've known that th...