Mixed Meters

I've been enjoying a book of early short stories by Philip K. Dick , master science fiction author. These stories, from the early fifti...

Today Mixed Meters begins its seventh year.   Itchy.  Here's a short post from that first day, September 16, 2005 (also a Friday), entit...

The fire fighters who died rushing into the burning towers trying to save the lives of other people will surely define the word heroism for ...

In 1894, when the U.S. government decided on a holiday to celebrate working people, they picked a date in September instead of May first, th...

Here are two recordings made this summer by my buddies The Peter Schmid Trio. The trio is: Peter Schmid, piano Cornel Reasoner, bass Lu...

Here's my guarantee: none of the words in this post will be the F-Word itself.  However, you should be aware that The Word is essential...

The previous post Facelike - Part 1 showed pictures of some faces I've noticed as they keep tabs on me. Today, more faces.  These pic...

There's an old joke: Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not following me. This post and the next will document...

Recently I had to relearn a personal lesson about being a composer. Of course I'm not a composer any more - I gave up using that term. ...

Recently I was surprised to hear operatic singing from a television commercial.  There was even a bass voice. You never hear basses sing on...

(If you have time to watch only one of these videos, definitely watch the last one, Beer Vivaldi.) In the museum-like world of classical m...