Mixed Meters

A divot is a piece of sod, a combo of dirt and grass, thrown into the air usually by a horse's hoof or a duffer's club. David'...

This Friday the series Beyond Music will present a concert of the music of Arthur Jarvinen at Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center in Venice...

Not a Star Wars fan? I suggest that you skip this post. This is about Star Wars Uncut, Director's Cut .  It's a remake of Star Wa...

January 27 of this year would have been composer Arthur Jarvinen's 56th birthday.  On that date there will be a concert celebrating his ...

On a recent walk my iPod decided that I needed to hear my piece entitled This Is Not The Title EITHER . I hadn't listened to it in quit...

The most hallowed Mixed Meters' musical tradition is probably the yearly winter Solstice piece based on Jingle Bells.  Theoretically the...

I don't remember what my first contact with Stanley Jason Zappa was, but I'm pretty sure it happened because we both write blogs.  S...

People on the Internet are apparently interested in pictures of dead animals.  Mixed Meters' most popular picture is of a dead squirrel....

Last weekend I attended the same concert three times.  Usually once is enough, of course, for even the most rabid fan of classical music.  B...

As I write this (just before 3 a.m.) about a thousand LAPD officers are removing Occupy Los Angeles from their camp surrounding City Hall. ...

I was in downtown Los Angeles several times this week and I happened to walk past the Occupy Los Angeles encampment - our local version of O...