Mixed Meters

We're having a serious drought in California, so when it rained here in Pasadena last Saturday most everyone was pleased.  The only poss...

Most music is written by just one person.  In this post you can hear a piece of music written by two people.  Here they are: On the lef...

Here's a picture of two right-wing politically divisive U.S. Senators who happen to look a lot alike. As things stand right now, the ...

It's hard to write a blog post like this one when you expect that no one will read it. Mixed Meters posts announcing new long versions...

Poor Arnold Schoenberg. In spite of being a pivotal twentieth century composer his music just doesn't get performed that much. His ...

Last month, on the birth date of Arthur Jarvinen, I posted an article called An Antenna Repairmen Performance .   The members of the Repair...

Back in 2009 I posted this picture on Mixed Messages I called the picture Fork in the Road .  Indeed it shows a fork, a very large sculpt...

Thursday morning I downloaded a free Adobe IOS app called Paintcan .  It allows you to convert digital photos into virtual paintings just by...

Does anyone still play bridge, two couples, tricks and trumps?  Always seemed like a waste of time to me.  Still, people are entitled to use...

Composer Arthur Jarvinen was born on January 27, 1956. Today would have been his 59th birthday. Each year I try to remember Art on his bir...