Ultimately,” she said, the goal is “to not have to check a box.

Who Are We? New Dialogue on Mixed Race- NYT

Although I come from two Mexican born parents, being raised in the United States of America I absolutely feel Multiracial.

hipness is what it was

http://www.therestisnoise.com/2008/03/1969.html

(aaahh)

Am listening to an article about Rwanda, eating ice-cream birthday cake (provided by a kind attorney) after having been moved to tears this morning in the shower from thinking about a scene from "It's a Wonderful Life", which I watched last night for the very first time.

I've been looking for this for a while...

At the risk of being momentarily precocious

I will say that every great music lesson I ever had began from my father.

an executive decision

There are two great candidates on the democratic ticket.

right now

Am reading this, but have interrupted it to finish reading this. I needed a firsthand account.

You know, when I was younger, an older cousin told me about how he likes to listen to a song not too many times in order to not get tired of it. As Bloom stresses to read and reread an possibly even rereread, I imagine that if with each new listening we want more, find more
in the word or song, it stays vital.

pedagogy

The Ronettes, "Be My Baby"

How does music move us? Does it idealize? Perhaps it reminds us and frames in a different way. Perhaps counterpoint metaphors relationships. Harmony feelings and emotion. Melody and tessitura time, and rhythm life...er...human existence maybe? Mortality...vigor...life...

mere wankings?

You know, sometimes you're just looking for some motherfucking emotional release.
This guy doesn't suck. In many, many ways this guy doesn't either.



note:

1) Creative release could be emotional release.
2)The word "Motherfucker" is contemporary literary vernacular.

...well, It's based on his ability to draw you in.

Alex Ross on Alfred Brendel's last NY Concert ever