One day last week I couldn’t decide what I wanted to listen to. So I started scrolling through the music on my phone and only got to the letter “C” before I saw two names I didn’t recognize. I knew I’d listened to them and liked them well enough to download at some time in the past. So I listened to Chthe’ilist and CAIRN. And there was this TV musical thing, Jesus Christ Superstar.
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Music I Liked – Chthe’ilist, CAIRN, Jesus Christ Superstar
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Shy Violets
Violets are an old fashioned flower that seem to be coming back into fashion. It’s funny that such a small, demure flower should be bred into the showy pansy popular at hardware stores. I like those too, but I prefer the original woodland flower. Bonus points for the Pacific Northwest native variety.
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Stuff I Wrote in 2018 So Far
Somehow, the first quarter of 2018 went by without a single post pulling together links to my paid writing. Oops. Well, better late than never. Here is a summary of my clips, bylines, what-have-you for 2018 so far, and quick look at how things are going for the blog at the new URL.
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To Raise Armies – Constitution Article 1 §8.12
Article 1 §8.12 of the Constitution is about Congress’ power to raise armies. Like declaring war, that’s kind of a big deal. It’s tempting to ignore it, but democracy is a big deal. That’s why I’m studying the Constitution, one clause at a time. I’m up to Article 1 §8.12.
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Music I Liked – Odesza, Nils Frahm, Russian Circles
Nils Frahm (obviously my photo)
The down side to living in Seattle is that you just can’t keep up. I started March with the excellent Decibel Festival, but missed half a dozen other concerts I wanted to see. Odesza, Nils Frahm, and Russian Circles all performed in Seattle last week. I was burned out from the past two weeks (school orchestra performance, school play, Seattle Symphony, musical theater, a musical cinema event, and the ballet). So I missed three really good concerts. But I really liked listening to the music all week at home.
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