Category Archives: primary

Minimal Styles for Sage

Inspired by Instapaper and Readabililty, I wrote two minimal styles for Sage this morning. There are two versions available:

Download Minimal Sans-Serif style for Sage
Download Minimal Serif style for Sage

Update: Netbook version

Our Rooms and Our Politics

Researchers think that the condition of our offices and bedrooms says a lot about our political philosophies. Their findings show that people with messy rooms tend to lean left, and conservatives are often neat freaks.
According to a controversial new study, set to be published in The Journal of Political Psychology, the bedrooms and offices [...]

Georges Boulanger

I was familiar with Georges Boulanger as the composer of several interesting pieces performed by some of my favorite fiddlers, ie. Roby Lakatos and Abram Shtern. But I was unaware that Boulanger was an accomplished violinist himself, who studied with renowned pedagogue Leopold Auer. I have gathered several examples of Boulanger’s playing below, which [...]

Viva Santa Anna

Ann Richards’ Keynote Address to the Democratic National Convention in 1988.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Buenas noches, mis amigos! I am delighted to be here with you this evening, because after listening to George Bush all these years, I figured you needed to know what a real Texas accent sounds like.

Henryk Szeryng

This evening I was thrilled to discover a new website dedicated to one of my musical heroes, Henryk Szeryng. The website, which is managed by the estate of Henryk Szeryng, contains a biography, video excerpts, and photographs of the artist. Szeryng was born in Poland, and during the early 1940s he accompanied the Polish prime [...]

Brown Building

Years ago, I delivered sandwiches by foot in downtown Austin for Thundercloud. There were a few buildings I loved walking into, but the Brown building was perhaps the coolest of them all. Here are a few photos of the interior at Apartment Therapy. It’s nice to see the building made it onto the National Register [...]

Summer 2008

Toscha Seidel on YouTube

YouTube user dkurgano aims to upload all his recordings of Toscha Seidel (along with accompanying photographs) to YouTube. There are about a dozen clips so far with the promise of more to come. This will be a great resource for violinists and those who enjoy musicianship of the highest quality, as most of Seidel’s recordings [...]

Franz

This old Franz electric metronome was an early birthday gift from Michelle. Thanks! Now I might actually look forward to studying Carl Flesch.

Eastside Memorial High School

Johnston HS to reopen as Eastside Memorial High School.
Wednesday a new sign reading Eastside Memorial High School went up and covered the old Johnston sign. Five hundred students so far are enrolled in the new school on the old campus. Members of the faculty, students, and parents attended the ceremony, which was set to music [...]