My new blog: Alex Popescu’s Jots & tl;dr blog
I have moved posting my often on the Jots & tl;dr blog by Alex Popescu
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This new blog of mine is also an experiment in using static blog generators, a trend that I have missed a bit.
Dobrinka Tabakova - Halle, Delyana Lazarova (Classical music)
Classical music composed by a person who is still alive.
Tenderness and yearning are rarely absent from the music of Dobrinka Tabakova. The composer, born in Bulgaria and resident in Britain, possesses the courage to explore her rich inner emotional world and channel whatever she finds there into scores that speak directly to the heart.
On this album:
- Orpheus’ Comet
- Concerto for Viola and Strings
- Earth Suite
- Concerto for Cello and Strings
Musicians:
- Halle (orchestra)
- Delyana Lazarova (conductor)
- Maxim Rysanov (viola)
- Guy Johnston (cello)
ALTAccidental Tech Podcast #569: Do Grasshoppers Have Tongues? (podcast)
The one in which the hosts are having fun with Alexa answers,
provide a 3 bullet points spec for ergonomic keyboards, and disagree comparing the vibes around iPhone and Apple Vision Pro launches.
ALTSaint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems - Le Carnaval des animaux - L’Assassinat du duc de Guise - François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles (Classical Music)
An incredible album. With incredible musicians. All compositions by Camille Saint-Saëns:
- Phaéton in C Major, Op.39
- La jeunesse d’Hercule in E-Flat Major, Op.50
- Le rouwt d’Omphale in A Major, Op.31
- Danse macabre in G Minor, Op.40
- Samson et Dalila, Op.47
- Le carnaval des animaux, R.125
- L’assassinat du Duc de Guise, Op.128
Musicians:
- François-Xavier Roth (conductor)
- Les Siècles (orchestra)
- Paul Bateman (piano)
- Michaël Ertzscheid (piano)
- Marion Ralincourt (flute)
ALTImproved Learning from Podcasts, Boooks, and Videos from The Power Company Climbing Podcast (podcast)
A meta podcast from a climbing podcast on how to learn from other climbing .
It wasn’t very bad.
Some of the advice would pass like truisms. The rest would pass like two guys talking while having the mic on. There is a part I would’ve cut: the one talking about the changes they plan to make to this podcast. It wasn’t a short part either.
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