Repeating a Repeat of Repetitions

Actually, I must back up a couple days. On Friday, our friend Nada came over after work and we decided to do an impromptu jam session. I can't play guitar, so I picked up my accordian to join in. It took us several beers to start this, so we probably thought it was cool. I'm sure our neighbors did not. Anyway, we stopped playing and started listening to music. Oh gawd, how much more nerdier can it get? Nada brought over his Ipod, and we listened mostly to Deerhoof. Choo choo choo... listen to them and let me know what you think.

Now, let's get on to something recent. I went to a Composer's Inc. concert last night. I brought B with me and he was such a great sport. I enjoyed the second half more than the first. Although, I thought the trio in the first half was good. It caught my attention because I was planning on incorporating some Korean Folk into my second movement of the trio I'm working on. BUT, I want to make sure that I do not make it sound too cliche. How can one pull that off? Well, she pulled it off pretty well. Most ironic though, was in the second half, the first quartet played an amusing movement called "Nihonglish," and it was pretty much exploiting the, um, "oriental," cliche's in music. It kinda reminded me of my childhood when the kids teased me for being Chinese, and when I said that I was Korean, they replied, "There's no such thing as Korean."

The bass piece was entertaining. The bassist had to play and speak at the same time. I can't even rub my tummy and pat my head at the same time. He was super good, and definitely had the personality to pull it off well. I liked the quartet at the end the most. I need to digest that one a bit and give it a little more time.

I must say though, isn't it unfortunate sometimes when something you do not like so much is the thing that sticks out the most in your mind? For instance, there was a electronic/viola piece that was performed in the first half of the program. When I read it, I though, "oh, this might be interesting." Well, that thought had left after the first five seconds of the piece. BECAUSE, it repeated the first three measures for about 10 minutes. WTF? I don't get it. Can someone please explain this to me? It's like saying, "duh, duh, duh,...duh-duh, duh! duh? duh... duh, du-h-d-u-h, duh!" for ten minutes. Was it ten minutes? Aya, it was forever! That was a little harsh, wasn't it? Well, the violist was really good. poor guy.

Anyway, after all of that last night, I woke up this morning needing to blast the 'Eagles of Death Metal'. A good contrast to shake that piece out of my head.