tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11301779.post112886846437269228..comments2024-02-16T19:27:54.675-05:00Comments on Think Denk: Puppy Love, ProvenJeremy Denkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16997540220711182521noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11301779.post-1133664811672671412005-12-03T21:53:00.000-05:002005-12-03T21:53:00.000-05:00Bubs,Was just thinking about you and could not res...Bubs,<BR/><BR/>Was just thinking about you and could not resist the "puppy love" title - all of which has led to a bizarre coincidence. I have recently managed to extricate Rufus' <I>Poses</I> disc from Heather's car, where it has no doubt languished nearly unused for the last two months. I purchased it as an anniversary present for my darling wife, but Maya will not let Rufus be heard when the Muppets are available.<BR/><BR/>In any case, since locating the disc and spending ample time with it on long drives around our lovely rural corner of creation, I have been unable to once again extricate it from my CD player. It has been this very fact that has led me to think about how you are - the New York connection, perhaps, or the pianist's secret bond that leads you on literary flights of fancy and leads Rufus to reference Thomas Mann in his work.<BR/><BR/>I have been tired and hope we will see you for Christmas, at which point I would gladly lend you <I>Poses</I> if you are interested. I may be finished with it by then. If you want the Muppets, you'll have to wrestle Maya for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11301779.post-1129305290680216672005-10-14T11:54:00.000-04:002005-10-14T11:54:00.000-04:00While we're "outing" ourselves, I must confess tha...While we're "outing" ourselves, I must confess that I listen to much more pop and jazz than I do classical music, and I don't care for much "contemporary classical" - or whatever you want to call it - at all.<BR/><BR/>Right now I'm addicted to Pat Metheny's "One Quiet Night" CD of solo guitar music. He plays a Linda Manzer baritone guitar (Tuned to A below the E of a standard axe), and it's hauntingly beautiful. He uses a modified Nashville tuning with the G and C strings strung up an octave, so the chord voicings he gets are other-worldly. I like it so much, I bought the music and fully intend to study the heck out of it.<BR/><BR/>As a neo-classical guy who comes from a jazz background, I feel like I have more in common with him (And, Pat is an old aquaintance of mine) than with any of the contemporary classical guys, who mostly write stuff I find ugly and uninteresting.<BR/><BR/>Cliche's are good: I use a i, iv, bVII, bIII, bVI/Fr.+6, V(m9) in a guitar sonata of mine. I'd probably be laughed out of a university music department for that, but it's PRETTY, and I LIKE IT. So, nanny, nanny, boo-boo. ;^)Hucbaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111826753868595100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11301779.post-1129089439356016782005-10-11T23:57:00.000-04:002005-10-11T23:57:00.000-04:00jeremy--i very much enjoy reading your blog. as fa...jeremy--<BR/><BR/>i very much enjoy reading your blog. as far as your reading of the rufus tune is concerned, may i suggest that if you like what you hear on "want two", which is arguably his least successful disc, that you go check out his eponymously titled record? it's wicked beautiful, and the songwriting is stunning.<BR/><BR/>oh, and for god's sake, return alisa's call! (weilerstein, that is)<BR/><BR/>and finally, i would just call the G over E an e minor 7, but that's mere pop/jazz theory...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com