{"id":213,"date":"2007-04-09T03:03:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-09T07:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/?p=213"},"modified":"2007-04-09T03:03:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-09T07:03:00","slug":"a-musical-perhaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/?p=213","title":{"rendered":"A Musical Perhaps?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been planning out a story which I imagine being a musical… it’s called The Kidnapping of Belmount<\/i> and the draft outline is about 60% complete. It is about a prisoner who is released from prison by a wizard who hires him to kidnap the princess.<\/p>\n

I really need to get back to work on my novel though, The Game of Gynwig<\/i>. I’ve been taking a nice long break on that, haven’t I? I can’t even remember what exactly is supposed to happen next, I’ll have to find my notes.<\/p>\n

I’ve been putting some music videos on my YouTube channel<\/a>. The whole notion of music visualization is quite suddenly captivating!<\/p>\n

I finally did get my hands on Hofstadter’s new book, I Am A Strange Loop<\/i>. I’ve only finished the first two chapters, but I’m considering starting another “Book Quote” blog because I keep making notes on interesting points I come across while reading that I’d like to comment on.<\/p>\n

On the fiction side of things, I’m about 66% percent through Arthur C. Clarke’s Childhood’s End<\/i>, a very thought provoking science fiction book, which is a great contrast to the pathetic horrible torture I endured while reading Time’s Eye<\/i>, which he wrote with Stephen Baxter. Time’s Eye<\/i> is quite possibly the worst book ever written and it made me fantasize about book burnings. Childhood’s End<\/i>, however, is way on the other end of the spectrum… at least it is so far. The ending better be good… it’s one of those books in which many things depend on a well thought out ending.<\/p>\n

On the music front, I’ve been listening to my library’s collection of Sondheim musicals, and tonight’s treat was Follies<\/i> while I labored away on some Computer Science homework. It’s not a bad musical, but it’s not nearly as catchy as some of Sondheim’s other work, like Sweeney Todd<\/i> and Into the Woods<\/i>, but I do remember hearing some nice tracks, though there names are not yet ingrained in my memory. Next up, I’ll try listening to his musical called Passion<\/i>. Then again, I am expecting some classical music I ordered from Amazon to arrive some time this week, so it may have to go on the backburner as I rock out with Mozart or whatever I ordered… they were having a sale, $3 a CD for some of them… one CD I ordered was Carmina Burana<\/i> by good old Carl Orff… fantastic choirs in his music! I also ordered the infamous Symphonie Fantastique<\/i>, which I remember enjoying but haven’t heard for a loooong time, and some French symphonic poems, including the infamous Sorcerer’s Apprentice<\/i>! Woohoo! So I guess I have to give those a listen sometime.<\/p>\n

Wow, I didn’t mean to blather so much. I think what I’ll do is try to blather on this blog daily, and then do a weekly briefing on the main page. Good idea, no?<\/p>\n

Over and out. Should I keep saying that? Let’s try something else for this blog… how about: Later. Hmmmm… that’s overdone… how about: Until I doth blog again… ooh, that sounds nice, especially since it’s grammatically incorrect, isn’t it? Yeah, let’s use that…<\/p>\n

Until I doth blog again…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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