Monday, October 22, 2007

GO SOX!!!!!!!!



Every once in a while our tour schedule seems to work out perfectly (like our tour to Hawaii coming up this April!). But this weekend found us in Boston for the first concert of our Brahms and Schumann cycle at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Great timing - because the Red Sox were also coming home to clinch their spot in the 2007 World Series ;-)

We watched both games, though during last night's decisive win I felt compelled to practice for our concert today. So, here you go, a sneak peak at my weakness: practicing while watching baseball (with the tv on mute of course!).





I must say this scene is a significant upgrade from the regular season when I just watch the Gameday updates on my computer. But here I am in my parents' living room in Cambridge, taking advantage of their great new screen. And check out all of my dad's cds! We lost count a while ago, but suffice it to say this is only one of many rooms full of them. All classical musicians can breathe a little easier knowing that somebody out there is still buying cds...and lots of them!

3 Comments:

At 10:36 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Zounds! Holy Manny!! Those bookcases are a virtual mosaic of CDs!!! At first glance, I thought it was a plethora of tax codes & law journals. Amidst all those CDs, may I inquire through the bench if there's any CDs from another Boston legend, The J. Geils Band--the ultimate '70s Houseparty band? Any motivational CDs featuring a pre-concert lecture by Benjamin Zander can also serve the same purpose ;-)/...

 
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At 2:32 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Based on counting the CDs on those shelves and extrapolating a bit, it sounds as if your dad has upwards of 35,000 CDs or so. Is he being treated medically for his compulsion? How does your mom put up with his turning the whole house into a CD museum??? Her extraordinary tolerance puts her in the category of an angel!!! Or is the rumor true that her collection of as yet unknitted yarn rivals or perhaps even exceeds his collection of CDs???
Lucifer

 

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