Author Archives: Scott Foglesong

Bread in restaurants: why don’t they cut it all the way through? Instead, you get “slices” that stop about 7/8 of the way through, and then you have to rip off the rest. Is this supposed to make us feel … Continue reading →

Of late the convergence in my world seems to be centering around tempo changes, in the most literal sense of the word — i.e., changes of speed in music. In particular, though, I’m concerned mostly with non-notated tempo changes. I … Continue reading →

When I was a kid the audio world was still in the monophonic hi-fi stage, for the most part. Stereo recording was already in existence, but stereo LPs were extremely few and far between, and almost nobody had stereo players. … Continue reading →

So I went to see the SF Opera “Marriage of Figaro” last night. Absolutely wonderful production, miles removed from some of the stilted, boring Figaros that used to be the norm. This one had mostly younger singers (including a young, … Continue reading →

I haven’t bought a piece of honest-to-God stereo equipment in ages. I got my home stereo to the point where my ears were satisfied — particularly in regard to speakers — and from that point on haven’t thought much about … Continue reading →

Today there was a statement by Peter W. Chiarelli, the commander in Iraq, concerning the many abuses that have been perpetrated by the various coalition forces there. They’re going to start doing some ‘sensitivity training’, I gather. Here’s what he … Continue reading →

I don’t think it’s any great secret among the people who know me that I don’t watch television. I have a Sony TV in my storage room; I haven’t turned it on in several years now so I can’t say … Continue reading →

Plus ça change, plus la même chose. I’m re-visiting two pieces which date back to my freshman and sophomore years at the Peabody Conservatory, no less. That was in 1972-73, but who’s counting? (I am. As of this September, when … Continue reading →

I was intrigued for some time by the possibility of getting to know some of the symphonies by Karl von Ordoñez (Carlos d’Ordoñez), after Robbins Landon’s rather gushy remarks about him in Haydn: Chronicle and Works, particularly the second volume … Continue reading →

In a previous post I discussed Andy Olendzki’s teachings about the overall reliability of the transmission of the Pali Canon via rote memorization, rather than writing. Andy also discussed a number of features in parts of the Pali Canon which … Continue reading →