Leonard Bernstein at 100

Yesterday, I listened to a terrific episode of Radio Open Source, Christopher Lydon’s wide-ranging podcast, on the 100th anniversary of the birth of composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein. The show focused on his popular musical, West Side Story. I have played several arrangements of West Side Story and other Bernstein works in concert band and marching band, and they have been some of my favortite band pieces. The conversation between Lydon and Nigel Simeone is a fascinating analysis of many of the songs in the show and looking at the influences of classical, jazz, and Latin music on Bernstein’s creative process. Check it out!

A cool River5 trick to update subscription lists

Frank McPherson has created a wiki page on his usage of RSS, which includes River5. One aspect of using River5 is that the default setup is to have subscription lists within the folder where the app resides. On Frank’s wiki page, he gives a tip on how to use an OPML file to refer to another OPML file on a server to update the subscription list. Neat!

Read: For the First Time in More Than 20 Years, Copyrighted Works Will Enter the Public Domain

Read For the First Time in More Than 20 Years, Copyrighted Works Will Enter the Public Domain

A beloved Robert Frost poem is among the many creations that are (finally) losing their protections in 2019

Great article by Glenn Fleishman – the impact of corporations on copyright law has been quite significant, too bad that Lawrence Lessig’s work on copyright law was not successful in stemming the tide..

Spent some quality time with a garbage disposal this afternoon, going to spend some quality time with a plumber tomorrow…ugh

 

I am trying out Dialog, the Android app for micro.blog, seems to be working well, can monitor the timeline and respond to posts..