http://fyrewurks.com between the click of the light and the start of the dream Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:58:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week I started a new regime that involves playing more piano and implementing a healthier lifestyle... well I did work up my Bach and Debussy (though the Debussy has a little more work to go) but I only got half-way through my Hanon - I just got blocked when ... http://fyrewurks.com/2008/11/progress-or-lack-thereof/ I love making grand plans - and small plans - and everything in between - call it an addiction. Of course following through is the hard part... what I've been doing is creating grandiose plans and then if I get a little bit of it done, I've accomplished a lot. ... http://fyrewurks.com/2008/11/the-calendar-hung-itself/ [caption id="attachment_259" align="aligncenter" width="540" caption="Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, Frog Eyes, Swan Lake, & Fifths of Seven"][/caption] 10 Wolf Parade + You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son 09 Wolf Parade + Grounds for Divorce 08 Sunset Rubdown + Us Ones in Between .:*Spencer Krug gently singing in the ... http://fyrewurks.com/2008/11/top-10-spencer-krug-co-songs/ Today I went to the funeral of an old friend from high school.  I hadn't seen him since school but I remember him well and he was truly one of the nicest guys - the type that's always positive and always friendly.  You know how high-schoolers get moody & cocky a ... http://fyrewurks.com/2008/11/in-celebration-of-the-sweeties-in-my-life/ [caption id="attachment_247" align="alignright" width="259" caption="Glenn Gould"][/caption] I couldn't sleep this morning - I was wide awake at 4:00 and couldn't get back.  I tried the usual plane crash daydreams but to no avail... so I thought it was the perfect opportunity to start my new regime. I'd been planning to make some ... http://fyrewurks.com/2008/11/new-regime/ if you'll believe in anything. [caption id="attachment_213" align="aligncenter" width="499" caption="Wolf Parade's Dante DeCaro & Spencer Krug"][/caption] I took a rare week night out with my sis and her husband to go see Wolf Parade at The Marquee in Tulsa tonight - it was the best show I've seen in years. First we stumbled ... http://fyrewurks.com/2008/11/ill-believe-in-anything/ It felt like my family and I spent the whole of October celebrating Halloween; or at least celebrating the cool weather and the orange backdrop of fall, as well as out-of-town family & friends coming and going. Our family loves fall anyway and we always get an early start on the ... http://fyrewurks.com/2008/11/a-month-of-halloween/ If you're getting back into piano after a ten-year break, don't try to jump back in with Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody #2.  (No matter how much you really really want to play it). No one plays this like Horowitz. http://fyrewurks.com/2008/11/memo-to-myself/ Well - I may not have produced the world's greatest modern mosaics, but I did end up with three little pieces of color and awkwardness that I like enough to display in my decor. Plus going to art class was really a nice segway from the office. So here's what I ... http://fyrewurks.com/2008/10/the-results-of-smalti-101/ Tegan and Sara!  I wasn't a fan of their earlier music (at least what I'd heard) but many of the songs off of The Con have really grown on me.  And in their recent Letterman appearance they were just so cute - the singing was cute (and this song is ... http://fyrewurks.com/2008/10/and-the-award-for-the-cutest-band-of-the-year-goes-to/