November 3rds

11/3/1914

Wittgenstein: Russians making advances. Hear cannon thunder and sees the lightning flash.

[50 years later, there’s a popular musical group that plays electric instruments, emerging on the heels of the next World War, making effete music].

11/3/1965

(Beatles Recording Sessions—”Michelle”)

A day spent recording this beautiful new Paul McCartney ballad….George asked me what I thought of the Beatles singing a song with French lyrics and I got the impression that with me being a young chap he was sounding me out, perhaps because they weren’t too sure themselves. I said it sounded very pleasant, which it certainly did!”

11/3/2012, Saturday

SOFA Show 2012, Navy Pier. Things I liked: Cast glass with embedded images, Graceann Warn encaustics, work by Bertli Vallien.

11/3/2021

Thoughts on Still 21

Is the ability to play music genetic? It is probably more epigenetic. Music relies on imitation to a large degree (as does language), but basic language ability isn't genetic; It's something we absorb. 

11/3/2024