Very Goode Things
March, 1999
Welcome, ye weary traveller. Here 'tis a fine assortment of very goode things* to keepe you amused during this month of March.
*not affiliated with Martha Stewart
- Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
- Specifically, the 1961 recording by Glenn Gould with Leonard Bernstein leading the New York Philharmonic. Well, of course, it is Glenn Gould, and he is my hero. Still, if you listen to it at all, listen to it for the exquisite beauty in the opening chords. There's so much power in the way he plays, but he is able to affect a very gentle tone when necessary. All in all, a very good thing.
- "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" and "The Only Living Boy in New York," Simon and Garfunkel, 1969
- Geeze. They aren't bad, at that. I'm addicted to them now, so there's no reason why you can't be, too. That would be a very good thing.
- Dashiell Hammett
- What? You haven't read The Dain Curse or Red Harvest? Don't worry! You can still jump on the bandwagon! Start with the most famous novel, The Maltese Falcon. And, while you're at it, go see some Humphrey Bogart. You'll be wishing you were a Pinkerton in no time. And that has to be a very good thing. In fact, noir itself is a very good thing.
- Louis Prima
- The Man is a very good thing.
- Golden Delicious Apples
- That's right--the kind they have at La Verde's, the faithful, overpriced, MIT market. These aren't just any kind of apple--weighing in at nearly a pound apiece (that's about a dollar an apple there, folks), these giants could conquer the world. Better eat them before they eat you. That wouldn't be such a very good thing.