Comments on: Whatever http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2006/08/21/whatever/ The glamorous life and thoughts of a concert pianist. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:30:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2006/08/21/whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-2205 Anonymous Wed, 06 Sep 2006 01:01:00 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/?p=381#comment-2205 a gorgeous reading of ms. steel's - um - reverse brilliance? thanks. a gorgeous reading of ms. steel’s – um – reverse brilliance? thanks.

]]> By: Anonymous http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2006/08/21/whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-2192 Anonymous Mon, 28 Aug 2006 02:19:53 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/?p=381#comment-2192 Just a comment in my opinion if you ever want to listen to Beethoven... Martha Argerich does it well...so does Radulupu... Just a comment in my opinion if you ever want to listen to Beethoven… Martha Argerich does it well…so does Radulupu…

]]> By: Carol http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2006/08/21/whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-2185 Carol Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:15:30 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/?p=381#comment-2185 Jeremy: Never overlook the lakes in Northern Ontario. Look up Interprovincial Music Camp (imcon theweb.org). A lot of the faculty are from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (I'm originally from Toronto), it's on a beautiful lake 21/2 hrs N of Toronto, and the rest of the faculty have great credentials as well. I went, as well as my brother and sister - so I thought my daughter might enjoy it. Now I've created a logistical monster from NY - however she and her friends from Toronto have gone back for 5 yrs now. The staff bring their families, there are water sports, basketball, activities at night - like the dreaded dance to be avoided at all costs etc. There are 2 bands, and three orchestras, and they all have to be in the choir (at 8:15am they love that!). Sarah has had a violinist from the TSO for 5 Yrs now who Joshua will be playing with 3 weeks later at the gala opening night of the TSO - which my Mom is trying to get a ticket for. The camp has faculty concerts every night by the lake,bonfires,and also has a theatre production. I don't think there are any piano lessons though - which would be nice. So you'd have to just sit around and relax by the lake (and read a Steel novel?!). They put on a concert after nine days for the parents, and it is just amazing. Sarah's conductor is with the Toronto Youth Symphony Orchestra.The most disturbing thing is that the owner attended the camp when I did ( a really long time ago - I don't remember her) she is referred to by the campers as Mom - which is the opposite way of the life spectrum I'm trying to go. Oh well, I CANNOT COMPLAIN - I've had experiences that people without kids never have. I digress. So if anyone is looking for a less expensive, but still high quality, fun music camp (Canadian $!) - they also have a jazz camp just prior to this week. So Jeremy - find a cottage to rent on a lake, go to a camp on a lake, or go sit by the ocean - if all else fails there's a few fountains in NYC! Jeremy: Never overlook the lakes in Northern Ontario. Look up Interprovincial Music Camp (imcon theweb.org). A lot of the faculty are from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (I’m originally from Toronto), it’s on a beautiful lake 21/2 hrs N of Toronto, and the rest of the faculty have great credentials as well. I went, as well as my brother and sister – so I thought my daughter might enjoy it. Now I’ve created a logistical monster from NY – however she and her friends from Toronto have gone back for 5 yrs now. The staff bring their families, there are water sports, basketball, activities at night – like the dreaded dance to be avoided at all costs etc. There are 2 bands, and three orchestras, and they all have to be in the choir (at 8:15am they love that!). Sarah has had a violinist from the TSO for 5 Yrs now who Joshua will be playing with 3 weeks later at the gala opening night of the TSO – which my Mom is trying to get a ticket for. The camp has faculty concerts every night by the lake,bonfires,and also has a theatre production. I don’t think there are any piano lessons though – which would be nice. So you’d have to just sit around and relax by the lake (and read a Steel novel?!). They put on a concert after nine days for the parents, and it is just amazing. Sarah’s conductor is with the Toronto Youth Symphony Orchestra.The most disturbing thing is that the owner attended the camp when I did ( a really long time ago – I don’t remember her) she is referred to by the campers as Mom – which is the opposite way of the life spectrum I’m trying to go. Oh well, I CANNOT COMPLAIN – I’ve had experiences that people without kids never have. I digress. So if anyone is looking for a less expensive, but still high quality, fun music camp (Canadian $!) – they also have a jazz camp just prior to this week. So Jeremy – find a cottage to rent on a lake, go to a camp on a lake, or go sit by the ocean – if all else fails there’s a few fountains in NYC!

]]> By: Carol http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2006/08/21/whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-2184 Carol Fri, 25 Aug 2006 05:50:44 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/?p=381#comment-2184 oops - wrong name - that's for another web page, and I can't figure out how to change it -CRISIS-WHATEVER SHALL I DO? Well the las6t post is under Carol - if anyone cares - not Flaxen. oops – wrong name – that’s for another web page, and I can’t figure out how to change it -CRISIS-WHATEVER SHALL I DO? Well the las6t post is under Carol – if anyone cares – not Flaxen.

]]> By: Flaxen http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2006/08/21/whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-2183 Flaxen Fri, 25 Aug 2006 05:38:27 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/?p=381#comment-2183 Speaking as a blonde, which really doesn't really matter, perhaps they were reading a Steel novel under the duvet by flashlight because it was too cold to read it in the great "outdoors" of the bedroom? I personally prefer to blast the A/C in the summer - then it's too cold - so I turn on (minds out of the Steel gutter please!) my heated matress duvet, and the heated blanket on top. If I fall asleep before turning them off, I end up waking up in the night feeling like a grilled chees sandwich - and THAT is a metaphor you won't find in one of her novels!<br/>Why dream about a lake when you are surrounded by ocean and beaches? (the loud obnoxious people go home around 5 or 6 pm on their charter busses back to the city, so it's possible to walk on the boardwalk, or read, or just sit and watch the ocean. (the north shore - not the Hamptons - is probably much quieter than Jones Beach etc.) I was just thinking the opposite, of escaping L.I. for the noise of NYC for a day!<br/>p.s. hire a housekeeper maybe twice a month - if you're not on tour - who also does laundry. I can't practice my bass unless the house is passably tidy.At least where I am....<br/>Carol Speaking as a blonde, which really doesn’t really matter, perhaps they were reading a Steel novel under the duvet by flashlight because it was too cold to read it in the great “outdoors” of the bedroom? I personally prefer to blast the A/C in the summer – then it’s too cold – so I turn on (minds out of the Steel gutter please!) my heated matress duvet, and the heated blanket on top. If I fall asleep before turning them off, I end up waking up in the night feeling like a grilled chees sandwich – and THAT is a metaphor you won’t find in one of her novels!
Why dream about a lake when you are surrounded by ocean and beaches? (the loud obnoxious people go home around 5 or 6 pm on their charter busses back to the city, so it’s possible to walk on the boardwalk, or read, or just sit and watch the ocean. (the north shore – not the Hamptons – is probably much quieter than Jones Beach etc.) I was just thinking the opposite, of escaping L.I. for the noise of NYC for a day!
p.s. hire a housekeeper maybe twice a month – if you’re not on tour – who also does laundry. I can’t practice my bass unless the house is passably tidy.At least where I am….
Carol

]]> By: Mwanji Ezana http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2006/08/21/whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-2177 Mwanji Ezana Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:35:57 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/?p=381#comment-2177 I don't get the last quote:<br/><br/>"He could have been plunging into the spectacular blonde when she walked in, instead of whatever they were doing under the covers"<br/><br/>What could he have been doing under the covers, apart from plunging into the spectacular blonde? I don’t get the last quote:

“He could have been plunging into the spectacular blonde when she walked in, instead of whatever they were doing under the covers”

What could he have been doing under the covers, apart from plunging into the spectacular blonde?

]]> By: hari http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2006/08/21/whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-2176 hari Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:37:51 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/?p=381#comment-2176 the good thing about boredom is that it allows you to do things you ordinarily wouldn't; like reading trashy novels, watching soaps, gorging on junk food, etc. it kind of broadens your horizons. when i'm bored i read fashion magazines and clean my closets, but i've got to listen to my favorite hot, trashy music when i do it. the good thing about boredom is that it allows you to do things you ordinarily wouldn’t; like reading trashy novels, watching soaps, gorging on junk food, etc. it kind of broadens your horizons. when i’m bored i read fashion magazines and clean my closets, but i’ve got to listen to my favorite hot, trashy music when i do it.

]]> By: Allison http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2006/08/21/whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-2175 Allison Wed, 23 Aug 2006 06:21:27 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/?p=381#comment-2175 Too funny... Enjoyed it, JD. Too funny… Enjoyed it, JD.

]]> By: Language Lover http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2006/08/21/whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-2174 Language Lover Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:59:36 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/?p=381#comment-2174 HAHAHA! Danielle Steel is the <i>only</i> author I've read whose work I completely despise---and I've gone through far more than my fair share of trashy romances. But you, Jeremy, artist that you are, manage to take her words, add a healthy dose of delightfully acerbic commentary, and create a true work of art. I bow to your genius. HAHAHA! Danielle Steel is the only author I’ve read whose work I completely despise—and I’ve gone through far more than my fair share of trashy romances. But you, Jeremy, artist that you are, manage to take her words, add a healthy dose of delightfully acerbic commentary, and create a true work of art. I bow to your genius.

]]> By: musicmad http://jeremydenk.net/blog/2006/08/21/whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-2173 musicmad Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:54:11 +0000 http://jeremydenk.net/blog/?p=381#comment-2173 Too bad you wasted your time on Steely drivel and didn't use the time to start your own novel on the trials and tribulations of a peripatetic pianist for which you have been collecting opening sentences. There is a good auto-bio of another p.p., Seymour Bernstein's "Monsters and Angels" (or vice-versa; I don't have it with me now). And if you long for a lake in which to wet your feet, you should have returned to Seattle; we have lots of them here, plus the Dick's burgers you say you like. Too bad you wasted your time on Steely drivel and didn’t use the time to start your own novel on the trials and tribulations of a peripatetic pianist for which you have been collecting opening sentences. There is a good auto-bio of another p.p., Seymour Bernstein’s “Monsters and Angels” (or vice-versa; I don’t have it with me now). And if you long for a lake in which to wet your feet, you should have returned to Seattle; we have lots of them here, plus the Dick’s burgers you say you like.

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