Eire
November 24, 2009
On September 17th, 2009 my family and I left for a two-week excursion to Ireland. We were joined at O’Hare Airport in Chicago by the rest of our group — in all, 13 travelers from Indiana and Minnesota. After a seven hour flight from Chicago we arrived on the Emerald Isle.
Day One saw us traipsing around Dublin. Our first stop was Malahide Castle, a twelfth century fortress nine miles north of the city.
Following a tour of the castle and grounds, we headed to Dublin Bay and Howth Head (the highest point in Dublin). We stopped off at a Martello tower on the coast, which was built in the early nineteenth century to ward off Napoleon’s army. No such forces would ever set foot in Ireland; better to be safe than sorry. Today there are countless such towers dotting the coastlines of the British Isles.
After the first pint of Guinness in a local pub and a small bite to eat Read the rest of this entry »
Film music vs. Classical music
August 5, 2009
Well it’s been a little while since my last post. We’ve moved from April to August; I could say life has been busy, but to be honest I simply haven’t had anything worthy to write about. Sometimes I forget about BtNG. Then someone leaves a comment and reminds me that it still exists.
This here post is one I’ve been brewing on for a while. It’s nothing original. Many people have remarked in the past about how some themes from movie scores sound very similar to others from older classical pieces.
1) The first example is of course the most notorious:
JAWS theme, by John Williams
Bright Week
April 22, 2009
“Let us charge into the good fight with joy and love without being afraid of our enemies. Though unseen themselves, they can look at the face of our soul, and if they see it altered by fear, they take up arms against us all the more fiercely. For the cunning creatures have observed that we are scared. So let us take up arms against them courageously. No one will fight with a resolute fighter.”
–St. John Climacus
I love the Pacers…again.
February 11, 2009
I’ve noticed something peculiar lately. I find myself highly interested in the outcome of Pacers games. This has not been the case for several years . . . not since the fatal night of that ignoble brawl. Any Pacers fan will agree that the team began its long downward spiral at that moment. Reggie Miller retired the next year, and they’ve never been the same.
But things are starting to change. Read the rest of this entry »
