Comments for The Penultimate Word http://tombrandt.net/blog Because no one gets the last word. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:13:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on The getaway by TeacherPatti http://tombrandt.net/blog/2008/08/13/the-getaway/#comment-308 TeacherPatti Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:33:23 +0000 http://tombrandt.net/blog/?p=179#comment-308 See, as weird as it sounds, I can deal better with the outward asshole racists. When I'm out and about on a field trip or something with my students (I am white and teach in DPS), I just get women pulling their purses in closer, "those people" comments (yep, got a few in A2!) and subtle things. It was almost refreshing when someone once said something outwardly racist to me once. I did tell her to go fuck herself and my husband had to gently pull me away, but at least it was out there--woman didn't like black people! What do I say to the folks who just give us "looks"? On a positive note, I do like the "Quiet Car" idea. Good lookin' out, Amtrak! See, as weird as it sounds, I can deal better with the outward asshole racists. When I’m out and about on a field trip or something with my students (I am white and teach in DPS), I just get women pulling their purses in closer, “those people” comments (yep, got a few in A2!) and subtle things. It was almost refreshing when someone once said something outwardly racist to me once. I did tell her to go fuck herself and my husband had to gently pull me away, but at least it was out there–woman didn’t like black people! What do I say to the folks who just give us “looks”?

On a positive note, I do like the “Quiet Car” idea. Good lookin’ out, Amtrak!

]]> Comment on Assholes by Camron http://tombrandt.net/blog/2008/06/18/assholes/#comment-305 Camron Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:24:40 +0000 http://tombrandt.net/blog/?p=176#comment-305 This make my heart hurt. I thought Americans were better than this. I think I'm going to post about Jackson and Cheese Day (Thank you, Aaron Sorkin). Maybe that'll get the crackers thinking... This make my heart hurt. I thought Americans were better than this.

I think I’m going to post about Jackson and Cheese Day (Thank you, Aaron Sorkin). Maybe that’ll get the crackers thinking…

]]> Comment on Assholes by NotObamafan http://tombrandt.net/blog/2008/06/18/assholes/#comment-304 NotObamafan Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:29:25 +0000 http://tombrandt.net/blog/?p=176#comment-304 Are they really giving these out? We as Americans need to stop all the freakin talk about race constantly....Good fuckin grief....why in the hell do we let all these nationalities into our country ? Just to call them names? We are the stupidist people on earth I swear!!!! Are they really giving these out? We as Americans need to stop all the freakin talk about race constantly….Good fuckin grief….why in the hell do we let all these nationalities into our country ? Just to call them names? We are the stupidist people on earth I swear!!!!

]]> Comment on Franzipanics by tom http://tombrandt.net/blog/2007/08/08/franzipanics/#comment-303 tom Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:12:22 +0000 http://tombrandt.net/blog/2007/08/08/franzipanics/#comment-303 I don't know who the author is. It's been floating around for quite some time. I don’t know who the author is. It’s been floating around for quite some time.

]]> Comment on Franzipanics by Cherie Smullen http://tombrandt.net/blog/2007/08/08/franzipanics/#comment-302 Cherie Smullen Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:13:24 +0000 http://tombrandt.net/blog/2007/08/08/franzipanics/#comment-302 Do you know the author of this test? There is someone I work with who claims to be the writer. Do you know the author of this test? There is someone I work with who claims to be the writer.

]]> Comment on Assholes by TeacherPatti http://tombrandt.net/blog/2008/06/18/assholes/#comment-301 TeacherPatti Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:10:07 +0000 http://tombrandt.net/blog/?p=176#comment-301 You gotta be kidding me. Nope. Not kidding. Just checked the link. :bangs head against wall: You gotta be kidding me.

Nope. Not kidding. Just checked the link. :bangs head against wall:

]]> Comment on Fly Me to the Moon by tom http://tombrandt.net/blog/2008/06/07/fly-me-to-the-moon/#comment-300 tom Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:26:49 +0000 http://tombrandt.net/blog/?p=172#comment-300 Camron: Our director is actually a <a href="http://vanguardvoices.org/director.html" rel="nofollow">he</a> and one of the best musicians I have ever known. He was simply remarking that the most well-known arrangements of the song are in 4. David: One of the joys of rehearsing the B Minor Mass is that we really get to know the piece and hear what is going on in it. His use of the circle of fifths to change keys multiple times in just a few measures occurs throughout the piece, but he does it so beautifully that you don't even notice his craft because you are so caught up his art. Any relationship between the Toccata and Fugue and D Minor and <i>Fly To The Moon</i> completely escaped me. Thanks for pointing it out! Camron: Our director is actually a he and one of the best musicians I have ever known. He was simply remarking that the most well-known arrangements of the song are in 4.

David: One of the joys of rehearsing the B Minor Mass is that we really get to know the piece and hear what is going on in it. His use of the circle of fifths to change keys multiple times in just a few measures occurs throughout the piece, but he does it so beautifully that you don’t even notice his craft because you are so caught up his art.

Any relationship between the Toccata and Fugue and D Minor and Fly To The Moon completely escaped me. Thanks for pointing it out!

]]> Comment on Fly Me to the Moon by david http://tombrandt.net/blog/2008/06/07/fly-me-to-the-moon/#comment-299 david Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:12:04 +0000 http://tombrandt.net/blog/?p=172#comment-299 The ringtone on my old Nokia phone played the fugue from Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, the pipe-organ warhorse made famous by Lon Chaney in Phantom of the Opera (and, later, by E.Power Biggs). I couldn't understand why, whenever my phone rang, I would invariably end up with "Fly Me To The Moon" stuck in my head. Then it hit me: the two songs, written 250 years apart, have the Same Changes - circle of fifths - with a scalar melody ramping up and down. This should come as no surprise. Bach practically invented western music, influencing every composer for the past three centuries. Bart couldn't help himself. The ringtone on my old Nokia phone played the fugue from Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, the pipe-organ warhorse made famous by Lon Chaney in Phantom of the Opera (and, later, by E.Power Biggs).

I couldn’t understand why, whenever my phone rang, I would invariably end up with “Fly Me To The Moon” stuck in my head. Then it hit me: the two songs, written 250 years apart, have the Same Changes - circle of fifths - with a scalar melody ramping up and down.

This should come as no surprise. Bach practically invented western music, influencing every composer for the past three centuries. Bart couldn’t help himself.

]]> Comment on Fly Me to the Moon by Camron http://tombrandt.net/blog/2008/06/07/fly-me-to-the-moon/#comment-293 Camron Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:59:31 +0000 http://tombrandt.net/blog/?p=172#comment-293 I want to know why she said 4? Silly girl. 4 works, but 3 is better. Your instincts are infallible, and this is lovely. I want to know why she said 4? Silly girl. 4 works, but 3 is better.

Your instincts are infallible, and this is lovely.

]]> Comment on Truck vs bridge IV - back after a hiatus by tom http://tombrandt.net/blog/2008/03/24/truck-vs-bridge-iv-back-after-a-hiatus/#comment-290 tom Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:15:50 +0000 http://tombrandt.net/blog/2008/03/24/truck-vs-bridge-iv-back-after-a-hiatus/#comment-290 Yes - I have been wanting to update the site but haven't been able to carve out time to do it. Yes - I have been wanting to update the site but haven’t been able to carve out time to do it.

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