Mozart

Nothing better to forget about the current atrocious mess that is occurring in Washington than slapping on the ol' headphones and cranking up some Mozart.

A great reminder that there is a lot more to life than that bullshit.



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Even watching HSN and looking at Thomas Kinkade art is diverting. One out of 15 Tom Kinkage 'paintings' are quite beautiful. Sometimes we have to look at or listen to any art and enjoy the beautiful, the silly, and/or the numinous. Because if we worry about things we can't change we will go crazy. :(

I'm listening to Electric Wizard. :)

But sometimes I like dark rock too.

Mozart is an escape from the Washington Bilge.... But yours might be a good way to let off some steam.

Lots of classical music is cool. I prefer messed up stuff, but I also get into jazz, blues, hip hop, country...pretty much anything but straight pop. There's something good in almost all genres, imo.

But when I really want to let off steam though I listen to Craft's Fuck the Universe cd. :evilgrin:

They're actually pretty groovy. Thanks for the heads up!

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I will probably never get to sleep later!

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Also apparently gave away a lot of his hard earned money to poor people in Vienna.

"The Secret Mozart".

A collection of his piano pieces played on a clavichord owned by Mozart himself. Fascinating stuff...

The music is not as flashy and impressive to listeners as Chopin or Rachmaninoff, etc, but it can be equally challenging because of the level of perfection required. Any mistakes or incorrect notes will stand out, they can't be disguised. Even though he was pre-romantic his melodies are still full of joy and sorrow, often deeply intertwined, especially in the minor keys. Beethoven stole heavily from Mozart and it is easy to imagine that if Mozart had lived longer, he would have embraced romanticism in the same manner. When I moved on to learning some Beethoven sonatas, I thought of them as 'later Mozart'.

Always admired people with the ability to actually make coherent sounds with instruments.

Music, painting, sculpture...art takes the "now" out and puts you into a state quite close to ecstasy...hard to explain but it works EVERY time!