Train delays
The past two months have been pretty fargin busy. I'm waiting for some 1:48 scale parking meters and a little fat guy with polka-dotted shorts to show up so I can start filming the layout, and I will post a video that will blow your mind. In my head, it's actually already done, if that makes any sense.
Meanwhile, I switched into a new group at work (not by choice). I also conquered two piano projects; one I started in 2003 that required all the brains I could muster: I learned Chopin's Waltz in C# minor (Opus 64, #2). Not bad considering I have the sight-reading skills of a 10 year old. And Bruce Springsteen's Thunder Road. Great piano there. Simultaneously, I ran 51 auctions on Ebay to unload a bunch of crap I bought on, er, Ebay.
And I got my hands on one of the rarest tin cars ever made by the Japanese. For most of you, this is meaningless. But for the handful of you who know how I foam at the mouth over vintage tin toy cars, feast your eyes on this 16.5''-long creampuff: a 1953 Packard Patrician in really nice original condition. I have been searching for this car for a decade, and I've been told there may be fewer than 20 of these in existence.
Meanwhile, I switched into a new group at work (not by choice). I also conquered two piano projects; one I started in 2003 that required all the brains I could muster: I learned Chopin's Waltz in C# minor (Opus 64, #2). Not bad considering I have the sight-reading skills of a 10 year old. And Bruce Springsteen's Thunder Road. Great piano there. Simultaneously, I ran 51 auctions on Ebay to unload a bunch of crap I bought on, er, Ebay.
And I got my hands on one of the rarest tin cars ever made by the Japanese. For most of you, this is meaningless. But for the handful of you who know how I foam at the mouth over vintage tin toy cars, feast your eyes on this 16.5''-long creampuff: a 1953 Packard Patrician in really nice original condition. I have been searching for this car for a decade, and I've been told there may be fewer than 20 of these in existence.
posted by Mark Feigenson at 5:36 PM
4 Comments:
So what group are you in now?
And what was harder to learn: the Chopin or Bruuuuce?
I'm back in the IBM group. Good times. As for the music, I think they were both equally painful, in different ways. On one hand, the Chopin piece is far more complex and technically difficult, and certainly took longer. On the other hand, I didn't have the music for Thunder Road, so I just had to feel it out with the mp3 about 93845793845834 times. Pick your pain. Though, even that Chopin piece is nothing compared to the next one I'm going to attempt. Check out this kid playing it: http://youtube.com/watch?v=NHV0ByoaKF0
Cool, love Thunder Road.
Nice performance on YouTube. I guess my goal would to perform Chopin this way: http://youtube.com/watch?v=OWgsLxCFkbY
That's freakin' hilarious. Chopin is probably turning in his grave, but I totally applaud this guy's performance. I wonder if this piece can be played with the triangle.
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