Mis y Mas

Quick posts of small light helpings


Those Baneful Articles--BBC radio article on the history--and corrupting evil--of two classic potables in Scotland.

Whiskey...and tea.

As with BBC radio 7, there is a limited time. 2 days left as I type this at 10pm Thursday night. Seriously, it involves tea and Scots. This is made for at least half the people of my acquaintance.

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And I noticed an article about picnic food at NPR today, but did not have time to read it (Kitchen Window is not usually an audio article). The Almond Plum Upside Down Cake offers possibilities.

And I learned that there are a load of good recipes at NPR if one searches for the word 'picnic'.

Oh, and that book I posted about, last month: The Urban Picnic. Didn't realize NPR had done a write up on it. Not strictly vegetarian, but does include veg alternatives to their picnic menus. Except the Shakespeare menu--Elizabethans were carnivores, no doubt about it.

Still available at Sweet Briar for $7.00. I'm thinking of a spare copy.

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Ideas for posts from last week, that I had no time to post.
Kayaks and kitchens--great food articles from Paddling.net. Because nothing demands a tighter, lighter camping kitchen than a skinny little boat.

Planning a Multi Day Meal, Part 1
and two

Oh yeah--and how a href="http://www.paddling.net/guidelines/showArticle.html?430">you pack all that stuff. And no, I've only done this once, and the folks at OA packed a small overnight kitchen and firewood, and distributed it on to all our kayaks.

Then again, there are minimalists.

Emergency glasses?

" Pianist Andras Schiff has immersed himself in Beethoven in a big way. He's performed all 32 of Beethoven's piano sonatas, in chronological order, in 20 cities around the world over the past few years. His Beethoven odyssey ends this month with concerts in Los Angeles; Ann Arbor, Mich.; and New York."

Yesterday's 8 minute NPR interview, but..

Also on the page are links to other interviews with Schiff--and audio files of some of the sonatas. If you scroll down, you will find files of the final three sonatas (from the 30 March 2009 interview).

And from Oct 2008, #29, "Hammerklavier" and a 4 minute interview.

21 hours left as I type

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007k2kb

A series originally from 2000: Todays episode was about the work devoted to an exhibit of the Devonshire Tapestry at the V&A museum---with a grass 'tapestry'.

It's noted there is no green in the D tapestries, of course. I thought it would be about bringing a garden into the V&A.

No, through manipulation of how much light his this lawn patch, images were placed onto this giant lawn roll. A grass tapestry.

No, I'm sorry, no pictures. Believe me, this is frustrating (as noted, the exhibit was in 2000). I'm still googling however--even the V&A exhibition archive goes back to just after this installation.

But you must listen to the technology, design and imagination that created this concept. And the sounds and voices of the installation process.

This is a post for both lyahdan and Dressmaker.

Happy 400th Birthday John Milton on NPR

2 selections from Paradise Lost, read by Anton Lesser

NPR from last week and today....because I finally have time.
Having returned from journeys to Confusion and Deep Doo Doo.

( Just a dime... )

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For masterfiddler, laviolista, groblek: Cat Scanning Strads and Guarnieris, or Hot Rodding a Violin. With a blog on violin Envy by Senior Producer Ned Wharton.

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45 minutes with Janis Ian on Folk Alley.

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OK, he's just bored. See, if kids have no recreation, they just turn to vandalism.

Otto the Octopus at NPR

Maybe Zendo instead of chess.

"I think it's realistic to have hope. One can be a perverse idealist and say the easiest thing: 'I despair. The world's no good.' That's a perverse idealist. It's practical to hope, because the hope is for us to survive as a human species. That's very realistic."

Here is a great NPR page, that includes a LOT of audio that Studs did for various public radio programs. Included is his appearance on NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me earlier in this decade. On this episode, he makes reference to what might be his epitaph:

"Curiosity didn't kill this cat"

I can listen to BBC7 today, for episode 2 of "Casino Royale".

(Was out sick yesterday; wish I had thought about lisening to episode 1. Ah well, can catch up on both Wed night. Or Friday. or Sunday morning.)

Frustration point: Since I can't have Real Player at work, I can only listen to live BBC7 streaming. At home, I can catch up on all my shows as archives, up to a week. And must remember--GMT has returned to Standard time. So must adjust my mystery hours for Paul Temple and Sherlock Holmes. Holmes is not that important. We're into the weaker, later stories. But the voice actors are still too good to be missed.)

fyi, if you want, you can listen here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio7/programmes/schedules
"Listen live" is on the top right, if you don't have access to Real Player. I think Casino Royale will start at 1.30pm, but check at 12.30 just to make sure.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/kids/bigtoe/

Click on Grizzly Tales for Ghastly Children. LOVE The Nanny and The Barber of Civil.

Admins talk the kid down: NPR audio file

wow.