Jürg Frey's string quartets: these are lovely. I'm in the midst of "Streichquartett II (1998-2000)" and there's a Feldmanesque tension to the whole thing, yet the faint sense of a developing melody, something melancholy, distant in the background. A nice bridge between minimalism and, well, expressionism. I hadn't realized till today that I've heard Frey before on the fine Three Backgrounds disc with Radu Malfatti and Michael Pisaro. I need to hear that one again soon.
Also prepping a prospectus on "authority in Paradise Lost" as I wait to watch Biden/Palin with some friends. I wonder whether they've prepped her in Supreme Court cases, since she was unable to name more than one in the Katie Couric interview.
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