NFO is recording strings today. Gonna be a long next two days…

These CDs by NEM rock (as I write, i’m listening to a CD titled ‘Panneton, Demers, Lesage, Evangelista’) but I was a little confused that Ensemble Modern had all these CDs with a different name. I googled ‘ensemble moderne’ and came up with this - where Ensemble Modern’s english site was the first link. NEM appears later in the search query. The search results also include a myspace for a group also called ensemble moderne that is run by an accordion player named J. Kostov, which performs traditional Macedonian music and contemporary chamber music. Their stuff sounds good too.

That was confusing.

Upside of all that is that I discovered two new groups and found lots of fun things to listen to today. I may go see Buke and Gass at Prospect Park tonight, but I already knew about them so whatever. <3

Not perfect, but it makes me happy anyway. At the present moment, I’m sitting in my room 1) waiting for my laundry to finish drying, 2) attempting to clean and 3) packing my suitcase for Bang on a Can - 9am Peter Pan bus and I’m outta here, sucka!

If this should be, I say if this should be –
You of my heart, send me a little word;
That I may go to him, and take his hands,
Saying, Accept all happiness from me.
Then I shall turn my face, and hear one bird
Sing terribly afar in the lost lands.

e.e. cummings