3 posts tagged “saysme”

It is hard to believe, but it is true.  After something like a year since the last post, I have finally written something new for my SaysMe blog (the value of a 12 hour plane flight back from Europe).  Here's a snippet:

Even if the Prague audience had not read the program, they should have known to return.  The First Law of Symphonic Programming requires an inverse relationship between the putrescence of the first half of the program and the beauty of the second.  The more putrid the first, the more beautiful the second.  If the first half of the concert is Schoenberg, after the intermission you can count on Mozart.  If the first piece of the concert is Webern, look for a Bach concerto to follow.  And never the other way around.  The tripe must always come before the trifle.  Otherwise, honestly, who would stick around for the second half?  Masochists and neophytes.  Everyone else would know to promptly run away before the memories of a truly fabulous piece of music had been erased with cacophony and dissonance. 

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What song gives you the most holiday cheer?
Submitted by Roxy.

This one is a no brainer -- it is "Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel."  Just kidding.  That song is the scourge of ever Jewish kid's existence during Christmas.  There are 8 million beautiful Christmas songs (many of which were written by Jews -- can you say "White Christmas"?) and one pathetic little Chanukah song.    Give me a break.  Clearly I'm not the only one who felt that way.  Adam Sandler to the rescue.  If you haven't heard Sandler's "Chanukah Song," you need to listen to it.  If you have heard it, you need to listen to it again.  Too funny.  Better yet, over the years Sandler has written three versions.  Each one is great but I think the original is the best.  Some time ago I wrote an homage to the Chanukah Song on SaysMe!  It gets more comments than any other post on that blog -- 90% of which are antisemitic.  Nicely done antisemites.  But enough of my yammering, here's Sandler's Chanukah Songs I, II and III.

It has been a long time since I've written something for SaysMe.  Not because I don't enjoy writing for that blog.  I do.  I love it.  But it takes too much time.  And it is the sort of thing that requires at least a little bit of inspiration to get me going.  Well, inspiration struck this evening and time was abundant.  Thus, a new post on SaysMe about "ordering" squid for the kids.  Check it out.