How To Disappear Completely

Weddings, Psalms, and Killer-Dillers

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Even though this list may not be life-changing for anyone, I personally got sidetracked by a lot of good stuff. I discovered some amazing settings of Hebrew texts from various Psalms by Steve Reich. Please listen to Tehillim, if you haven't ever. I like the fourth movement best: a minimalist version of Psalm 150:4-6. Translated from the Hebrew:
Praise him with tambourine and dancing,
praise him with the strings and flute
praise him with the clash of cymbals,
praise him with resounding cymbals.
Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD.

I also discovered an entire album consisting solely of one song: Ravel's Bolero. Ten different artists, ten different versions. My favorite? Benny Goodman's. And then I became enamoured with Sing, Sing, Sing all over again. Rumour has it that Harry James (Goodman's trumpeter) left the band over that killer-diller. The song was so popular that the band would have to close with that number every night. As a trumpet player, you just try executing some of those chops after a full night's performance.