I apologize for not posting much around here lately. After a few years of having the flexible schedule of a freelancer, I now have a regular job. It's a great job (and my financial situation will now allow me to buy a lot more music), but, unfortunately, it means that I may not be posting here quite as often.

Don't worry, though--the Hall of Acclaim will continue on its regular schedule...

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...except that tomorrow it may not. Nothing to do with the job, but Tropical Storm Edouard is expected to hit Houston tomorrow, and there's a good chance that I will lose power. I'm guessing an electrical outage would only last a day or two at most--it's a relatively minor storm--but I did want to let y'all know that the 1962 results and 1963 discussion thread might be delayed a bit due to technical difficulties in the lab.

See you on the other side.

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schleuse, congratulations to your new job!!! Is it the one with the job interview you were excited about?

Yep, that's the one. Thanks, Henrik.

I see no reason not to reveal this, even though it'll destroy any of my cred on this forum as an aging punk: I'm working as a writer for Houston Grand Opera. Grant proposals, articles, program notes--you name it.

I've been an opera fan for about ten years now...not coincidentally, since that's when I met my wife, an opera singer. It's a completely different musical universe from what we discuss here, and I don't know opera as well as I know rock & roll, but I enjoy the hell out of it.

The Clash, Mozart, R.E.M., Verdi, the Replacements, Rossini, Blur, and Britten. That's me.

(But I still hate "Bohemian Rhapsody." Opera and rock are NOT like chocolate and peanut butter...more like chocolate and mayonnaise. They don't go well together.)

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(Obviously, by the way, the lab is still fully powered by electricity--we didn't get anything out of Edouard except a lot of rain. So the '63 discussion thread goes up later this evening.)

I revealed a secret love for Panic at the Disco earlier today; schleuse, when it comes to losing cred, I don't think you have anything to worry about. Congrats on the job, btw.

Ummm... no Puccini?

so your wife did manage the interview for you... ..? (leads to= romantically coupled: symbiotically doubled) and some nice idea.

congratulations, old gallon

I proposed to my girlfriend at the Norwegian Opera in Oslo, so there is some opera in me too.

I saw Lou Reed perform Berlin at the Copenhagen Opera house recently -- but I guess that hardly counts ...

So now you are writing about music. Perfect, isn’t it?