{"id":211,"date":"2009-03-12T11:23:31","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T11:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/?p=211"},"modified":"2009-03-12T11:23:31","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T11:23:31","slug":"the_daily_grind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2009\/03\/the_daily_grind\/","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Grind"},"content":{"rendered":"

Excerpt from Nico Muhly’s recent post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I had this piece in LA, right,
\na few weeks ago. And the organization putting it on has what I guess is
\na publicist whose email address is at AOL.com. It is a truth
\nuniversally acknowledged that when people still have an AOL address
\nthey are either some kind of a genius or a crazy person. Anyway, I’ve
\nbeen getting emailed reviews of the show by this AOL address, and it
\nsent one the other day that is so outrageous<\/a>
\nthat it took me three full reads through to see if it was written by an
\nIlliterate Person or if it had been Google Translated from the original
\nHungarian…<\/p>\n

\n

Arguably the least moving item was the last one, billed
\nas a West Coast premiere, Expecting the Main Things from You by very
\nyoung composer Nico Muhly from outtakes of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of
\nGrass that offers shards of interest but also relishes grinding the
\nlistener’s ear just a bit too much. Lesser grinding would be most
\nwelcome. The entire Master Chorale gave us its best, with instrumental
\naccompaniment from a chamber band led by violinist Ralph Morrison. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

LESSER GRINDING WOULD BE MOST WELCOME! YESSSSSSSSSSSSS! So genius. I
\ndon’t care if it was translated from Hungarian. This is a Precious
\nTreasure. Other things: “very young.” And: “outtakes” from Leaves of
\nGrass – you know, a stanza here and there he left on the cutting room
\nfloor. <\/p>\n

Anyway, this is an amazing document well worth a full read. It’s
\ndeliciously garbled and he said Lesser Grinding Would Be Most Welcome.
\nI also just love that some AOL address emailed it to me, like, “just
\nFYI!” <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

(Un?)related: four out of my seven clients have AOL e mail addresses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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