Tierney Sutton’s concert at the 20th Annual Rosslyn Jazz Festival could be viewed in full on YouTube.
You might already noticed, I have been writing short reviews for albums that I really enjoyed. These albums will make great holiday gifts. I have a few more to listen to so more blurbs to come.
NPR lists its Top 10 Jazz Albums Of 2010.
A customer purchased a very special piece on Simplexpression for her co-worker. She wrote, “This will bring out her beautiful green eyes. She’s gone through a lot lately so I want to give her something nice to cheer her up.” I thought that is one of the most thoughtful things a friend could do for a friend. I admit I don’t know much about necklaces, but something the lotus flower and the green jade bring peace and tranquillity. I do hope that Dana’s work would lightened someone’s spirit, especially during the difficult time.
By the way, the customer was experiencing some issue with PayPal. Her transaction didn’t go through. I tested it out by purchasing my own product and it worked. If you’re buy something and the transaction doesn’t go through, please let us know.
Nguyen Khang is married to Lam Bao Nhu. I haven’t heard of her yet, but she’s beautiful. Congrats, man. Tell her that she is married to you, but I am still married to your voice.
Last Saturday evening, Eric wanted to go to McDonald’s. When I told him no, he responded, “If you don’t take me to McDonald’s, you’re not my uncle.” I was totally shocked. Can you believe this? My little nephew would severe off all ties with me over McDonald’s. I didn’t know if I should cry or laugh, but one thing I know for sure: Dao will be kept away from McDonald’s as much as possible. I don’t want to hear, “You’re not my daddy if you don’t take me to McDonald’s.”
My thanks to those who had made purchases on Amazon’s Black Friday Deals through my affiliation. Amazon continues to add more deals for Cyber Monday; therefore, you can still shop and support Visualgui.
We just rolled out 17 new items on Simplexpression. On the necklace’s detailed pages, we added a display photo to give customers an idea how the piece look on their neck. In addition to free shipping, we also offer complimentary gift-wrapping.
Just downloaded Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy for $3.99 on Amazon.
My buddy Tim gave an inspiring, informative talk on “More Perfect Typography.” Glad to see him doing well at Typekit.
“Who Can Resist a Man Who Sings Like a Woman?,” an interesting piece by Fernanda Eberstadt:
The countertenor is a 20th-century phenomenon, the approximation of an art that has luckily been lost to us. Much of the sacred music and opera roles sung today by Jaroussky or by mezzo-sopranos like Cecilia Bartoli were originally composed for Farinelli and his peers — male singers who were castrated before they reached puberty in order to preserve their high, pure voices. This act of oversophisticated barbarism, supposedly a response to St. Paul’s edict in the Corinthians (mulier taceat in ecclesia, “women should be silent in church”), kept the papal choirs and ducal courts of Europe supplied with sopranos for their Vivaldi oratorios. By the 17th-century, when public decency laws forbade women to appear onstage in the papal states, castrati were moving into the recently invented art of opera, playing male and occasionally female roles, much as boys did on the Elizabethan stage. By the 18th century, a large percentage of male opera singers were castrati.
Yesterday we checked out scenes from the Dr. Seuss’s classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas! carved out of ice at the Gaylord National. After an hour standing in line, Dao was bored and tired. By the time we could get in, he was already not in a good mood. He didn’t want to put on the big blue thick jacket the hotel provided and the place was freezing. He cried so much that Dana just took him out. I took a few photos and left as well. The walk through was actually pretty short. We paid $24 a person and $12 parking for an experience that was less than five minutes. I could understand why they charged so much to keep the gigantic freezer running, but I didn’t think it was worth while.