It’s no secret that I can’t get enough of The West Wing (except for those episodes in the first season with that annyoing girl). I haven’t been able to get one episode out of my mind. It was the one where CJ’s new boyfriend in the secret service gets shot in a convenience store in New York. I haven’t been able to get the music in the following scene out of my head. I looked it up and discovered that the music was the song Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, performed by Jeff Buckley. So I downloaded three versions of the song (by Leonard Cohen who has an awful singing voice, by Jeff Buckley whose version is more guitar-oriented, and by Rufus Wainwright whose version appeared on the Soundtrack to Shrek and is probably my favorite of the three) and learned to play it on the piano. It’s a beautiful tune.
Month: December 2003
Weekend Review
This weekend was for cleaning and working on a new project. My new computer is getting some good usage.
Another Comparison
In my intermittent quest to compare today’s American civilization with that of the decline of the Roman empire, I’ve decided that the general populace awaiting life or death verdicts on the edge of their recliners is much like the spectators at gladiator events, waiting for the thumbs up/thumbs down to signal death or life, on the edge of their seats in the coliseum. Also, I just happened to see Gladiator recently.
Boston’s Big Dig wraps up. This is probably going to be the best thing to happen to Boston.
Boston’s Big Dig wraps up. This is probably going to be the best thing to happen to Boston.
abuse
Tapes Show Abuse of 9/11 Detainees. These people were held in jail for no reason other than they didn’t look American and they didn’t have proper immigration paperwork.
towers
Freedom Tower to rise from ashes at 1,776 feet. New York of the future.