upcoming concerts

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Tomorrow, Thursday, is solstice. That means it's time for The Garden of Memory walk-through concert in the Oakland mausoleum. I went to this last year and had a wonderful time; it earned my finest word of acclamation, "weird."

Amy X. Neuburg and Paul Dresher, who so impressed me last year, will both be back. Joan Jeanrenaud of ex-Kronos fame. Victoria Jordanova, whose still-point memorials would be perfect for this venue. Maggi Payne. Henry Kaiser and Chris Muir.

Anybody else going? n6tqs, you originally told me about this. liveavatar, this would be your sort of thing. A lot of the rest of you, too. Come on.

In other news, a casual remark dropped elsewhere caused me to realize that the last concert this Sunday of the SF Symphony Prokofiev Festival, for which I have a ticket, will be going on at the same time as this literally across the street.

I am a decided supporter of gay rights, and I wish well to those who desire to celebrate those rights in public. What I have a personal aversion to is parades. And really huge parties. Whatever the reason for it, when people wish to gather together in the literally tens or hundreds of thousands, I have a strong desire not to be one of them. Parking & crowds are bad enough at symphony concerts. I stay out of the City on Bay to Breakers day; in college I always went away for the weekend when the Big Game was there; up till now I've never been near this either. I shall take public transit and then walk in from the other direction, and hope I can get in and out again without getting squished. If I see you across the street, I'll wave.

Comments

[19-crows.livejournal.com]

The Garden of Memory is tempting, but the thought of braving 880 to get there puts me off. Thinking about it, though. Thanks for the reminder.