aworks doesn't have much left to say tonight :: elgar etc.

I don't have much left to say for tonight (the Obama/Bayh Indiana VP denial notwithstanding) but here's what's left...

• I heard Elgar's Nimrod arranged for saxophone and now I'm enamored of the full Enigma Variations played on organ by someone named Stephen Cleobury.
• Netflix has sent me a bonus DVD of the original Journey to the Center of the Earth. Since I haven't returned anything recently, either this is related to a class action suit or it's a Netflix bug. Unfortunately, I bought the same DVD last week (starring the always troubling James Mason plus Pat Boone who may or may not be troubling depending on your preferences). The Bernard Herrmann score remains captivating, especially the Grotto and Salt Slides scenes. Continuing my temporary obsession, I've just downloaded the free first chapter of the Jules Verne original onto my Kindle (and ignored the non-free recording of same by Yes' Rick Wakeman).
• John Kerry: “I don’t know if you know this,” joked Kerry, “John McCain is looking for someone for vice president who has more economic expertise than he does. So congratulations to all of you, you’re on the short list.”
• Stowe Boyd blogs about the "Web of Pages" versus the "Web of Flow." He's right but I'm still working through how to achieve that web of flow thing. Kudos to my few FriendFeed buddies who aren't complete technerds i.e. Paul Bailey, Chris Weige, and Chris Foley (and a shoutout to our fearless social media guy Robert Scoble, who may or may not be a true nerd).
• I've listened 1.5 times so far today to Carl Stone's Woo Lae Oak. I'll probably remember it as a restaurant named Woo Lae Oakland but that would be wrong.
• To be at the Gann table today. The aworks playlist lately has added Pauline Oliveros, includes as always Sarah Cahill and can't stop listening to Carl Stone.
• Finally, I'm now listening to Ventilator Blues by the Rolling Stones from the album Exile on Main Street except the track says it comes from an album Exile Outtakes. It's possible I've been to Amoeba so many times I can no longer account for every CD I own but I don't remember this one. Regardless, Jagger's vocal is rawer than what we've come to expect, which is promising. Coincidentally, I continue to ponder about my thesis that the blues is dying, classical is wobbling and jazz may be on the upswing.This is based on what I download from emusic which may not be representative of the real world...