Fun Fact: Blues Edition

Howard Shore (composer of The Lord of the Rings soundtrack, among others) was the first to suggest the name "The Blues Brothers" to Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi. [Wikipedia]

New Music

Found a new band through Pandora:

Symphony X

Kind of a cross between Dream Theater and Avenged Sevenfold. Pretty sweet.

Classical Music (in more than one sense)

I was bored, so I thought I'd bust out the ol' mp3 player and see what I haven't listened to in a while. Most of the music I've been listening to lately is my "walking somewhere" music - usually Metallica, Dream Theater, Dragon Force, or Rammstein; or my "doing homework" music - Pink Floyd, Blue Man Group, or some film soundtrack.

I scrolled down to find Holst's "The Planets" Suite - it's been a while for this one. I turned it on (with headphones, no distractions) and just laid in my bed for a while with nothing else to think about; this is the most relaxed I've been in longer than I care to remember.

(BTW: my favorite movement is Jupiter, for those of you who care)

Concerts

Yeah, It's been a while. I've had stuff to write about (sports games, trips, etc.) but I'm just too lazy to actually sit down and write stuff.

Anywho, I was reading The Onion this morning and found an article about the Minnesota Orchestra's 2007-2008 lineup. Two concerts that I DEFINITELY want to attend:

"To Boldly Go...", a space-themed concert (Feb 1-2 2008)
* Narrated By the one and only Lenoard Nemoy
* Selections from Star Trek, The Planets Suite, and John Williams

"The Vegas Years" with P.D.Q. Bach (May 24 2008)

Also on the Docket are the upcoming Blue Man Group show "How to Be a Megastar Tour 2.0" (March 30, 2007) and next year's Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert.