Music, cartoons, and language play, plus Slavic folklore, Seiji Ozawa and his expressive hair, pony cars, symphony trumpeters, NPR, and Frankenstein’s monster. It starts with this wonderful cartoon by Jeffrey Curnow from the NPR site (hat tip to Virginia Transue): (#1) A man and a car. If you know nothing whatsoever about the man or … Continue reading Stravinsky’s 1970 Firebird and the Ghoulliard Quartet