Monday, December 24, 2007

merry christmas



Merry Christmas and a happy New Year from ajax publications!

Friday, December 21, 2007

Monday, December 17, 2007

the gates of sleep

There are two gates of sleep. One is of horn, easy passage for the shades of truth; the other, of gleaming white ivory, permits false dreams to ascend to the upper air.

- Virgil (Aeneid VI.893-896)

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

qotd

He wanted to beat their pulpy little brains out, those gross Cruikshank children; yes, that phrase fit them, those fox-fiend, melancholy Cruikshank children, with all the guile and poison and slyness in their cold faces. In the name of all that was decent, what manner of child was this new generation! A bunch of cutters and hangers and bangers, a drove of bleeding, moronic thumbscrewers, with the sewage of neglect running in their veins?

~ The Playground, by Ray Bradbury

Sunday, December 9, 2007

cohen's masterpiece

Man, I so wish they had sheet for this. I never knew that Bioshock had such a good soundtrack. I mean, the rest of the score is nice, but this takes the cake. Enjoy!

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Saturday, December 1, 2007

warsaw concerto

I found a few nice YouTube videos of the piece I'm currently learning on the piano: the Warsaw Concerto, by Richard Addinsel.


Here is the arranged version for solo piano I am learning:




And this is an edited/shortened version with the full orchestra: