August 30, 2005 at 12:34 AM

Ahh the return of football season and monday night football and with football comes my famous chausson chili, I like my chili with beef beans and potatoes and of course no chili can be eaten without a cold beer... I also recently got a 1 cent check, should i cash it?

Hey I just found out the Michael Rabin 6 cd set was just reissued, most of you know he was my favorite violinist - the virtuosity of heifetz and the lush singing tone of oistrakh. Im telling you now - run - dont walk to the store and get this now. For those of you interested, please feel free to visit my Rabin club I started about 5 years ago. Make sure to check out the phtos sections, many interesting photos there and not just of Mr Rabin...

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/michaelrabin/

Wedensday I will be performing at the shelter in Schiller Park located in in German Village with my friend Ron. I usually study jazz piano with ron but he wants to go out to the park and make some noise, so it will be just me with my nylon stringed acoustic guitar and him with his selmer tenor saxophone. I have always admired they way saxophone players are able to freely improvise - and playing with ron Im learning alot. I always look forward to going to ron's house. German Village is a gorgeous suburb near downtown with a real old fationed charm: brick streets and some real vintage buildings reminicent of old time germany. Every time I pass the stained glass factory on the way I remember going there as a child with all the interesting colored glass mosaics displaying in the front window have always been a delight to see. So if anyone happens to be in german village wednesday morning, you may see me playing jazz guitar with a saxophone blaring. Ive always loved violin piano and guitar but ive always loved thet tone of the saxophone. Most of you alreay know from reading my past blog entries that ron graduated from The Berklee School of Music and he is very knowledgeable about playing jazz. It is always exciting and fun to be playing with someone else you can learn from.

Recently I was watching one of my favorite tv shows called house. It is a story about a doctor that is arrogant but is really good at his job and saves lives when it becomes a life or death situation. Anyways the last episode was a woman who already had 2 miscarriages trying to give birth and died giving birth the third time. It hit me how fragile life is and what a miracle it is to be alive. Then this week everyone is talking about the hurrican in New Orleans and I started to think about the hundreds of thousands that dien in the tsunami disaster. I also started to think about the war and I cant help but to think of how thankful I am for what i have. I just wanted to say that. Despite all that went wrong with my career Im really thakful just to be here. Enough words for now.

cheers
scott (muggle violinist)
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From Pauline Lerner
Posted on August 30, 2005 at 3:32 AM

Scott, you are a fascinating and compassionate person. Your remark about the one cent check reminds me of my days in graduate school, long ago, when I spent at least 60 hours a week in the lab and was paid $2600 a year. You are fortunate to have Ron as your friend. The two of you sound very compatible both personally and musically. The Yahoo group you started on Rabin is fascinating. I know so little about him, particularly why he died so young. I look forward to doing some interesting reading. Finally, your comments about the woman who died in childbirth, the victims of Hurricane Katrina, and those killed in Iraq were very moving. You reminded me that "there but for fortune go you or I."

From Laurie Niles
Posted on August 30, 2005 at 5:07 AM

Hey, I've been to your German Village! It's been years, but the relatives from Cleveland and Cincinnati all decided to meet in the middle at a German restaurant in the German Village. It was really nice. Enjoy your playing there!

And football and chili sounds so good. I miss the fall, and the NFL, here in LA. That feeling of the first cold front, with the scent of BBQ riding in on the crisp autumn air, and the first football of the season....

From Pauline Lerner
Posted on August 30, 2005 at 6:30 PM

I did a Google search on Michael Rabin last night and found the very best reference to a site about him on Google p. 3. It was a great discussion on v.com! I recommend it highly.

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