I’m David Ocker. If you only see one of my pictures or articles below, please click HERE to view the Message Mixture. Subscribe to Mixed Messages by Email My main blog is Mixed Meters (at Blogspot) My picture blog is Mixed Meters (at Flickr) Mixed Messages is now on FacebookYou can get an RSS feed combining all my blogs at: davidocker.comTumblr (3.0; @meters-mixed)http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kth8egne501qz51s7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><br/><br/></p> <h2>R<br/>O<br/>O<br/>F</h2> <br/> ________________________________________________________ <br/><br/><br/><br/>.http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/252214326http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/252214326Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:47:03 -0800roofpipesskysideways<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktfjkhSC511qz51s7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><br/><br/></p> <h2>One Leaf</h2> <br/> ________________________________________________________ <br/><br/><br/><br/>.http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/251209574http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/251209574Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:53:05 -0800leafshadowrailingdavid ocker<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktdf9tpa211qz51s7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><br/><br/></p> <h2>Quartet</h2> <br/> ________________________________________________________ <br/><br/><br/><br/>.http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/249892036http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/249892036Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:25:05 -0800pipesquartetroofsky<p><br/><br/><b><h2><blockquote>“simple desire to tell the stories of Los Angeles.”</blockquote></h2></b><br/> _____________________________________________________ <br/><br/>Why LA Opera is creating an opera about the 110 Freeway. In <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/11/an-opera-about-freeways-only-in-la.html" target="_blank">this LA Times article</a>. <br/><br/>.</p>http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/248708778http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/248708778Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:25:28 -0800<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8zs6k6rQ1qz51s7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><br/><br/></p> <h2>FACE<br/>BALL</h2> <br/> ________________________________________________________ <br/><br/><br/><br/>.http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/247422648http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/247422648Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0800<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt4wj2Bitx1qz51s7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><br/><br/></p> <h2>Shadow Ladder</h2> <br/> ________________________________________________________ <br/><br/><br/><br/>.http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/246197087http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/246197087Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0800<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt4wh2Q2Qs1qz51s7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><br/><br/></p> <h2>Cowboy Yarn</h2> <br/> ________________________________________________________ <br/><br/><br/><br/>.http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/244978684http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/244978684Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0800<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt1l3jPj6X1qz51s7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><br/><br/></p> <h2>ART<br/>N<br/>T<br/> I</h2> <br/> ________________________________________________________ <br/><br/><br/><br/>.http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/242746074http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/242746074Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0800<p><br/><br/><b><h2><blockquote>“both fields are so deeply invested in their own traditions that they tend to confuse those traditions with their function.”</blockquote></h2></b><br/> _____________________________________________________ <br/><br/>BOTH = orchestras and newspapers. <br/><br/>Anne Midgette writing in <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-classical-beat/2009/11/kaiser_orchestras_fail.html" target="_blank">this article</a>. <br/><br/>.</p>http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/241689410http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/241689410Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:44:35 -0800<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksrry7krXv1qz51s7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><br/><br/></p> <h2>SING</h2> <br/><h2>WALK</h2> <br/> ________________________________________________________ <br/><br/><br/><br/>.http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/238247802http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/238247802Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0800<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksrrvnNl7k1qz51s7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><br/><br/></p> <h2>Fork in the Road</h2> <br/> ________________________________________________________ <br/><br/>(Click <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=pasadena+ca&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=55.411532,120.498047&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pasadena,+Los+Angeles,+California&ll=34.130705,-118.154644&spn=0.007158,0.014709&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=34.130749,-118.154817&panoid=GpUfjReZ60CyZmrsJvlivw&cbp=12,5.34,,0,5" target="_blank">here</a> to see this intersection in Google Street View) <br/><br/>(Read a news article <a href="http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/rds_search/ci_13705662?IADID=Search-www.pasadenastarnews.com-www.pasadenastarnews.com" target="_blank">here</a>.) <br/><br/>.http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/237174738http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/237174738Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0800<p><br/><br/><b><h2><blockquote>“Mr. Price. Please don’t try to make things nice. All the wrong notes are right.”</blockquote></h2></b><br/> _____________________________________________________ <br/><br/>Charles Ives memo to his copyist. Quoted in Peter Yates’ <b><i>Twentieth Century Music</i></b>, p.9 <br/><br/>.</p>http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/232567133http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/232567133Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:01:55 -0800<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kshypd95O11qz51s7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><br/><br/></p> <h2>Use Crosswalk</h2> <br/> ________________________________________________________ <br/><br/><br/><br/>.http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/231029872http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/231029872Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:41:36 -0800<p><br/><br/><b><h2><blockquote>“And the good news is that Rock Band will soon be opening its format to classical music.”</blockquote></h2></b><br/> _____________________________________________________ <br/><br/><a href="http://thescore.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/orchestra-hero/" target="_blank">Michael Gordon in the NYTimes.</a><br/><br/>(Okay, and what’s the BAD news?) <br/><br/>.</p>http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/229907574http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/229907574Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0800<p><br/><br/><b><h2><blockquote>“Orchestras are notoriously dysfunctional places”</blockquote></h2></b><br/> _____________________________________________________ <br/><br/>Anne Midgette in the <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-classical-beat/2009/10/conducting_ones_business.html" target="_blank">Washington Post</a> on the subject of conductors who hire themselves out as <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6418866/George-W.-Bush-to-become-motivational-speaker.html" target="_blank">motivational speakers</a>. <br/><br/>.</p>http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/226336362http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/226336362Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:21:45 -0700<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks7wppDe4f1qz51s7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><br/><br/></p> <h2>Sidewalk Octopus</h2> <br/> ________________________________________________________ <br/><br/><br/><br/>.http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/225757296http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/225757296Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:22:37 -0700<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks62jeqsLS1qz51s7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><br/><br/></p> <h2>Strained</h2> <p><br/> ________________________________________________________ <br/><br/><br/><br/></p> <p>.</p>http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/224733479http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/224733479Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:33:13 -0700<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr9j2w1OYp1qz51s7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><br/><br/></p> <h2>Talisman</h2> <p><br/> ________________________________________________________ <br/><br/><br/><br/></p> <p>.</p>http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/214806825http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/214806825Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:00:00 -0700<p><br/><br/><b> <h2> <blockquote>“It reminded me of a Disney movie. I was waiting for the bad guy to come out. It was kind of like <i>Fantasia</i>.”</blockquote> </h2> </b><br/> _____________________________________________________ <br/><br/>Ariselda Herrera speaking about watching Gustavo Dudamel’s inaugural concert outdoors on a big screen television. In <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-et-dudamel-gala9-2009oct09,0,5741953.story" target="_blank">this LA Times article</a> <br/><br/>.</p>http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/213883747http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/213883747Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 -0700<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr9im404Jd1qz51s7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><br/><br/></p> <h2>Camo</h2> <p><br/> ________________________________________________________ <br/><br/><br/><br/></p> <p>.</p>http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/212980021http://meters-mixed.tumblr.com/post/212980021Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:00:00 -0700