Katydid

Lotus

Eryngium

Redbud leaf

Naftule’s Dream, “Speed Klez.” John Manning is the Tony Levin of tuba players.

Polysics, “Rocket.” The eccentric ending theme of the eccentric show Moyashimon.

Don Ross, “Dracula and Friends (Part One).” Motown on six strings.

Alkan, “Finale: Presto” from Symphony for Solo Piano, Op. 39, #7. (Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano). It is not true that Alkan was crushed to death by the Talmud, nor did his obituary begin, “Alkan is dead. He had to die in order to prove his existence.”

Gilbert and Sullivan, “Three Little Maids from School Are We.” If you want your kids to grow up hating Gilbert and Sullivan, play Iolanthe twice a day every day. Many years have since passed, and I can now appreciate the craft of G&S without too much pain. This number is from The Mikado.

Mayumi Kojima, “Poltergeist.” I’ve posted this one before, but it remains a favorite.

Kou Otani, “Ailes Grises.” A favorite for several years now.

Update: Here are the official directions.

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping your spring summer. Post these instructions in your blog along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they’re listening to.

I’m not gong to tag anyone (though I would be curious to find out what Steven’s, Erik’s and Maureen the Suburban Banshee’s current enthusiasms are). If you feel like playing along, go right ahead.

The other ballet company in Wichita performed their version of “Peter Pan” yesterday outdoors as the temperature approached 90°F. More pictures here.

(Via Aliens in This World.)

I’ve added a few more pictures to the gallery.

Three things to keep in mind when you ride a bicycle on Wichita streets:

1. If there is any possibility that a driver won’t see you, he won’t.

2. If there is no way on earth that a driver can possibly miss seeing you, he still won’t see you.

3. Right-of-way? What’s that?