My composition teacher told me today that he thinks I should write an opera. I think that's outrageous. First of all, I've only seen 3 operas my whole life. Wait, no - four. Five. Still, not very many. And I've never really liked opera that much. But maybe I should try it. It would be an interesting experiment.

I haven't heard any good new music lately. Well, that's not entirely true. There's the new Streets CD, which I used to hate and now it's starting to grow on me. I just discovered the Velvet Underground, who sound nothing like I imagined they would. I always associated them with Sonic Youth for some reason (yet another band who I am not quite sure what they sound like, even though I've seen them in concert). Instead, I get Lou Reed barking out lines like Dylan possessed by wild and surly demons, and John Cale doing some great stuff on viola. I'm sorry I never checked them out before.

So as you can see, I've got some listening to do. I wonder how the new CAKE is?