Christmas is Coming
22/10/10 07:31![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
madrobins"Farces are express trains; musicals are locals."--Stephen Sondheim, on writing lyrics for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Just read a review of a new book on songwriting, which I seriously want for Christmas. The review in today's NYTimes is glowing but not adulatory, and makes Finishing the Hat, by Sondheim, sound damned near irresistible. I am generally leery of books about writing--one man's process is another man's barred cell--but this… oh, hell, I'm just a Sondheim junkie.
Spouse? You listening out there? My birthday and Christmas are both conveniently located in the months ahead!
Just read a review of a new book on songwriting, which I seriously want for Christmas. The review in today's NYTimes is glowing but not adulatory, and makes Finishing the Hat, by Sondheim, sound damned near irresistible. I am generally leery of books about writing--one man's process is another man's barred cell--but this… oh, hell, I'm just a Sondheim junkie.
Spouse? You listening out there? My birthday and Christmas are both conveniently located in the months ahead!