
Unsik Chin - Clarinet Concerto, performed by Kari Krukku; and
Mahler - Symphony No. 1.
This was a totally enjoyable evening, especially Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, which was majestically beautiful.
The Clarinet Concerto, which was 24 minutes long, was only so-so since it was largely atonal and rather weird sounding. The performer, Kari Krukku, did an outstanding job with the difficult material.
As you might remember from previous postings, in High School I played the clarinet and was the first chair and also Band President during my Junior year.

Back on topic ... burn in hell you piece of donkey-dung ... oooooooops ... sorry again ... now ... really back on topic ...
Seated next to me were my friends Alan and Irene Warshauer, who are both attorneys. I hadn’t seen them since the end of last season so it was nice to have time for some much needed/wanted catching up. They shared my feelings about the clarinet number and totally liked Mahler as did I.

Man, what an exciting game it was. It went into extra innings and Kansas City finally won 9-8 in the bottom of the 12th inning to advance to the American League Division Series (ALDS) against The Los Angeles Angels starting on Thursday.
In tomorrow’s posting I will share with you loyal and faithful readers and followers Billi Pod’s predictions on who will advance to the World Series and who he wants to advance to the World Series ... so ... stay tuned.
Moving on to tonight’s entertainment event ...
The Broadway musical ...

(Broadway - discounted TDF ticket)
The score for this show, which had a shaky tryout in Chicago, is written by multi-Grammy Award winner Sting, who is making his debut as a Broadway composer.
The first Broadway preview performance was Monday and already there is a ton of negative buzz floating around, mostly directed at the show’s book, written by John Logan and Brian Yorkey.
It is playing at the Neil Simon Theatre on West 53rd Street, officially opens on October 26th, has a running time of 2:35, with intermission, and is an open run.

Oh ... September was a pretty decent walking month ...
Yesterday’s Pedometer mileage==>3.34 miles (or, 7,308 steps)
Total mileage for September==>130.33 miles (average 4.34 miles per day)
Total mileage for 2014==>1,111.56 miles (average 4.07 miles per day)
GO GATORS!!
Billi Pod
“Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.”
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