From AZOOMA WebMaster, Bruce Hembd:
After reading an article on blogging written by the originator of the weblog, I have decided to do some housecleaning. Jorn Barger of Robot Wisdom coined the term "weblog" about 10 years ago to describe the daily list of links that "logged" his travels across the web.
While all old articles will remain here at the blog, the longer articles are being re-posted to our main site to stand out on their own.
This space will be reserved for more topical issues -- like the Jacksonville Symphony lockout and stuff in the current news related to AZOOMA. Long articles will kept on the main site.
This does not exclude however, blogging things here on our own articles posted at the main site... heh-heh...
According to the guru Jorn Barger a true weblog is basically a log of all URLs you want to save or share. While he proports that opinions and commentary should be kept out of blogs, these days people use blogs for all sorts of purposes beyond a page with just links.
On this point, I think that he might a little behind on how far blogs have evolved since '97. Our own Arizona Opera Orchestra Principal Flutist Paula Karrer for example, uses her blog as an online journal to log her travels and cuisine choices.
Speaking of Paula, she has been featured several times in the local press. She regularly rides a bike to her gig at the Tucson Symphony.
"No road rage," she says.
In a recent Arizona Opera performance of Lucia di Lammermoor, Paula had a very extended cadenza to play in the famous "mad scene." The video below unfortunately does not capture that exact moment, but you get to see a bit of the bloody mess Lucia has made.
Paula's superb musicianship got a lot of attention from the press. However, they only mentioned her as a "fine flutist." Go figure.
A local Tucson musician sent a letter to the editor to correct this (scroll down a bit at this link to read it) noting that the "fine flutist does have a name." You might need to register to see these AZ Star pages, but it is pretty easy and painless.
She did an amazing job at every performance and is an excellent example of what the talented opera musicians can do. We all shuffled our feet for her every night. ("Shuffling" is the musician's way to applaud and express admiration during a performances without the audience hearing it and can only be heard in the pit.)
During the Katrina mess few years ago Paula -- a certified veterinarian technician -- was helping to rescue animals.
She also has a good online recipe for Indian Style Potatoes and Asian Noodles with Mustard Greens on the Tucson Community Supported Agriculture web site.
Way to go Paula!
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