Today I went to campus to be in another research study on navigation using virtual reality. For some reason I find these very fun, and so I keep doing them. They even paid a little cash, which I will probably use at the music club. Then I worked in my office for a bit, and it didn't seem too hot. My plants all looked very happy except for my large ZZ plant, which looked a bit overwatered. I checked the soil and it was very damp, since there was no heating or air conditioning to dry it out. The plant is getting so large that everyone jokes it will crowd me out of the office, but I guess it won't be an issue if I accidentally killed it. Hopefully it recovers...
In the evening I had a Union meeting, so Travalon went to the railyard. He saw a train moving in the yard, then he saw it at the spot off of Fair Oaks, and then he saw it crossing Stoughton Road. He got some photos and videos, so I will post those, but first here's a screenshot I stole from someone's video of a Wisconsin and Southern train in Chicago.
And here's a photo of amazing graffiti I stole from a social media page dedicated to train graffiti.
Here are some photos Travalon took today.
And here are some screenshots I got from his videos:
And the other side of the train:
How cool is that? I've never gotten to see both sides of a train like that before!
After my meeting, I went to Holy Wisdom Monastery for an early music concert put on by the faculty of the chamber music summer camp they held there this week. I sat with the fiddler from my band who often goes to these, the Former Professor Formerly Known as Lute Player, and her husband. My favorite was the Vivaldi "Stabat Mater"; I know the Pergolesi one well, but I have heard the Vivaldi one before. It put me in a very meditative mood. The former professor said she had enjoyed a course on the history of the keyboard, especially today's (?) lesson, where they talked about well-tempered and how to tune a harpsichord, and I commented that everyone is sick of my two favorite music topics:
1. Equal Temperament Is Evil
2. This Tune is in the Dorian Mode, and Here's How I Know
In Irish fiddling, if there are only fiddles, they can play in just intonation, where every interval is pure. However, if they're joined by guitars and mandolins (which have frets) and concertinas and accordions (which probably are tuned in equal temperament), then that has to go by the wayside. I have no idea how Brazilian drums are tuned; I only know that they are tuned, by the people who know more about it than I do.
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