Wagner once asked Nietzsche to help buy underwear for him. Silk underwear. For women. Richard Wagner had a fetish for silk underwear, for pink women’s panties. For God’s sake, he sent Nietzsche out to buy the underwear for him! I can’t believe this is true, that it’s not something I just dreamed. I could totally have …
Tag Archives: Jeremy Denk
Jeremy Denk’s Interview on Fresh Air
Jeremy Denk is one of my favourite musicians not only because he is a blogging classical pianist, but because his blog makes the most murderously complicated classical pieces accessible to the hoi polloi and non-professional musicians. For example, this blog post on Beethoven’s Hammerklavier (you can grab a free complete recording while listening to the …
Denk Reviews The Great Animal Orchestra.
I will only read reviews under a few arbitrary conditions which can be summed up as: I am unconcerned about spoilers because it’s about a crappy story I won’t read or watch anyway. It’s a review of music. It’s about non-fiction. Jeremy Denks review of The Great Animal Orchestra would fall under category 2 and 3. It …



