Los Angeles Philharmonic asked John Williams to curate a program celebrating the history of film music which I attended at the Walt Disney Concert Hall this afternoon. In addition to this program, they also did the James Bond Theme as an encore.
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The Hollywood Bowl concert final encore was the Imperial March, with Gustavo Dudamel joining John Williams for a lightsaber duel on the podium.
At the Hollywood Bowl for the annual John Williams concert. I've been to these concerts more than 30 times and still love it every year.
I must be crazy to be in the Main Street fireworks crowd at Disneyland tonight. #Disneyland
Queen of Anxiety2: They actually haven’t been a bust, but the economic boom from it has all gone to the wealthy.
3: Russia was already a kleptocracy run by mafia-types and has always been xenophobic.
4: Depends on your definition of Eastern Europe, but many joined in 2004, with the latest in 2013 being Croatia. Yes, Brexit, but the EU is carrying on fine without it.
6: Crime is still largely down in the US at least, and terrorism is no worse than in 97.
This is possibly the most impressive example I've seen of one of my favorite genres of extreme fails. This giant electric billboard is over La Cienega Blvd very near the LAX airport. I took this around 5pm this afternoon.
Tonight, I did my second New Year's Eve at Disneyland. The first was in 1998/99. I'm thinking once every quarter century might be about right.
It was pouring rain pretty much from 9:00 onward, so no fireworks.
After the countdown, they played the Fantasy in the Sky music, but with nothing but colored spotlights on the castle. Also, about 10 minutes before midnight, they announced that the park was closing an hour earlier than scheduled.