The Fredösphere

Knowing what I know about the type of people who read The Fredösphere, I'm sure most of you are planning to sign up for this cruise.  (The hat tip, by the way, goes to Gavity Lens.)  I urge you, before you commit, to read the disclaimer at the bottom of the page:

All persons signing up for this expedition come at their own risk, at their own expense, and for their own reasons. This advertisement is provided in a good faith effort to reach persons interested in this expedition, but the author of World Top Secret: Our Earth Is Hollow!, as promoter of this advertisement, takes no responsibility for any expedition arrangements.

GUARANTEES: By joining Our Hollow Earth Expedition, expedition members agree that there are NO GUARANTEES that this expedition will reach Inner earth. The expedition will make a good faith effort to locate the North Polar Opening and enter therein, but worst case scenario is that we visit the geographic North Pole, explore the region, and continue on to the New Siberian Islands.

I have a dream that someday I will put together a systematic overview of choral music in sci-fi.  In the meantime, Renewable Music points out two members of the musical avant garde who make cameo appearances in sci-fi stories.  And speaking of sci-fi, to The Standing Room, I say:  the anwer is "yes."

Marcus Maroney offers some information for those of you researching the important topic of program typos:

Finally, an anecdote from a friend in New Haven that is one of the funniest erroneous program listings I've ever seen or heard of.  The piece is "O, how amiable" by Ralph Vaughan Williams.  It was listed in the bulletin as "O, how am I able, Ralph?" by Vaughan Williams.

I missed that concert, as I was attending a performance of Lame Is Rob, but that reminds me of performance of The Messiah back in my home town.  The programs for the event promissed we would sing the Hellelujah Chorus.

Yet another composer begins writing for the most challenging instrument of all:  the blog.  Check out The Living Composer.