The Friday Informer: Faking It

Is it just me, or does Santa look depressed? Happy holidays from NewMusicBox! Your Friday Informer will have the confetti out of her hair and will see you back here on January 5th.

• The Amateur defined 2006—blogging where journalists feared to tread and playing in ways professional musicians would not have dared.
  
  
• Like a bleached blonde: Clearly fake, but you just don’t care.
  
  
• The problem with orchestras? They play too much classical music. [via sounds & fury]
  
  
• “People who go to Redskins games are hard to tell from those who listen to classical radio.” Well, except for the full-body grease paint.
  
  
• And your parents think your Ph.D. is taking an awful long time.
  
  
• In the last minute holiday gift bag: For the violist in your life. Or the trombone student. [via musical perceptions]
  
  
• Santa, J.S. Bach…Eh, same diff.