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My nephew the  musician was commissioned by the DeYoung Museum to compose and perform music about a  piece of  art, as were 7 others. He wrote a three-movement  jazz piece based on Cornelia Parker's sculpture/installation "Anti-Mass,"

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 http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/calendar/day.asp?calendarid=3622&day=1%2F15%2F2008 All the composers played all pieces last Friday (they gave individual concerts during summer.)  It was great fun & wonderful music.  I'm so proud of my nephew!  OMG, what a SCENE the DeYoung is on Friday nights! and I don't just mean the packs of family members of composers and musicians in the VIP/mural room. The Friday night events draw a LOT of after-work revelers.

I'm seeing as many award-nominated movies as I can before the Academy Awards, which I hope will be held & not as a dismal press conference given by annoying, clueless Entertainment reporters (OMG that woman should be fired). Before the Devil Knows You're Dead; holy cow, it's dark.

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  Juno was all Yay! and sweet. All the performances were so good. Not on awards circuit, but on my radar: I Am Legend was enjoyable enough. Will Smith was good, OMG the dog! and I mostly can stop myself from picking at the inconsistencies.