Watching Ken Burns' The Statue of Liberty (1985)

Listening to Sky Macklay (b. 1988), Marjorie Merryman (b. 1951), and Angelica Negron (b. 1981)

Listening to Philippe Leroux (b. 1959) & John Mackey (b. 1973)

Listening to Felipe Lara (b. 1979) & Hannah Lash (b. 1981)

Listening to Panayiotis Kokoras (b. 1974) & Mary Kouyoumdjian (b. 1983)

Listening to Clara Iannotta (b. 1983) & Betsy Jolas (b. 1926)

Listening to David Bowie's discography

Listening to Reiko Fueting (b. 1970) & Georg Friederich Haas (b. 1953)

Listening to Brian Ferneyhough (b. 1943), Joshua Fineberg (b. 1969), & C. P. First (b. 1960)

Listening to the Tool discography

Listening to Daniel Felsenfeld (b. 1975)

Listening to Jason Eckardt (b. 1971)

Listening to David Dzubay (b. 1964)

Listening to Tan Dun (b. 1957)

Listening to Charles Dodge (b. 1942)

Listening to Henry Cowell (1897-1965)

Listening to the Pearl Jam discography

Reading The Essential Drucker by Peter Drucker

Listening to Lili Boulanger (1893-1918)

Listening to Alban Berg (1885-1935)