Musical Interlude

Today on NPR,

I heard Lang Lang play Hungarian Rhapsody during "Performance Today."

It was a great treat.
I didn't know much about him, but I had seen his CDs in the show windows at the stores.
It was funny to know that the Tom and Jerry Cartoon led him to playing the piano.

Also I heard a piece on some recordings of the locomotives.
"The Fading Giants : Bygone Train Sights and Sounds."

It was awesome sounds of the locomotives in 1950s recorded by someone in Virginia, North Carolina and etc.,
literally in the field. There is a picture of the man sitting by the railway in the grass with the machine
at the All Things Considered page.

Also, I watched an episode of Monk with Willie Nelson:
Mr. Monk and the Red-Headed Stranger.
I figured out who the culprit was right away, but didn't know how and why.
Anyway, what's important for me is that Monk plays clarinet, too.
(Great minds think alike, and have similar phobias).

Incidentally, I prefer Monk's theme from the first season.
I like the second season's, too, but musically there's no contest.