Pape, Pape, and the Pet Food Recall

I bought a season ticket to Met Orchestra tonight for a concert at Carnegie Hall that's over a year away. That's hope for you. The concert is all Mussorgsky and (the attraction) includes the incomparable basso Rene Pape singing Songs and Dances of Death.

I have climbed inside and don't want to come out of the Rasch - Mein Herz Brennt with Herr Pape singing most songs. This work is based on the songs/lyrics of the group Rammstein. Believe all (Rasch, Pape, Rammstein) are products of Dresden/Berlin and the former Eastern bloc. The best songs are Mein Herz Brennt and the very best Alter Mann. There is a theme in this song which out Mahlers Mahler. I have heard nothing more beautiful in symphonic music. On the other hand, the song Seemann I skip over -- sounds like a Klingon dirge to me. I bought this CD only to hear Pape sing. If it had said Rene Pape Sings the Phone Book I would have bought it. Who would have thought it would take me on this musical journey.

I am p*ssed p*ssed p*ssed about the pet food recall, the vastness of it, the fact that the injurious ingredients have not been all found, the estimate of the number of animals affected is somewhere between 9 and 39,000 DUH!. Our Government, the FDA, the Bush administration should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves. As should the Congress for not providing oversight to the regulations of the inspections of the industry. It is absolutely ridiculous that I have to cook meat, rice, vegetables for my pets because the pet food supply in the USA cannot be trusted.