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  • From Rhonda Edgington on crazy shit

    Yikes, sounds rough! I’ve been pondering how so many things that are appealing about making music for and with people (as well as doing church) are off the table right now, and how discouraging that feels.
    And this reminds me I’m going to text you about an outside coffee!

  • From Rhonda Edgington on little update from the old guy

    What did you play by Anne Krenz Organ? I like her stuff!

  • From Rhonda Edgington on animal crackers and talking to England

    Love the animal crackers!!!

  • From Rhonda Edgington on jupe spends time with composers and authors

    Zadie Smith’s On Beauty is pretty great, if you haven’t gotten to that one yet…

    • From jupiterj on jupe spends time with composers and authors

      It is one of the ones on my to read stack and I have a copy of it.

  • From Rhonda Edgington on get thee behind me, church and composing

    Gene Yang is a total rock star – love everything he does! And that new Superman book is really great. If you like him, we also own his latest book about basketball (which, even though I am not at all a sports person, was a good read too)

  • From Rhonda Edgington on get thee behind me, church and composing

    Gene Yang is a total rock star – love everything he does!
    And that Superman book is really good.
    If you like him, we bought his latest graphic novel (Dragon Hoops, or something like that?) about basketball, which I liked a lot, despite having zero interest in sports.
    (which is humorously, one of the themes – artsy types who thought they didn’t like sports)

  • From Barry Best on well tempered jupe

    Good morning Jupiter. I am an old friend of Greg’s and also knew Duncan slightly through my friendship with Greg. He and I both graduated from Carmen High in ’69. For some reason I was thinking of him this morning and wondering whatever happened to him, and my Google search lead me to this page. Do you happen to know if he has any online presence or how I might get in touch with him? Thanks for any help.

    • From jupiterj on well tempered jupe

      Barry,

      I also graduated from Carmen in 1969. Greg is on Facebook. I seem to remember you were a musician in high school. Is that correct? Still doing music?

      Steve Jekins

  • From Jordan on video and update

    The shape of your second movement sounds very intriguing to me. Can’t wait to hear it! You know how I feel about Miles. 🙂

  • From Jordan on Saturday afternoon in the bunker

    Let me know how you like the Chick Corea book…I think he is one of the sages of this time. I would be very interested in hearing your thoughts.

  • From Rhonda Edgington on Saturday afternoon in the bunker

    I was thinking about this recently too – why should liberals give up on the flag, just because we have stereotypes about the folks who often fly it? Then it just plays into the argument that there is a certain correct way to be patriotic, and questioning doesn’t fit into that.

  • From Cindy Cosway on made it to 69

    Happy, Happy Birthday!

    • From jupiterj on made it to 69

      Thank you! Hope you are doing well! love from Uncle Steve

  • From Rhonda Edgington on butt kicked and lucky

    Love those Buxtehude pieces – they will sound great on the Pasi!!

  • From Rhonda Edgington on dreaming again or living in imagination (see the Glück poem linked)

    That poem is fabulous – thanks for sharing!!

    • From jupiterj on dreaming again or living in imagination (see the Glück poem linked)

      You’re welcome! Thanks for reading my blog!

  • From Denise Nanney on Paul Jenkins stories

    Steve, did you get my last message? My last name was Staehli. I believe you’re pretty close to my brother Chris’ age. We lived directly across the street from Coolidge school. I’d love to read more stories about your dad. Your dad baptized me 😊

    • From jupiterj on Paul Jenkins stories

      Denise,

      I did respond to your previous message (see above). Thanks for reading and commenting. I’m not planning on updating stories about Dad soon. But this would be the place to look for them.

      Best wishes,

      Steve Jenkins

  • From Aenne on the unpleasantness at the harpsichord shop

    Interesting that you wrote this about “the snob” before getting your instrument back from him. Hope he didn’t read it and “fix” your instrument accordingly. 🙂

    • From jupiterj on the unpleasantness at the harpsichord shop

      Ha! Good point! I’m happy to report that the repairman did a fine job on my old Zuckermann.

  • From Leigh on Jupe finally remembers he has a blog

    It’s about time! I love your pieces, especially Greensleeves.

    • From jupiterj on Jupe finally remembers he has a blog

      Leigh, Thanks for your kind words about my silly Xmas pieces. And thanks for reading!

  • From Rhonda Edgington on Jupe finally remembers he has a blog

    Gosh, these are great! I might post them on the Hope Church FB page, they are so fun.
    My favorite is the Snow Lay on the Ground.
    Gosh, I need to find some friends to play these now!
    Thanks for sharing.

    • From jupiterj on Jupe finally remembers he has a blog

      Thanks for your compliments! These pieces are turning out to be some of my more popular work.

  • From Sarah on sunday afternoon in holland

    Thanks for the updates. I love you! X x

    • From jupiterj on sunday afternoon in holland

      It was good to chat with you today. I love you! Hang in there, baby.

  • From Rhonda Edgington on still sporadically blogging for the time being

    You bought me A Tale for the Time Being, and I loved it. In case I never thanked you – thank you!

  • From Sarah on Lorrie Moore and Gregory Orr

    Been meaning to comment – your typo on the Moore blog quote is a bit confusing. X x