TGIF/Holiday/F*** Work

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.  I had to work, however, we were not as busy as some stores I have worked on Christmas.  Our customer base includes a lot of students, faculty and support staff at two large universities, The University of North Texas Health Science Center (Literally 2 blocks from the store) and Texas Christian University,  Both schools are virtually shut down over the holidays, so while we were semi-busy, it was not an overwhelming crush so it went OK.  Everyone was in a good mood and nobody got stupid, so it was a pretty good day.  A lot of folks have to head back in to work today before taking off for the weekend, but don't kid yourselves, not much will be getting done around any office in America because everyone is already in a TGIF/Holiday/F*** Work mood for sure.  Next up is the annual celebration of drunkenness New Year's celebration followed by another less than functional Friday to begin the New Year.  Never fear though, your intrepid Uncle will be on the job with lots of Beautiful Music, Muscular Men, a little witty reparte' and maybe even some verbiage relevant to someone out there someplace.  Speaking of which, it is a slooooooowwww news day, so let's just get on with the Music and the Men, shall we?

Your Friday Musical Moment features a generously-filled program featuring 17 of Vivaldi's 39 Bassoon Concertos in which the distinguished bassoonist Klaus Thunemann is partnered with one of the great baroque music ensembles, I Musici.  Vivaldi's 39 bassoon concertos (two are incomplete) are at the cornerstone of the bassoon repertory and in the context of Vivaldi's output constitute the greatest number of concertos for a single solo instrument after his 200+ solo violin concertos.  You will find the Volume One play list down below which includes the concerti A minor, R.497; in C, R.473; in G, R.493; in C, R.471; in A minor, R.500; in D minor, R.481; in B flat, R.504 and in G minor, R.496.  You may join I Musici and Herr Thunemann over on my tumblr for Volume Two.  

Now it is time for a little Fantasy Fuel to fire and inspire your desire for a weekend full of fun.  Today's selections run from whimsically delicious to seriously smoldering, having strived to select photographs that grasps the viewers' attention and draw them into intimate moment of pure pleasure.  I hope you think I was successful.  Now your attentions will certainly be grasped and held by the sultry stud from South of the Border, Maycon Silveira, who is your Hottie of the Day! over on my tumblr.  Thanks for the visit, continue to enjoy the holidays and stop in for the Evening Concert over the weekend.  Until next time as always, Enjoy!