wake me up when october ends

Let me get this straight—we're three days into October, the government shuts down, New York City Opera announced it will close, Osmo Vänskä quits, Aaron Jay Kernis resigns, and Dean Douglas Lowry died.

I guess this is why The New Yorker dubs this as "Classical Music's Hell Week." Oy.

This doom and gloom won't last forever, but this economic restructuring is sure going through a painfully uncomfortable phase.

Until then...baseball?