The Night They Invented Champagne OK, we’ve been hit with discouraging news for the past 4 months, with Orange County Covid positivity, daily case rates and Hoag Hospital Covid census constantly rising every week. But there are early signs that the summer wave may be cresting! Look at these three graphs. The first is the Hoag Covid census since April 1, 2022 (for me, the most accurate, important and objective metric). The next graphs show the reported daily new case rate and the % positivity for the last 4 months. Notice anything in common? It might be a little early to draw firm conclusions, but those graphs look like they are peaking and may just be starting to come down! Anyway, this little bit of optimism, along with the fact that my surgical patients from this week are doing so well, prompted me to record this cheerful little ditty. This is a feel-good song from the award-winning 1958 American musical Gigi; the music was composed by Frederick Loewe and the lyrics were written by Alan Jay Lerner. The prompts for the AI illustrations mentioned inebriated festive french mice, and if you listen closely for the second verse I’ve tried to play […]
Many of you have asked me “What’s with all the music, Dr. Weiss?” Well, as I’ve told some of you:
I personally call every surgery patient on the evening of surgery just to make sure they are doing well and have no questions that need answering. Occasionally, I would be at the piano and play a song that we had listened to that day. I gradually realized that I wanted to go through all the music that I had played during my life and at least start making a list of the songs that I had recently played.
Well, there are now about 600 songs on the list and I realized that it in a way it represented the ‘soundtrack of my life’! And that’s how I got the idea to record these songs and share them with my patients, friends and family. After I record them they will reside here, for easy access.
Music is truth. It’s honest. It’s really the first social media, where in a way, people could share their souls directly. And isn’t that what the purpose of social media is and why it’s so popular - trying to share who you really are, as completely and directly as possible?
Finally, it has been (and will continue to be) a genuine pleasure sharing these different songs with you and I really appreciate all of your positive feedback!!