The New York Post says that Gov. Spitzer asked his staff to bring a "classical music CD" to Room 871 on that fatal night of destructive passion. Let’s hope it was Tristan und Isolde…. Now playing on YouTube are Scott Bradley’s 1940s-era cartoon scores Puttin’ on the Dog and The Cat That Hated People, both containing instances of 12-tone writing. (Via Bob DuCharme.) … Phil Lesh talks to Elliott Carter on Counterstream Radio, March 14…. Sheng player Wu Wei in action…. Two interesting shows this weekend at The Tank: on Saturday night, the Jack Quartet plays Xenakis, Lachenmann, and Rihm, and on Sunday Jacob Cooper introduces his opera Timberbrit, about the Tristan-esque tragedy of Justin and Britney…. And the winner is — Lang Lang.