Maestro Lorin Maazel

March 3, 2008

 * knows how to suck up to an autocrat
 * took two months with State Department approval and logistics (plane, hotel, etc)
 * it will be remain to be seen what America got in return
 * concert was televised (part of the agreement) on the only channel in North Korea
 * New World Symphony by Dvorjak
 * some Gershwin