Tag Archives: Music
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
I happened upon this theme while geeking around with an iPhone app. While looking for a way to create custom ringtones, I found, “Ringtone Converter” on iTunes. This is a free app, designed to make 30 second ringtones from any … Continue reading
Remembering Phil Ochs
Music has always influenced me, especially while I was growing up. One of the poet/songwriters I really loved was Phil Ochs, who died in April, 1976. Ochs corrected the people who labelled him a protest singer – “topical singer” was … Continue reading
R.I.P Earl Scruggs
Show of hands – how many here can sing “The Ballad of Jed Clampett” from memory? Sigh – fewer of us than there used to be! That was only one of the marvelous songs that banjo virtuoso, Earl Scruggs left … Continue reading
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Music of Hope: “River’s Gonna Rise,” by Warren Haynes
Last summer, I posted about how much I liked Warren Haynes new solo album, Man in Motion. http://wp.me/pYql4-RV . Haynes, one of Rolling Stone’s 25 Best Guitarists of All Time, is best known for his work with the Allman Brothers and … Continue reading
Concerning Sleight of Hand and Blogging Goals for 2012
Sleight of hand is the name most often used to describe the methods of stage magic. Sleight of hand is composed of seven basic skills according to Penn and Teller (quoted on Wikipedia): Palm – To hold an object in … Continue reading
Of Greensleeves and Christmas Carol Karma
Regular readers will recall that at the start of the season, I posted a wee diatribe on how much I hate what passes for Christmas music in most of the stores. http://wp.me/pYql4-1tv Here’s where karma part comes in: Mary is … Continue reading
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Music (?) of the Season
Silence makes a lot of people uncomfortable, so in stores, you often hear music intended to be soft and inoffensive. Most of the time, it’s pretty innocuous. Now and then the muzak version of “Light My Fire” will force me … Continue reading
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In Flanders Field the Poppies Blow
At 11:00am, on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the insanity of the First World War came to an end. Though the United States holiday was renamed to Veterans Day after World War II, it is still … Continue reading
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R.I.P. Jerry Garcia, Aug. 1, 1942 – Aug. 9, 1995
In February, 1961,, when Jerry Garcia was 18 years old, he was a passenger in a car that flew off a curve at 90 mph. One passenger died and two others were badly injured. Garcia was thrown into a field … Continue reading
You Must Go and Win: Alina Simone, Writer and Indie Rock Musician
I love the way the digital age allows you to find marvelous things. I was half-listening to NPR yesterday evening, struggling with a blog post I have since discarded and thinking about feeding the dogs. A song came on that instantly … Continue reading
