My eighth grade geometry teacher Mr. Stoa (RIP) was always talking in a smooth swing-era voice. He liked to call the boys “Tiger” and the girls “Star”, which seemed rather eccentric and mystifying at the time. Many years later I heard somewhere that he had been a trumpet or trombone player (or something?) during [...]
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There’s not a lot of control I have lately, but what control I do have seems to point to the musical patterns that evolve over time in my life. Those started with the fact that the first apartment I had all on my own was exactly 7:45 in walking time from the closest Fiesta [...]
This one is ladies only. [display_podcast] Shirley Caesar – “Testimony” | Found in the Alley Blondie – “Rifle Range” | mrshl Follow that Bird – “The Ghosts that Wake You” | Danny Juliana Hatfield – “Where Would I Be Without You” | Ghost of the Machine Phantogram – “Mouthful of Diamonds” [...] To [...] A few years ago, I had an e-mail conversation with my friend Sanjeev about “why you don’t hear good music on the radio. “ Obviously that’s a pretty broad question, with a lot of assumptions behind it, and it’s not one that I intend to address here. But a tangential question that he [...] We’re Done [...] It’s been a good month for the Los Angeles company, which also just won an Invention Award from Popular Science. Evertune says it’s finalizing testing on a guitar bridge that keeps the instrument in tune regardless of the temperature, humidity, or how a string is pulled. Normally, a guitar goes out of tune when [...] Can’t remember when I downloaded them, but I have a couple albums by 7% Solution on my hard drive. They were an Austin band that played what I guess you’d call Texas space-rock. I remember meeting a girl from KVRX at a college radio conference thing in Austin many many moons ago (’95?) that [...] I think the people at Bull Moose Music on Middle Street in Portland think I’m actually certifiable. I think they’re not wrong. As I wander the aisles every Sunday night in my reverse church ritual, I take insane pleasure in the MST3K-esque dialogue going through my head. It’s about the only entertainment I allow [...] On May 31, the Lala music service, which valiantly attempted to be your full-service iTunes in the cloud, will go off-line. Presumably, the reason they’re shutting down is to make room for an authentic version of the service from Apple itself. Apple bought the company last December, and since then there has been hopeful [...] |
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