August 1, 2008
Heartbeat, It’s a Lovebeat (The Defranco Family)
One of my absolute favorite songs from the early 70’s. This is not your basic bubble gum, assembly line pop hit, but actually an intelligent and well crafted song with a complex bridge. I wore a few record needles out on this 45! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gggcZvvZLeo]
March 9, 2008
Muse, Mothers, & Best Song of 2004
In my music readings, I stumbled onto a new band called Muse. I often use the AllMusic.com site to read a band’s bio and look at their discography. While doing this for Muse, I stumbled onto perhaps the most creative album review I’ve ever read. This review also contains a most fantastic, run-on sentence. I’ll […]
March 7, 2008
Weekly Bits, Pieces – March 6, 2008
1. If you have an opportunity to see the play “Wicked”, you absolutely must go. It is simply fantastic (wicked good)….. 2. I used to work at a men’s health clinic called Medical Center For Men. I have many interesting stories from my days there. Earlier this week, I had a flashback about when myself […]
February 23, 2008
Song Mysteries: Ladies and Dream Weavers
Growing up listening to 70’s and 80’s music, I’m often amazed at how many song lyrics my brain has indexed. Although my wife and kids have never complained (to me anyway), I’m sure I drive my family crazy singing along to song after song. I’ve long been guilty of taking anything in any conversation, shuffling […]
January 30, 2008
Fear Of A Blank Planet
I’ve been wanting to share this for quite some time and am finally getting around to it. I really am interested in what reaction you have to the video and lyrics below of “Fear Of A Blank Planet” by Porcupine Tree. You may find this dark. You may find this disturbing. I find it real. […]
January 18, 2008
I Heart Bose!
A connoisseur of sound, I recently read a review of the new Bose Companion desktop speaker system and picked them up at Best Buy. In my office, I was using a 6 speaker system with the left, front, center plus the subwoofer and two additional left and rights behind me in the traditional “surround box”. […]
January 5, 2008
Music Travels
While out of the country this week, I have started reading Neil Peart’s “Traveling Music: The Soundtrack to My Life & Times“. Rush’s genius drummer offers up some very interesting musical recommendations from Sinatra to Linkin Park and I’ve decided to collect some CDs based on his recommendations. Then, like my former year-long exploration into […]
December 13, 2007
Plumb – Cut
Excellent song about the teenage phenomenon of cutting: [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=LEGoHi5HDn0#]
December 6, 2007
The Final “Final Countdown”
Let’s hope this is the final “Final Countdown” ….. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw8sNoodIDk]