Category Archives: Music

nothin’ happenin that ain’t happened a’fore

This is not the most horrible sixty-three minutes and thirty-six seconds of music I’ve endured, I’ll give it that. Never mind who or what is or were the soulless, union-paid minions whose 401K-inspired realization of this… I don’t know, thing, I suppose, that approaches aural manifestations of caramelized, vitamin-impregnated, gum-slicing-even-while-milk-soaked breakfast cereal equivalent of who-knows-what [...]
Also posted in Art, Bands and Artists, Entertainment, Mass Media | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

music from the table

Without an invitation, I joined a group around a park table. No one seemed concerned. A moment later an individual on the far end of the bench from me stood up and lingered at the head of the table, nodded with approval, smiled and walked away. All others on my bench moved down to fill [...]
Also posted in Jazz | Tagged | Leave a comment

me want one of these K-Bow things yesterday and a half

One of these. Yes. I love it when things get invented just for me when nobody really knows that is what is happening. Thank you! Now, gimme, gimme, gimme! Possibly related posts: (automatically generated) Related posts on cello irish marriage blessings | Boondock Saints Prayer House Concert: Tania Opland And Mike Freeman | CA Copeland CD Reviews » Marjan Mozetich Related [...]
Also posted in Computers | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Remember, Remember the 5th of November

I'm discovering as these words accumulate on this log, I do not remember them as I thought I should or would. But that's okay. They are here. That's where the log part of blog comes in. That's for what logs are. And the web, it's for convenience, I suppose. Otherwise I probably would not have written here what I have written. But I did. I wrote them on this day, the 5th of November.
Also posted in Poetry | Tagged , | 2 Comments

the thinking beatle would be 69 today

that it doesn’t seem as old as it did back in 1970 when I realized he was… …wait for it… …30 whole years old! But next year when we’ll be saying John would have turned 70 today, that WILL sound old, I don’t care what anybody says. It also sounds incredibly young to say he died at 40, doesn’t [...]
Posted in Music | Tagged , | Leave a comment

NYC violin repair shop hits sour legal note

NYC violin repair shop hits sour legal noteSeptember 16, 2009 By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A tiny New York City violin repair shop may have to close because it violates an obscure zoning regulation.The owners of Tanen Violins say the Department of Buildings informed them that their Manhattan shop is illegal [...]
Posted in Music | Tagged | Leave a comment

Marx and Harrison, not Marx and Lennon

1901: Machinist, inventor, singer and comedic actor, Herbert “Zeppo” Marx born in New York City 1943: Film producer and Grammy award winning muscian, Beatle guitarist George Harrison born in Liverpool, England 1841: Artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir born in Limoges, France 1913: Voice, screen and film actor, author Jim Backus born in Cleveland, Ohio The most underrated of their respective [...]
Also posted in Mass Media | Tagged | 1 Comment

MUSELETTER from ISSA Jogs Plastic Ono Memories

This morning’s email offered this lovely note from ISSA (earlier known as Jane Siberry) : “SEND ME A HAIKU OF THINGS YOU LOVE i’ll put them together and send them back around or near valentines day. 17 syllables, 5-7-5 but let’s just keep it loose and haiku-ish like this: dopey housefly buzzing between storm and screen too early awaken thee or scar beside lip white thread, [...]
Also posted in Poetry | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Austin Story: Zombies Ahead

This would have been perfect for SXSW Especially if the name of your band is called Zombies Ahead…… Hackers Crack Into Texas Road Sign, Warn of Zombies Ahead Thursday, January 29, 2009 By Joshua Rhett Miller i-hacked.com Texas Dept. of Transportation officials confirm a portable traffic sign at Lamar Boulevard and West 15th Street in [...]
Also posted in Ambiguity | Leave a comment

The Cellist’s Unchained Malady

CNN - 1 hour ago LONDON, England (CNN) — A medical ailment that has worried male members of string sections across the music world for over 30 years has been exposed as a … Doctor Admits to Writing Medical Journal Hoax FOXNews - 2 hours ago An esteemed doctor of Britain’s House of Lords admitted to inventing a false medical condition 34 years ago as a [...]
Also posted in Journalism | Leave a comment
Get Adobe Flash playerPlugin by wpburn.com wordpress themes
This site is protected by WP-CopyRightPro