Entries Tagged as 'Music'

Beautiful Musician and Concert Posters

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I would love to have any of these posters hanging on my wall. The artist responsible, Jason Munn, has a spare, balanced style that is so effective without being ostentatious. I also enjoy his use of muted colors. I cannot support, however, buying posters for concerts which I did not attend but there are a [...]


So Bad, It’s So Good

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I first give you an offering by the way of Matt Kassoff. Do you remember Crazy Frog?

Glorious. That taller kid is all elbows. His brother probably wears glasses to protect his eyes from pokings. What’s next?


Winter Is Upon Us

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I am snoozing an extra ten minutes or so each morning, the cold driving me back under my new fuzzy duvet cover and blanket. With four pillows all to myself, I sleep on one and construct a sort of warmth fort around my head with the other three.

The time change last weekend has pushed my [...]


5 Bad Songs I Just Have to Love

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I will go years and years, decades even, without having thought of a song and then suddenly it will pop back into my head. This song will be a bad song, something outside the realm of any reasonable musical taste, and often from the 80s or early 90s. I will listen to it once, and [...]


Morning Notes

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When I am walking in the city in the morning and listening to Led Zeppelin, I feel extra super cool. I was seriously surprised today that no one stopped me to give me fat wads of cash or profess undying love.

Even from the 10th floor of the Smith Tower, I can hear bagpipes somewhere in [...]


YouTube Friday: Flight of the Conchords - If You’re Into It

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Arnie, Charlie, Megan, Deirdre, Sarah and I watched, played and sang this last night so many times, and loudly and late enough, that the downstairs neighbors started banging on their ceiling/our floor for us to shut up. A slightly tipsy young woman in our party may or may not have stamped on the floor in [...]


Shadrach: WA/BC Mixed Sectionals Preview

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I will arise before the dawn tomorrow to drive north to Burlington for Sectionals with Shadrach. Our section has two (2) bids to the Northwest Mixed Regional tournament two weeks later, again in Burlington. We are currently seeded 2nd and must maintain that position to qualify for Regionals.

Shazam will, almost without a doubt, win Sectionals. [...]