Archive for 'music'
Lhasa de Sela
The great Montreal-based singer Lhasa de Sela died January 1 of breast cancer at the age of thirty-seven. Lhasa was born to an American mother and Mexican father in a small town in the Catskill Mountains. As a child in the U.S. and Mexico she lived the life of a nomad in a converted school [...]
Posted: January 11th, 2010 under music.
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A message from Mr. D.
Posted: September 22nd, 2007 under film-video, music, webwork.
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So What
Over at Tom’s Book of Days I had Miles Davis’s birthday as May 25. But in Ted Gioia’s History of Jazz he gives May 26, so I’ve updated the listing.
So What:
Posted: May 26th, 2007 under music.
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It seems so right somehow
Cheney video set to Radiohead’s “Creep.”
Posted: April 7th, 2007 under music, politics.
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My Sweet Lord
Looks like the Roger Smith Hotel in New York has caved in to demands from the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights to remove the art piece My Sweet Lord by Cosimo Cavallaro. A six-foot-tall representation of Jesus on the cross made of chocolate, the piece has apparently offended the League more by its [...]
Posted: March 30th, 2007 under alternative, art and illustration, music, offbeat.
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Mambo de la Luna
Lately I’ve been listening to Kirsty MacColl’s Tropical Brainstorm … mostly at work, however, as folks at home are getting a little tired of it. Click below for a sample.
Posted: March 23rd, 2007 under music.
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Why we need music
Nerve impulses are based on sound not electricity.
Posted: March 10th, 2007 under music.
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Cousin Kerry, Master Alpine and Western Yodeler
Sista Annie will like this one. I figure Kerry Christensen must be someone’s cousin, even if not ours. Click the groovy photo to hear samples of his yodeling artistry.
For more information, visit the official Kerry Christensen website.
Posted: February 3rd, 2007 under music.
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Drum Machine
Generally speaking, I’m not a big fan of flash animations. This one isn’t bad, though.
Posted: December 20th, 2006 under music, webwork.
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Another Volley in the War on Christmas
The Martyrdom of Nicholas,
by Francisco de Goya and Thomas Christensen
Top Ten Seasonal Songs That Don’t Mention Christmas
As a public service to those who will be entertaining Muslims, Buddhists, Wiccans, Jews, and the like this holiday season, I offer this list:
1. Deck the Halls
2. Frosty the Snowman
3. Gloucestershire Wassail
4. Happy Holidays
5. Jinglebell Rock
6. Jingle Bells
7. Let [...]
Posted: December 10th, 2006 under alternative, music.
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Reg Kehoe and His Marimba Queens
click to view
via Spodinvark via Serpent Factory.
Posted: December 9th, 2006 under music.
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Ukes in the News
Apparently there was a uke performance last night on a show called Boston Legal.
The uke player was “an insane male kidnapper who spoke exactly like Katherine Hepburn.”
Nice to see ukes getting some press.
Posted: November 29th, 2006 under music.
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Ukes for troops
Posted: November 9th, 2006 under music.
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tropical blogging, beachside
A work trip brings rightreading to Waikiki this week, so posting will be light.
After a short time here I observed that Waikiki is evidently Hawaiian for “place of pink skin.” Weather on arrival was pushing 90, with 80 percent humidity — so humid even the locals were complaining. But the haole to a man (and [...]
Posted: November 7th, 2006 under blogging, music, travel.
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Blog anthem
Listen to the blog starters’ anthem here.
Posted: August 21st, 2006 under blogging, music.
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