Category: music
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…
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…
Cheney video set to Radiohead’s “Creep.”
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…
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…
Nerve impulses are based on sound not electricity.
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…
Generally speaking, I’m not a big fan of flash animations. This one isn’t bad, though.
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…
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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.”…
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…