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Music

First Live Show in Forever

April 14, 2006

I had actually forgotten how much I love live music—I’m embarassed to say I haven’t been out to one in years, to the point where I can’t even remember who it was. So to go out to a (non)smokey little club (thanks, state of CA) and see a band I really like, FOR FREE, was extremely awesome.

Note to self: definitely do this more often.

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Random K-Tel Compilation Generator

February 2, 2005

A fun exercise: put your computer’s music player on shuffle and list the first 10 songs you get. Here’s the first one mine generated:

  1. Two Of A Kind, Workin’ On A Full House – Garth Brooks
  2. I Wish I Didn’t Love You So – k.d. lang
  3. You Say You Will – Trisha Yearwood
  4. Love Letters – Diana Krall
  5. English Lesson (Remix) – DJ Format
  6. Baby We Got a Date (Rock It Baby) – The Wailers
  7. I Heard It Through The Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
  8. Who Will The Next Fool Be – Charlie Rich
  9. Chemistry – Semisonic
  10. El Paso – Grateful Dead

Not quite as varied as I would have expected. For some reason, it came up very country-oriented—even the Dead song is a cover of Marty Robbbins, fer cryin’ out loud. I have to respectfully disagree with Bump.net about the Carpenters destroying hip credibility, though (and not just because I love to belt out “Rainy Days and Mondays”). I think the Carpenters may be on the verge onf another round of postmodern ironic reappropriation, at least judging from the reactions at my local karaoke bar.

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More DIY

September 28, 2004

In case the geek crafts from the previous post aren’t of interest, here’s another potential hobby: build your own instruments!
Although, speaking as someone who’s tried several times to re-skin a hand drum, it’s almost always harder than it looks. The PVC didgeridoo is intriguing, however…

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The Best Best of Fela Kuti

November 8, 2003

Fela Kuti
MCA Music
2000

“If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.”—a famous quote from Emma Goldman, but it could just as well have come from Fela Anikulapo Kuti. For over 30 years, he brought fear and consternation to the Nigerian government, and hope and pride to its people, through his music [...]

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A Modest Proposal

August 5, 2002

Noteworthy: followup article from Janis Ian on music copyright, downloading, etc. I love her proposal for a multi-company archive of out-of-print material for download at a small fee. I would totally sign up for this. In the meantime, there’s always EMusic, where for $15 every month, I get access to the entire Fantasy Records jazz [...]

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Straight from the artist’s mouth…

July 2, 2002

In case anyone is still wondering if MP3 downloading is destroying the record industry and costing artists money, here’s an article by Janis Ian that shows once again that the RIAA’s usual argument is only half right. You can guess which half…and as much as I enjoyed Courtney Love’s diatribe against the labels last year, [...]

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Mystic Groove

May 25, 2002

Various Artists
Quango/Palm Pictures
2001

From the breeze that opens this CD to the insistent hip-hop groove that ends it, Mystic Groove is one of the better fusions of dance music styles and world music from various countries. While the general sound is Indian, there are several tracks that have a pan-Eastern feel and several that are distinctively [...]

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Burn, Baby Burn Part Deux

April 16, 2002

Wherein I post the track list and cover art for public perusal. I had a lot of fun putting this together—finally, a project that makes my purchase of a CD Stomper feel worthwhile! And I still have all of the stuff set up, so email if you want one. Like most folks, I tried to [...]

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It took a long time to Become You

March 20, 2002

About three years, to be precise. I’ve been an Indigo Girls fan since the beginning, wherever you’d measure that from for a person outside of Georgia. I’d measure it from about ‘89 forward when their first Epic album came out. Their latest CD, Become You, came out last Tuesday, and I’ve been listening to little [...]

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Burn, Baby Burn!

March 19, 2002

I love this trend of utilizing the connections between weblog writers to exchange tangible objects. The first one I came across was 1000 Journals, then 20 Things and the Secret Santa Exchange. The latest is Burn, Baby Burn!—a summer mix CD exchange. You come up with a mix CD, burn 5 copies, and send to [...]

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