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Tag Archives: Music
Mr. Williams
Check out this list of Top Ten John Williams filmscores, which actually picks some very interesting scores, including a couple from Williams’s very early career. I haven’t even heard all of them! There are two here that are completely new … Continue reading
Poor old Constantine….
A song about Roman Emperor Constantine…sung to the tune of “Come On Eileen”. You can’t make this stuff up, folks! Thanks to a good friend of mine who sent it my way on Facebook…I’m trying to figure out if she … Continue reading
The Loneliest Monk
The birthday of jazz great Thelonius Monk was just last week, on the 10th; Monk would be 94 now. I learned this when I saw this on Facebook. It’s a couple of pages of advice Monk gave to a fellow … Continue reading
You learn something every day!
Whilst on break at The Store today, we observed our coffee bar employee making a smoothie that looked particularly tasty. When we asked her what flavor it was, she told us, “Peach and raspberry. It’s a Peach melba”. This got … Continue reading
Never minded….
Yesterday I mentioned that my birthday is also the date of release for The Beatles’ Abbey Road. Sheila O’Malley points out that just a couple of days earlier is the date of release of Nirvana’s Nevermind, the seminal album from … Continue reading
“Let’s pee in the corner!”
Apparently REM has called it quits as a band. Stop it, Yoko! It’s not funny anymore! Seriously, though, I’ve always rather liked REM, although they were never a huge favorite of mine. I have a few CDs of theirs around … Continue reading
YARRRR!!!
Today was Talk Like a Pirate Day, which is always fun. I mostly observe this on Facebook by, well, talking like a pirate all day, and posting YouTube videos of piratey stuff. Here are the items I posted: Yarrr, I … Continue reading
“Excitement is created by rhythmic accuracy”
So said a music teacher I had once, who was trying to convince those of us under his baton that a piece of music played cleanly and accurately at a slower tempo will sound faster than the same piece played … Continue reading
Will you….
In truth, I don’t think I’d ever heard a single song by Amy Winehouse until just a few minutes ago. It was this one: her cover of “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow”, which is a long-standing favorite love song … Continue reading
Sunday Burst of AWESOME!
No weirdness this week, just awesome, in honor of saxophone great Clarence Clemons, who passed away yesterday. This is my favorite Bruce Springsteen song: here’s “Born to Run”. In truth, I don’t know Springsteen’s oeuvre all that well; he’s always … Continue reading
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