Music Video Friday: Perpetuum Jazzile, “Africa”
Friday, August 7th, 2009 Posted in Fun Clips, Music | No Comments »This is cool. An a capella choir named Perpetuum Jazzile, "still the only Slovenian jazz choir," simulates a thunderstorm. Play it LOUD for best results. Though the clip goes on for over six minutes, as far as I'm concerned you're free ...
Music Video Weekend: The Jayhawks, “Blue”
Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Music | 3 Comments »"Where have all my friends gone/they've all disappeared." A favorite band, the mighty Jayhawks. Have a great weekend. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9rFR2Jll1I]
Jigsaw Jones: The Musical, and That Thing Called “Writer’s Block”
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 Posted in Current Events, Jigsaw Jones, Music, the writing process | 3 Comments »First off, apologies to my Nation of Readers -- I'm looking at you, Liz -- for the sporadic posts this summer. But it's not like I didn't warn you. Back about a year ago, I posted about a phone call I'd ...
Thoughts on “A.Word.A.Day”
Friday, June 26th, 2009 Posted in Around the Web, Current Events, Music | No Comments »Previously I've plugged Anu Garg's most excellent email subscriber service, A.Word.A.Day. Sign up and every day you get an email that takes about 15 seconds to read. Some days I click delete, most days I don't. Today's word is "excoriate." MEANING: verb tr.: 1. ...
An Interview, a Few Links, and Song
Friday, June 19th, 2009 Posted in Interviews & Appreciations, Music, the writing process | 1 Comment »Let's take it around the horn: 1) I recently answered a few questions from the good folks at the pithily named blog, Books We Love from the Park Ridge Public Library Children's Staff. Here's a taste of the goodness you'll find there: Do ...
A Dream Goes On Forever
Friday, May 29th, 2009 Posted in Music | No Comments »This song's been in my head for the past few weeks, great lingering melody. A bare bones approach in this live version, just Todd and a piano, two minutes of pure pop for now people. Have a great weekend . ...
SLMS Conference, Stuff, Things, and Song
Friday, May 1st, 2009 Posted in Music | No Comments »Sorry, a hectic week. I'm running off to my daughter's second-grade class this morning, while balancing a tray of bagels. All the kids are going to read poems! Then I'm zipping up to Saratoga Springs for the 2009 SLMS Conference. Signing ...
New Dylan Song: Beyond Here Lies Nothin’
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Music, Uncategorized | No Comments »Fans of Bob Dylan were happy yesterday to learn that his new song, "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'," was made available for FREE DOWNLOAD. Offer expires at midnight tonight (I think), so as they say in the old advertising game: Don't ...
25 ALBUMS: MY LIFE IN MUSIC
Monday, March 16th, 2009 Posted in Bystander, Fun Clips, Greatest Hits, Music | No Comments »On Facebook, it's popular for people to make lists of the 25 albums that "affected them profoundly." As a music lover, I figured such a list was for me, but found it an impossible and wholly unsatisfying task. Yet I ...
Sunrise Doesn’t Last All Morning: George Harrison’s Birthday
Thursday, February 26th, 2009 Posted in Current Events, Music, Uncategorized | No Comments »Yesterday was the anniversary of George Harrison's birthday, so I'm a day late. This is one of my favorite songs of his post-Beatles career, and seems most fitting, though I have many that I love: "What Is Life," "Isn't It ...