Tag Archives: music
Album Club Mar/Apr Review: Indestructible Machine, by Lydia Loveless
I’m not sure what happened to the good momentum of The Musical Bum Club last month – I didn’t see an April selection, but we were just coming back from vacation, so I know a lot of things fell through the … Continue reading
Album Club February Review: Making Mirrors, by Gotye
It was with a lot of interest that I started listening to February’s musical bum club selection, Gotye’s Making Mirrors. I had never heard of the artist before (I thought it was a band name…sigh), but really isn’t finding music … Continue reading
Album Club January Review: The Trumpet Child, by Over The Rhine
Last month, Jenny made the effort to arrange an “album club”, which sort of like a book club, will listen to one album over the course of a month and discuss it. We voted. This is the first month and … Continue reading
Pretty Good
One of our favorite things this weekend was attending a concert by the Eroica Trio at the La Jolla Music Society. For those of you that might not know, The Eroica Trio is a piano trio (piano, violin, cello) that … Continue reading
Things You Never Knew You Needed: String Blanket
So, the last time I’d had my piano tuned, Debbie Pianotuner* was cleaning the inside of the case and ran a cloth along the strings. She looked at the cloth and said, “Hmmm…” Now, “Hmmm” is rarely good and so … Continue reading
Compose Yourself
So, one of the things I’ve gotten to spend some more time with during my – err – sabbatical from gainful employment – is my piano. For those who’ve been around here a while, you might recall that a couple … Continue reading
Back To School Music
This goes out to all those parents sending kids back to the classroom over the next week or two… Alphabutt Kimya Dawson Good luck! Read and post comments | Send to a friend
My Favorite Gadget
One of the things that I know will get a good workout while I’m off is my piano. With a pretty wide-open schedule, there’s really an opportunity to spend some time really getting better (and I mean relatively, I’m not … Continue reading
First-line Lyrics Meme
Bookishly Fabulous had a good rainy-day meme today that I thought I’d copy. The rule is put your iPod on shuffle and write the first line of the song and see if folks in your neighborhood can guess. I chose … Continue reading
