Tag: music

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Susan Quinn
Susan Quinn
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Yes, Southwest Airlines may have pursued this adventure of giving their passengers free ukuleles and the instrument covers for the publicity it would garner. Guitar Center provided the ukuleles and a free lesson, too. And yes, there were people annoyed with the disturbance of their precious time on the jet. But in a world where […]
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Victor Tango Kilo
Victor Tango Kilo
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The other day, I posted Rick Beato’s list of best one hit wonders from the 1980’s. Naturally, it provoked a little bit of discussion, mainly, “WTH was he thinking?” And it inspired others to remark on their alternate lists of decent music from the era of Big Hair, cocaine, and Reaganomics.  (Much preferable the the […]
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Victor Tango Kilo
Victor Tango Kilo
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I am a fan of Rick Beato. Rick Beato taught me about music theory much in the same way Mike Stoklosa taught me about film-making with his Mr. Plinkett videos. Before I found Rick Beato’s YouTube channel, I was just a consumer of music. Now, I understand the theory behind, at least a little bit. […]
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Vince Guerra
Vince Guerra
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In the early 90s, if the church wanted this guy *points thumbs at my own chest* they were going to need to up their worship game to compete. My sister and I were splitting our time between divorced parents each weekend. My mom dragged us to church on her weeks, and perhaps because I had zero interest in […]
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Percival
Percival
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William Christopher Handy did not have an easy time getting into the music business. His father was a pastor, and considered all musical instruments to be tools of the devil. W.C. conspired to buy a guitar on the sly. When his father found it, a terrible row erupted. Somehow in the peace negotiations, in addition […]
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A Tribute to Those Who Deeply Love this Country

Susan Quinn
Susan Quinn
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This particular Independence Day weekend, I feel especially moved by all those people who celebrate our heroes, to those who have fought or died to keep us free and by my own gratitude for living in this fine country. Although some people are not as moved by this song as I am, and by the people who sing it, I hope for just a couple of minutes you will put aside those thoughts and let yourselves simply immerse yourself in the words and music. I don’t think you will be disappointed.

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Anthony A Velasquez
Anthony A Velasquez
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I don’t know how “woke” I am, or as the Merriam Webster Dictionary puts it, “aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice).” But I do try to be informed, and educate myself regarding new subjects (and old). Woke culture has made me less trusting and […]
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Front Seat Cat
Front Seat Cat
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We have a 24/7 classical music station, via public broadcasting, and on late Sunday afternoons, a wonderful program comes on.  It highlights young classical musicians from all walks of life.  They sheepishly talk about their influences, inspiration for the piece they are presenting (sometimes written by themselves), while sharing their culture and challenges. The host […]
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Three Martini Lunch

Iowans Choose School Choice, Left Downplays Kavanaugh Threat, Grammys Get More Woke

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Hosted by Greg Corombos
With guest Scot Bertram

“Political Beats” host Scot Bertram is in for Jim today.  Scot and Greg cheer Iowa voters for ousting four Republican lawmakers who opposed legislation to give parents more options on how to educate their children. They also hammer Democrats and the media for greatly downplaying the arrest of a man attempting to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh not far from Kavanaugh’s home. And they groan as the Grammys try to attract more viewers by adding new awards, including one for “Best Song for Social Change.”

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OccupantCDN
OccupantCDN
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“Dream On” is a very difficult song to sing, this maybe why it hasn’t got a lot of big acts covering it yet. I was recently discussing my musical tastes with a new colleague I said “I like famous songs, sung by people who are not.” A few years ago I had discovered YouTube Cover […]
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All Eyes on Me: The Parody, The Original, and the Cover

TheRightNurse, radiant figure …
TheRightNurse, radiant figure …
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This is Bo Burnham.

Bo Burnham is a comedian/social commentator.  He looks like a slightly dorky, good-looking guy you met in your classes in college.  He was probably going into some science field or programming.  Either way, he never looked at you strangely if you mentioned you played D&D; he’d probably even tell you about his own character.  He did just fine in his classes and was always ready with a fun quip.  He made everyone feel good and was actually quite insightful about the relationships of others around you.  He was just a good guy and everyone liked him, even if not everyone got his dorky and sometimes dark sense of humor.

In real life, Bo Burnham is around 30 years old now.  He’s been doing the comedy, parody-song-thing for the last 10 years or so.  He’s done remarkably well at it, all told, and has been all over the country.  He has a niche following.

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Victor Tango Kilo
Victor Tango Kilo
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Question came up last night on Musker. “What’s your favorite purely predatory/aggressive song – something you’d play while sacking a city? I’m trying to put together a collection to motivate a quiet buddy at the gym.” Personally, if I were laying waste to a city and killing without remorse, (perhaps from within some kind of […]
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Dotorimuk
Dotorimuk
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Nope. 1962. On his second record, the one with “Blowin’ in the Wind,” he made this fun racket, but it was only on early versions of the LP. Pretty close to the sound that hurt Pete Seeger’s sensitive and politically correct ears at the Newport Folk Festival in ‘65, though Pete Seeger too would later […]
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Victor Tango Kilo
Victor Tango Kilo
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What is the best song on the subject of science. I’m not thinking about songs about space; there’s a buttload of them, and a lot of them are amazingly good. Well, Let’s get the obvious candidates out of the way first. Like the Thomas Dolby one. It’s really obvious, so I’m going to link and […]
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