DAVE BRUBECK, 1920-2012…
December 5th, 2012From Have Coffee Will Write, 23 February 2007…
Archive for the 'Music' Category
DISCOVERED GATHERING DUST IN MY ARCHIVES…
November 25th, 2012The two subject areas I get called upon most to tutor in are Mathematics and Science. In my own public school education I loved Science for two reasons: I had great teachers (thank you Mr. Max Smith and Mr. Barry Guinn) and I got to discover the way the world worked. I also loved Geometry [...]
SPUNKY MUSINGS…? I HAVE SPUNKY MUSINGS…?
August 21st, 2012From Blogger Rana: Hey Jeff, I really enjoy following your blog, especially for its often spunky musings! Please check out mine, As Ohio goes, when you have a chance. I think you’ll enjoy it. Keep up the spunk! Rana Who knew? [Update at 0332 on 22 August: With all the spunky musings bouncing around in [...]
BERT WRITES GUD…!
February 15th, 2012Or so Ralphy tells me, and I agree: Bert does write gud. Plus, Ralphy’s illustrations don’t hurt.
YES, FECKIN’ MOTHER OF GAWD, YES…!
January 11th, 2012From Superconductor: Tuesday night’s New York Philharmonic performance of the Mahler Ninth was stopped dead by an unusual instrument–the iPhone. An iPhone (using the marimba ring-tone) went off repeatedly in the fourth movement of Mahler’s final completed symphony. According to an eyewitness, the offending phone owner was in the front rows of Avery Fisher Hall [...]
WHEN I WAS A BAND GEEK…
November 19th, 2011Between 8th grade and my freshman year at Warren High School I attended my first band camp. What a nightmare that was. One of the people I remember there was an über band geek from Ohio University who was there to assist the high school band director. His name was Marshall Kimball. It seems he’s [...]
PLACE EVOLVES THE MUSIC…
August 26th, 2011As his career grew, David Byrne went from playing CBGB to Carnegie Hall. He asks: Does the venue make the music? From outdoor drumming to Wagnerian operas to arena rock, he explores how context has pushed musical innovation.
WAS SPECTRE’S LEADERSHIP DUMB…?
December 15th, 2010Paul Krugman thinks so: [T]here’s a scene early in [Thunderball] when the minions of SPECTRE, the evil conspiracy, are shown reporting on their profits from dastardly activities. And the numbers are … ludicrously small. I know that’s a running gag in Austin Powers, But it’s true, it’s true! Even the big one — demanding a [...]
