Category: Music
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Show #1 – Terry Rasor and Michael Hearne at Chubby’s
[Note: This is part of my “concert a day challenge“] For my first show, I scanned the listings on fortlive.com searching for something free. In the West Fort Worth section, I spotted a gig at Chubby’s Burger Shack. A little Googling checked out that Terry Rasor is a veteran Texas singer song writer with a […]
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A concert a day in August
Sometimes we need projects to challenge us. Make a thing a day. Learn a word a day. Appreciate an aspect of life a day. The point is to do something and be persistent. For the month of August, I’m going to see a concert a day. That’s 31 live music experiences during summer’s hottest month. […]
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Miniature Sky
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An internet dialogue about music, creation and ownership
Emily White, an NPR intern, kicked off the discussion early in the week, stating she never made the transition from physical to digital consumption of music. I never went through the transition from physical to digital. I’m almost 21, and since I first began to love music I’ve been spoiled by the Internet. I am […]
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Jimmy Fallon and Jeremy Lin
“Bank this off the back booooooaarrrrd” I love this. Being a Pearl Jam fan, any reference to the band in pop culture is amusing. Jimmy Fallon takes the tune of Jeremy, changes the lyrics to reference Knicks star Jeremy Lin, complete with Eddie Vedder’s Jeremy video look and spooky lighting and does a good job.
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My 2011 favorite albums
Below lists the albums I enjoyed the most in 2011. Â 2011 overflowed with good music from numerous artists and genres. Hip hop, country and polka are sadly underrepresented on my list. [amazon_link id=”B0054JURZA” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Bon Iver – Bon Iver[/amazon_link]: The album swirls with lush arrangements and endearing, if cryptic lyrics. The tracks are […]
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Summer video: Wild Flag – Romance
Sure, you’ve got your summer songs with Katy Perry, Lady Gaga. I’ll raise you one, with Wild Flag, an all girl out fit from Portland.
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Seryn unplugged in my living room
To get a band to play in your living room, there are several steps to make it happen. Find an intimate setting large enough to fit a band and their equipment. Get owner of said place to agree to let a band play in their intimate setting. Ask said band to play in said intimate […]
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Review: R.E.M. – Collapse Into Now
Every Day Is Yours To Win could fit into New Adventures in Hi-Fi, while That Someone Is You bounces around like Radio Free Europe from 1983. … Discoverer’s lead riff sounds like Finest Worksong Oh My Heart has a bit of Drive Every Day Is Yours To Win, a shimmery uplifting ballad with simple melody That someone is you sounds like early REM or even The Ramones Standouts: Uberlin, It Happened Today
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Fuel/Friends Springtime 2011 mix
Heather at Fuel/Friends has posted a mix of spring songs, Used Hearts/Fresh Starts. Most of the songs are on the alternative, indie, folk, pop side of the music spectrum, with the occasional deviation, and she has them ready for you to load up into your portable music device.