August 26, 2009 at 7:45 am (Music, Personal)
I was listening to my original iPod the other day. It’s a third generation 40GB model that is still around and going strong. Of course, it is on it’s third battery, and it resides primarily in my bedroom connected to a set of Logitech speakers, but it still gets used almost every day.
The other morning it was running in shuffle mode was playing such an interesting mix of music that I carried it out of the house with me (neglecting the newer 80GB model). Here is the selection of music it chose that morning:
Lee Ritenour: Asa
Billy Joel: Piano Man
Phil Wickham: I Will Wait For You There
John Pattitucci: Venetian Moonlight
Frozen Ghost: Shake Your Spirit
Donald Fagen: Chain Lightning
Booker T and the MG’s: Ode To Billy Joe
Traffic: Forty Thousand Headmen
Curtis Stigers: Peace, Love, and Understanding
Pat Metheny: Question and Answer
Eric Kunzel and the Cincinatti Pops: Cuban Overture
Bebo Norman: Where the Trees Stand Still
Sting: I Was Brought To My Senses
Phil Keaggy: The Mission
Little River Band: Relentless
Level 42: The Chinese Way – Dub Mix
This really is what I wanted an iPod for in the first place: the ability to take my entire music library with me, and listen to it in any way I wanted, even if the device is choosing the order. Fantastic.
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June 29, 2009 at 1:57 pm (Music, News)
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June 16, 2009 at 1:58 pm (Music, Personal)
Anne and I saw Calexico and Andrew Bird last night at the Cobb Energy Center in Atlanta.
Calexico turned out to be really great live, with lots of energy. We could have listened to them for much longer, but since they were the opening act, their set was fairly short.
Andrew Bird certainly more of a performance than a concert. He’s a great musician, but he was certainly putting on a show, especially compared to Calexico, who were there because they obviously love playing music.
Here are some crappy low light iPhone shots from the concert.
Inside of Cobb Energy Center
Ceiling of Cobb Energy Center
Stage before the concert
Calexico on stage
Andrew Bird on stage
Radioshift is streaming The Eagle 103.7 from Flagstaff
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May 16, 2008 at 7:29 am (Music)
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May 16, 2008 at 6:48 am (Images, Music, Travel, Websites)
Every year, KFOG in San Francisco puts on a huge fireworks show called KFOG Kaboom. It’s always amazing and and you can click here to view the video of this year’s show.
iTunes is playing Falling By the Wayside from “As Far As the Eye Can See” by People In Planes
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October 5, 2006 at 10:20 am (Images, Music, Personal)
Anne talked me into going to a wonderful concert last night at Smith’s Olde Bar in Atlanta. The concert was with a group called Hem whose music I enjoy, but concert crowds tend to keep me away from live music these days in addition to the fact that staying home has become such a rare event. However, Anne heard some music from the group last week and once we found out they were coming to town she convinced me to go. Having dinner at King & I, our favorite Thai restaurant in town, helped convince me.
Anyway, the Hem concert was great as was one of the opening acts, a husband, wife and friend group named Arlington Priest.
Hem had 10 people on stage with an instrumentation complement including: harp, clarinet, violin, pedal steel, dobro, mandolin, acoustic and electric guitar, upright bass, drums, xylophone, electric piano, harmonica, tambourine and well harmonized vocals.
If you like acoustic music and Hem (or Arlington Priest) come to a venue near you, do yourself a favor and go. I’m certainly glad I did.
Reservoir from the album “Funnel Cloud” by Hem
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August 23, 2006 at 6:58 am (Music, Science, Tech, Websites)
Wired News: Music Makes Your Brain Happy:
By Randy Dotinga| Also by this reporter
02:00 AM Aug, 23, 2006
As a rock producer, Daniel Levitin worked with Stevie Wonder, the Grateful Dead and Chris Isaak. But the music business began to change, and a disillusioned Levitin turned to academia, where a career in neuroscience beckoned. Sixteen years after he made the switch, Levitin is an associate professor at McGill University in Montreal and one of the world’s leading experts in cognitive music perception. In his new book, This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession, Levitin explores research into how our brains process the works of artists as varied as Beethoven, the Beatles and Britney Spears, and why they make us feel so good. Wired News picks his brain about how it all works.
More by following the link…
iTunes is playing: Woman’s World from the album “East Side Story” by Squeeze
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August 10, 2006 at 10:23 am (Music)
iTunes is playing: Presence from the album “Presence – Single” by Newsboys
Great song!
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August 4, 2006 at 9:51 am (Movies, Music, Personal, Writing)
Why is it that most of my favorite authors, musicians, comedians and actors are from that largest of all islands in Europe or their neighbor to the west? Is it the sense of humor, the reserve, the penchant for understatement, the seeming masterful ability to turn a clever phrase or express everything just so? Probably it’s all this and more.
Here’s an incomplete list…
On The Page
Douglas Adams
Bill Bryson (who isn’t actually, but might as well be, British)
G. K. Chesterton
Stephen Clarke
C. S. Lewis
Somerset Maugham
Michael Palin
J. K. Rowling (it’s truly evil the way she keeps killing off characters)
J. R. R. Tolkein
On The iPod
Andy Summmers
Athlete
The Beatles
Paul Carrack
Coldplay
Elbow
Engineers
Imogen Heap
Mark Knopfler (of Dire Straits)
Level 42
William Orbit
Alan Parsons
Stereolab
Sting
K. T. Tunstall
U2
On The Screen (Hey, all of these are Scots!)
Sean Connery
Billy Connolly
Craig Ferguson
Liam Neeson
Then there are the ones from those islands down under…
iTunes is playing: Bisbee Blue from the album “Garden Ruin” by Calexico
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