Archive for the 'Music' Category

03
Mar
10

Skating For The Rest of Us

“This is not a group you would frequently hear at a figure skating event.”

03
Mar
10

Falsetto King

17
Feb
10

Curse of Clothing

This is video proof that white people do not have the market cornered on strange clothing…

04
Feb
10

Is This The End?

It’s difficult to watch/listen to this performance without hearing the whump whump of the Huey helicopter blades or visualizing Sheen’s chaotic meltdown in the Vietnamese hotel room at the opening of Apocalypse Now. Is this really the end?

27
Jan
10

Nostalgia is Distorted

One often looks at the past with wistful nostalgia. We somehow think that the past was better, more pure, a step up on today. I just finished watching the video below. The music was kinda good. But the hair sucked, the clothes sucked, the pasty whiteness sucked… So much for yesterday.

09
Jan
10

Music in Other Dimensions

Wrap yourself around this!

15
Dec
09

Did Not Age Well

Nice holiday sentiment, though…

11
Dec
09

Culture Clash

What happens when Texas guitar legend Junior Brown meets the aging Beach Boys? Tip of the hat to Houston’s Clear Thinkers.

17
Nov
09

You Damn Right…

Trippin’ down memory lane with no luggage. Dig the precursor to Ugg boots. And yes, that’s the Good Reverend Jesse on stage with Black Moses…

03
Jul
09

Take Five This Weekend

1961… Jazz was being explored by middle-aged white guys wearing suits, white shirts and simple ties. Dave Brubeck’s patience was wearing thin, so he started exploring bizarre rhythm combinations. One result was this 5/4 time classic Take Five. Why don’t you take five this holiday weekend and just chill a bit?