Archive for Music
This morning’s real-seeming dream: I was riding on a bus that had the ability to play a passenger’s music over its sound system. I accidentally tapped the wrong button on my phone (or maybe my laptop), and one of my music playlists started playing for all the other passengers to hear. Embarrassed, I tried to […]
I recently listened to James Keelaghan’s version of the shanty “Roll Down,” by Peter Bellamy, and was struck by this line: Then, sweet ladies of Plymouth, we’ll pay all your rent I thought, Huh, that seems like an odd thing for the sailors to do. More like a charitable foundation than like stereotypical sailors on […]
I have complicated feelings about this mashup of “Story of Tonight” (from Hamilton) with “You Will Be Found” (from the musical Dear Evan Hansen). On the one hand, it’s a lovely song, and it’s a benefit for March For Our Lives. On the other hand, I had never heard of Dear Evan Hansen before (content […]
I've long loved John McCutcheon's 1991 rendition of Leon Rosselson's 1975 song “The World Turned Upside Down” (not to be...
Two business models for selling CDs on Venice Beach: Hand a CD to a passing individual tourist in a way...
Pete Seeger died three years ago yesterday, so my post about him came up in my Facebook history today. It...
I'M GOING TO SEE HAMILTON TONIGHT! I arranged a fair bit of my plans for the past few months around...
I'm not a Christian, but I really like some Christian songs. There's one such song that I quite like most...
Every time I hear the song “Long Black Veil,” I wonder the same thing: Is that outcome really preferable to...
The other day on Facebook, Kat said something about hymns for atheists, which reminded me of a playlist I put...
A friend asked this morning what the deal is with this Hamilton thing. Here's what I posted in response: It's...
I just realized this is one of the things that some of the rhyme-chains in Hamilton reminded me of: ”Now...