Archive for Music
Jim was in town this week. Good visit—played various boardgames, went through some Puzzled Pint puzzles (you can download past puzzle sets from their archives), chatted about stuff, went to the Moffett Field Historical Society Museum, had a roundsing. Even though I’ve lived in this area for most of my life, I didn’t know the […]
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...