Deportees
Back in January 2014, I attended folksinger John McCutcheon's annual Santa Cruz concert, a benefit (as always) for the Resource...
Archive for Music
Hamilton rap becomes a musical
In 2009, composer/lyricist/performer Lin-Manuel Miranda performed an amazing hip-hop piece about Alexander Hamilton (5-min video, with mostly-accurate captions) at the...
My emotional state
A couple weeks ago, I sat down to write a blog entry about how I was doing with regard to...
The Lonely Goatherd and the Bechdel test
I wrote this the other day for a discussion of (among other things) works that do and don't pass the...
Useful source of digital assets, including background music
I recently encountered two videos that contained background music that I liked, and learned that both pieces of music were...
Unreliable-narrator songs?
Started wondering yesterday about songs with unreliable narrators. I feel like there are a bunch of them; any suggestions? The...
Chatroulette Guy does Miley Cyrus and Mariah Carey
First there was Call Me Maybe (3-min video). This guy Stephen Kardynal went on Chatroulette (the site where you can...
R.I.P., Pete Seeger
I've been trying to figure out why Pete Seeger's death yesterday, at age 94, is hitting me so hard. Part...
Looking for a voice teacher
I think I may be looking for a voice teacher in the South Bay. Any recommendations? A month ago, I...
Mood swingy
(For anyone missing the context: Today is the 33rd anniversary of my mother's death, and it would've been my father's...
Cup game, cup song
I vaguely heard of the cup game years ago, but never tried it before, and I'm not sure I've ever...
Sea songs
The other day, Vardibidian mentioned putting together a playlist of sea shanties. Which reminded me that I put together a...