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Category Archives: music
A Thick as a Brick Cover That’s Thick as a Brick
I’ve been a Jethro Tull fan since the age of 10. Looking at JT music tonight on YouTube, I stumbled upon this interesting bit. It’s a group of young music school hipster-nerds from the Berklee College of Music in Boston … Continue reading
U2 Delays New Album Because Trump Won
Dear Bono: Can I speak frankly as a friend? Its time you appreciate that you and your band’s super coolness has passed its “Best by” date some time ago. It could have been a learning opportunity when scads of people … Continue reading
Posted in arts, cultural analysis, culture, music, politics, Uncategorized
Tagged album, Bono, politics, trump, u2
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Patti Smith, the Nobel Ceremony and a Turn of Beautiful Grace
It was announced on October 13th that Bob Dylan had won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature. The discussion of whether his work was worthy of such an honor ensued. It is, if not for his Himalayan body of work, at least … Continue reading
Posted in arts, bob dylan, literature, music, poetry, reviews
Tagged bob dylan, hard rain, hard rains a gonna fall, nobel prize, nobel prize for literature, oslo, patti smith
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The Super Fab Four – The Kinks
Those who know me know I tend to take the road less traveled. In that spirit, I want to finally declare my allegiance to a provocative and controversial thesis. When it comes to early 60s, pop-rock, British bands with four … Continue reading
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Tagged beatles, dave davies, glastonbury, kinks, music, ray davies, the kinks
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Natural Talent + 99% Perspiration
There is talent, then there is crazy talent. This post is about crazy talent and where it comes from. Like most people, I am fascinated by individuals with talent beyond the top folks in their field. Some people have particular … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Honnold, danny macaskill, guitar, mountain bike, mountain climb, Rodney Mullen, skateboard, Tina S
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Roots Artists You Should Know About
In a great deal of art, I very much like mine stripped down to the most human. Little between you, the one experiencing the art, and the artist giving you the experience. Last week over Thanksgiving vacation I dipped into … Continue reading
Seven Curses
Listening to music yesterday while getting some work done at my desk here, a wonderful song came up on my rotation, one that I know quite well and have loved for years. What’s remarkable about it is its human depth … Continue reading
Posted in bob dylan, music
Tagged bob dylan, dylan, folk music, john jacob niles, maid freed from the gallows, robert zimmerman, seven curses
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My Five Favorite Lesser-Appreciated Dylan Albums
Being a considerable and long-time Dylan fan, people will ask my favorite Dylan songs and albums. Those are hard to pick, as they are far too many. Dylan’s body of work is like an iceberg. What’s above the water, what … Continue reading
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Tagged bob dylan, dylan, empire burlesque, good as I been to you, music, new morning, saved, street-legal
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Dylan Nails It Again…
Let’s get this straight. I don’t really care what you think about Dylan… unless you have a sober and proper view of how he’s as creatively strong as he’s ever been. And a good argument could be made that since … Continue reading
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Tagged bob dylan, dylan, music, shadows in the night, the night we called it a day, videos
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