From the monthly archives:
One of kd’s lesser known masterpieces. The song deserves a better orchestration, but her voice takes you places that make you forget everything. So I don’t worry about it.
I think she is singing this song naked, or at least topless. Look at her eyes.
Be sure to wait for the howl 2/3rds of the [...]
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Here is a tasty performance of SWEET GEORGIA BROWN played by Jeff Midkiff and Curtis Jones on mandolin and guitar. I’ll have to research the term “breakneck” but I know it to mean as fast as you can possibly play in the bluegrass or mountain style. These guys do it.
And for me, this is where [...]
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Since I’m boning up on the mandolin I found this performance to be a big inspiration. In fact, I’m looking at her hair, thinking, damn, what ever happen to Prell? I can just tell that that is what she uses. That bouncy curl at the bottom is unmistakable––a Prell girl, and a perky one at [...]
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One of our friends, Jason, sold us tickets to a mysterious event called “Men, their dreams and fantasies” or something like that. He wouldn’t tell us any more than that, but that there would be male nudity, and women were not allowed. We were relieved that Corbin would be there as well. We called him [...]
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The amazing inventor, Theo Jansen, has invented a fleet of wind propelled robots, designed to roam the deserts of the future post-greenhouse-effect world. The ever-sensuous Museum of Dust looped a bit outside its mission to bring these desert rovers to our attention (and I’m glad she did):
No one, that is, until Dutchman and god, Theo [...]
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Programme music is music that supposedly tells a story with music. This is not to be confused with the Hollywood film music technique where the music apes the action in the film precisely (think the music for Bugs Bunny or Tom and Jerry), this technique is known as “Mickey-Mousing” after the famous cartoon character. A [...]
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UCLA begins classes today. And today I meet a class of 40 terrified, excited Freshmen taking their first college class. I’m sure some of you remember that first day: the smells, the temperature, the hormonal rushes of seeing all these strange new people that just might be your friend. The smell of the paper, the [...]
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Looking for a VERY cool gift to give to an inquisitive child with latent herding tendencies? Look no further! Some of us old timers remember those plastic see-into ant farms. Well, times have changed and this little invention takes us to the next level. Think geek will sell you a space age ant farm for [...]
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The World of Geometric Toy (sic) has a fun website. I can’t tell whether “toy” is a philosophic statement or just poor English. This toy looks like a new take on flipping a coin.
[Via Ursi's blog]
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I get up early (5 am), make coffee and go down to a quiet little corner in our house. There I compose melodies on paper. I play Sudoku. There it is very, very quiet. All the animals in the house are sleeping, and even outside no one is up yet. That corner is deafeningly quiet. [...]
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