Music-Related Articles
Just as with movies, I don't write reviews of music. One of the reasons for this is that I don't feel qualified to do so. Of course, the same might be said for most music critics. Anyway, this is a mixed bag. Brief descriptions of the articles are provided so that you can decide what sounds interesting.
- Cage Does Cage!
- A video pun explained.
- Conservative Rock?!
- National Review has an idiotic list of conservative rock songs.
- Speaking of French
- The great fake French band Les Sans Culottes.
- It's Hard to Die in French
- The French original of Seasons in the Sun is great.
- Moe's Waiting for THE Man
- The Velvet Underground's drummer was turned into a tea party idiot.
- Late Night Interlude: Who Does This Remind You Of?
- The great Laura Cantrell.
- Tuba Tuba Tuba
- Tubas are being stolen. And they're really great.
- Al Green Not Demented, Just Asshole
- On seeing that Al Green doesn't have dementia.
- The Meaning of Marlene on the Wall
- The meaning of the Suzanne Vega song.
- A Musical Confession
- I don't like all kinds of music.
- Justin Bieber and the End of Western Culture
- The evils of pitch correction software.
- Kiss Me
- How important was the make-over of Sixpence None the Richer's lead sing, Leigh Nash, to the success of their mega-hit Kiss Me?
- I Felt Like a Gringo
- Depressed on July Fourth, but at least I have The Minutemen for company.
- Master Class with William Bennett
- About my master class with the great flutist.
- Two Songs and Counting
- There are now at least two songs about Paul Krugman.
- Box Office Poison at Mary's Pizza Shack
- Have a pizza, discover a band.
- Gilligan's Island Theme Song
- This article tells the story of the evolution of the Gilligan's Island theme song. Maybe you thought there was just one? Ha!
- Pow Wow Theater
- I discovered this amazing singer-songwriter on YouTube, Wayne Poehlman, also known as PowWowTheater. In not only includes a couple of covers he does on video, there are two free MP3s of his original songs. I am currently working with him on creating a website. You can see it grow at PowWow Theater Online!
- Leak
- This is mostly about running into an old friend of mine and a song we wrote together called, "Leak."
- Pandora's Box
- I wax poetic about Internet radio.
- John Stewart and Jules Shear
- In this article, I discuss the creative process and breaking rules in making art. It tells one of my favorite "brush with fame" stories about meeting John Stewart, as well.
- Elvie Thomas
- Wikipedia sucks and Elvie is not a man.
- Skinny Leg Blues
- The meaning of Geeshie Wiley's "Skinny Leg Blues."
- Music Worth Listening To: Eric & Suzy Thompson
- This is kind of a review of concert I heard of the old-timey duet of Eric & Suzy Thompson. It also discusses a number of old, especially blues, artists and provides links to some free MP3s.
- One Song, Two Song, Song Sung Blue Song
- How many songs are on Thompson's Real?
- Blue Moon
- Okay, this one isn't that much about music—but it references two songs and has a video of Nanci Griffith performing Once in a Very Blue Moon live. It is mostly about what a blue moon is and how long it is between two of them. Plus, this was a "lost" article—one that was in the database but didn't show up on the site. So I want to point it out to Google.
- The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
- Here's an interesting one. I combine the Christopher Marlowe poem, "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" with Sir Walter Raleigh's response-poem, "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" in order to create a single song—a duet for male and female singers. I need to do a follow-up to this to show how the verses would interact.
- She Said "No"
- I rip into "Please Come to Boston"—a most deserving song.