How the Vinyl Record Revival Is Spinning Into the Future, Norbert Sparrow, Plastics Today, Norbert Sparrow Good take om the revival of records. That is if you remember 78s and 45s. But today’s vinyl is not the same as that used to press Michael Jackson’s Bad, the best-selling album that year. Just as music has evolved […]
Pharoah Sanders Has Passed One of the greatest musical performances I ever saw live was in Spring 1966, sorry have not tracked down exact date, in the University of Wisconsin-Union theater. It was a live performance of the final group of John Coltrane. None of his great quartet from “A Love Supreme” were in it, […]
(cross-posted from Skippy, The Bush Kangaroo. Just because.)
I’ll add the scene from It later. Or someone can put it in comments and we’ll promote it to here. UPDATE: R.I.P., Clarence Clemons. QOTD from Walter Jon Williams: Young folks may be shocked to discover that Clarence Clemons had a band before Lady Gaga.
Around 6:00 or 7:00a.m. tomorrow, we should know if if Rev. Camping is correct or liable to be sued. This time. (He must read Frederic Sheehan.) I’m lucky; I get to spend most of the time at a swim meet. For the rest of you, just in case, a selection featuring Mr. Tom Waits:
Excess Rents Datapoint of the Day: Since the NYT doesn’t pay Paul Krugman for his blog posts, why should reading those count as part of the “20 free articles” non-subscribers are allowed? I want the Grapelli track, but not enough to pay for a six-CD set. This—built by government employees—is the greatest accomplishment in music […]
Rob Farley of Lawyers, Guns, and Money beat me to the short one, so there is only: though I admit being partial to or even
In honor of his finally being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: And his co-inductee, who now does wait for no one:
by: Daniel BeckerThis is just a little something toward the “get to know your blogger” department of AB. It’s just in case anyone thinks that we have no real life. Besides the 2 businesses, dealing with long term care issues for both parents (not even on the list of issues for this nation) and stimulating the economy by […]
Lukas Foss has died. He’s one of those composers/conductors who lead the way to contemporary classical music. More honored than beloved, his reputation will, I expect, improve with time.