Topic

Music

A collection of 33 issues

La Petite Pod.

Here’s what’s new on my iPod these days: Fiona Apple’s new CD “Extraordinary Machine”. I absolutely love the first track. And I’m also really into the Brazilian Girls. I think I first heard them in a film I watched with Laura. Summer of Love, I think…

My new favorite band.

Okay, maybe not most favorite, because honestly, what band could be better than Pink Martini or the Dixie Chicks? But, they’re pretty damn good, and they play latin music, which I love. The band’s called Picoso. I heard them initially on Friday night when I was at the

My new favorite band.

Okay, maybe not most favorite, because honestly, what band could be better than Pink Martini or the Dixie Chicks? But, they’re pretty damn good, and they play latin music, which I love. The band’s called Picoso. I heard them initially on Friday night when I was at the

The sound of a city.

Watching House of Cards makes me miss D.C. If ever there was an audio portrait of a city, this theme song is one. Mood and musical palette of a city. Gravitas. Gritty. Scintillating. Titillating. Dark and foreboding. What you don’t see. The underbelly. The riptide. Puppet master riff.

How colonial social media gave us the Star-Spangled Banner.

An amazing rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner by seven-year old (!!) Rhema Marvanne. Equally amazing rendition by Jordan Shelton, winner of the Smithsonian’s National Anthem Singing Contest. Let’s be honest: before moving to the mid-Atlantic, my knowledge of early American history was hazy at best. History was my least

I am an instrument. Stroke me.

Alex Ross ruminates on the differences between live and studio recordings in his New Yorker article, The Record Effect: In 1964, Glenn Gould made a famous decision to renounce live performance. In an essay published two years later, “The Prospects of Recording,” he predicted that the concert would eventually die

The Story.

I just discovered a great singer, Brandi Carlile. Her voice is kind of like a cross between Neko Case (whom I love) and Melissa Etheridge, I think. She’s an amazing singer and songwriter. Just check out these lyrics from “The Story”. They articulate perfectly why I think Botox is

Hey, Eugene!

originally uploaded by SF buckaroo. Pink Martini has a new album out. It’s killer. I just got it on Friday and have already listened to it like a gazillion times. One of my fave songs is the one in Arabic (at least I think it’s in Arabic….). Michaela

Shimmery music.

originally uploaded by Neylano. Okay, so I’ve discovered a couple of female vocalists who’ve been around for a long time, but whom I’ve never listened to before: Blossom Dearie and Marilyn Monroe. Her (Marilyn’s) voice is so breathy and orgasmic – she simply oozes sexuality. It’s

Ummmm...nothing, really.

originally uploaded by Neylano. Just a photo I took at my neighbor Connor’s CD-release party. At the High Dive in Fremont. The lighting was great. I just need a faster zoom lens now. Like this one, maybe. I smell a birthday present….