Children have now made me a believer — in children

August 28th, 2009 Here and There Posted in music, serious 2 Comments »

One of my favorite songs, sung by children at a public school in New York City. I’m without words.

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The Beatles

January 23rd, 2009 Here and There Posted in music, serious No Comments »

Kottke links to a ranked list of Beatles songs, which has “A Day in the Life” at No. 1. I’ve always liked that song, but it’s not their best. My vote goes to “Tomorrow Never Knows” (rock it, Ringo!), which ranks at No. 18 on this list. My No. 2 is “Rain,” this list’s No. 23.

Thx: Kottke

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Foos Fightin’ Mad at McCain

October 8th, 2008 Here and There Posted in election 2008, mccain, music, politics, serious 1 Comment »

WTF? Now the McCain so-called campaign has been using “My Hero,” an old favorite of this blogger.

Now, the song’s writers and performers, Foo Fighters, are telling the campaign “no.”

This sounds familiar for a reason.

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Let This Not Get Stuck in Your Head All Day

September 18th, 2008 Here and There Posted in election 2008, music, obama, politics, serious No Comments »

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McCain’s Copy-Wrongs

September 5th, 2008 Here and There Posted in animals, election 2008, mccain, music, politics, serious 2 Comments »

Man, oh man. The McCain campaign loves ‘em some rock ‘n’ roll, and they shouldn’t be faulted for that.

But today brings another story of musicians wagging their finger at the old man.

Heart is the latest band to throw their hate into the “no you dinnit” camp. They issued a cease and desist order to the McCain campaign concerning its use of their song “Barracuda”.*

They join Jackson Browne and John Mellancamp in the annals of “pesky copyright holders.”

* This campaign season has seen cougars become PUMAs, and now the GOP has fought back with … a mean-looking fish?

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Armless Man Plays ‘Let It Be’ on Guitar

July 30th, 2008 Here and There Posted in music, people, serious No Comments »

Amazing! I love examples of perseverance like this.

Sorry, YouTube’s embed code not working.

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Pandora for iPhone

July 13th, 2008 Here and There Posted in apple inc., iphone apps, ipod touch/iphone, music, serious, technology No Comments »

I hadn’t used Pandora much before today, as I mostly rely on a fairly extensive iTunes library that I’m content with.

But faced with possible eventual limitations of an 8 GB iPhone, Pandora makes so much sense.

I’ve only added a few stations (Led Zeppelin, The Cure) to get things started. Not sure if there’s a limit to how many stations you can have.

The point is: I can access the music I like from almost anywhere, freeing up storage space for more apps and photos.

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Joining the Chorus on Remote Application

July 13th, 2008 Here and There Posted in apple inc., ipod touch/iphone, music, serious, technology No Comments »

Just installed it and got it working. This app will be very useful at parties, or when I get a house with rooms big enough to warrant it.

Almost makes me want Apple TV, though I’m pretty sure that comes with its own remote. My MacBook comes with a remote control, but there’s no real interface on it. iPhone allows me to browse the library visually, whereas the MacBook remote really only lets me play, pause, skip forward and backward, and access a menu.

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What Is iTunes, Really?

May 28th, 2008 Here and There Posted in apple inc., design, mac, music, random observations, serious, technology No Comments »

Just a quick odd thought: It struck me as puzzling and anachronistic yesterday that iTunes still uses a compact disc as part of its application icon. That’s all.

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lolbreak: The Damn, It’s (gasp) Hot Edition

May 15th, 2008 Here and There Posted in election 2008, hillary clinton, ignorant people, international relations, music, obama, politics, presidents, ridiculous, serious, television No Comments »

A whopping 94 degrees here in San Francisco today. Which reminds me:

No, but seriously, on shameful day that started with news out of Israel of our (yes, sadly, still) president disgracing that body politic and this entire nation, let alone Barack Obama, and soon enough got wind of a group of Hillary Clinton supporters so incensed by NARAL’s endorsement of Obama that they’ve threatened to undermine his candidacy (and what, elect John McCain?), I feel that it’s only appropriate for a much-needed lolbreak (NSFW):

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Cool Bands Like Obama

April 24th, 2008 Here and There Posted in election 2008, music, obama, politics, serious No Comments »

It’s not just Springsteen and Mellancamp.

Now North Carolina’s Superchunk is endorsing and performing for Barack Obama.

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Springsteen Endorses Obama!

April 16th, 2008 Here and There Posted in election 2008, music, obama, politics, serious No Comments »

Huffington Post’s Rachel Sklar reports.

(Springsteen’s website)

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He’s Got Fiddy on His Side

March 31st, 2008 Here and There Posted in election 2008, hillary clinton, music, obama, politics, serious No Comments »

And the rapper tells MTV why he switched.

 

I wonder who Eminem is backing this year …

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A Much-Needed Humorous Break

March 14th, 2008 Here and There Posted in election 2008, hillary clinton, music, obama, ridiculous No Comments »

Still political, though. You didn’t think you could escape, did you? Mwah, hahahahahahahahahahaha …

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Can Obama Win Nebraska With the Indie Rock Vote?

February 8th, 2008 Here and There Posted in election 2008, music, obama, politics, serious No Comments »

From AP.

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