January 2011
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Jan 31st
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-30) →
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (41) Cloud Cult (11) The Four Tops (4) Van Morrison & The Chieftains (3) Dizzy Gillespie (3) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jan 31st
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Further Adventures in Live Music →
I’ve got a nice little series of hyperlinks following my live music experiences since starting this blog. Like the music I post, the shows have varied from classical to R&B, rock to hip-hop. Mozart, (Requiem Mass), Beethoven (6th Symphony), Tchaikovsky (The Nutcracker ballet), and Debussy (La Mer) have alternated with The Buddy Holly Story musical, The New Pornographers, Booker T. &...
Jan 28th
Jan 27th
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Jan 27th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-23) →
Cream (11) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (10) Fred Astaire (8) Fela Kuti (7) Ruth Brown (7) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jan 27th
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Jan 26th
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Listencountryandwestern: The Louvin Brothers - I’m...
Jan 26th
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Jan 26th
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The Neuroscience of Music (Frontal Cortex) →
psychotherapy: Why does music make us feel? On the one hand, music is a purely abstract art form, devoid of language or explicit ideas. The stories it tells are all subtlety and subtext. And yet, even though music says little, it still manages to touch us deep, to tickle some universal nerves. When listening to our favorite songs, our body betrays all the symptoms of emotional arousal. The...
Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda...Either way, I disagree
I’m a sucker for lists… musicforthelistener: Two weeks ago NY Times music critic, Anthony Tommasini, took on what he himself called a rather futile attempt at ranking the Top classical composers. But, I agree with him completely in that the interesting part of this ‘exercise’ was the journey in itself and not the final list. With that said, I have to point out that I was astounded...
Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-16) →
Franz Schubert (16) Gabriel Fauré (14) The Byrds (7) Jerome Kern (7) Bruce Springsteen (6) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jan 23rd
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
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Jan 20th
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Listen“Juicy Fruit” by Rudy Greene [1957] ...
Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 15th
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Jan 15th
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Jan 15th
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Jan 13th
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Jan 13th
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Jan 13th
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Jan 13th
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Listenmusichistory: “Oh, But I Do” by Margaret Whiting...
Jan 13th
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Listenmusichistory: “Oh, But I Do” by Margaret Whiting...
Jan 13th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 12th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-9) →
The Troggs (15) Liza Minnelli (11) Bob Marley & The Wailers (10) Carl Perkins (9) The Replacements (6) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jan 11th
Recommend Music History? →
I rarely ask for recommendations, but it seems foolish to completely ignore/overlook something Tumblr has created to help people find interesting blogs. Heck, I use the directory all the time. So, if you like Music History, please recommend it! Thanks.
Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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“What most comes to mind while revisiting these tracks is how Prince conquered...”
– Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Prince: Ultimate Prince (via tristn)
Jan 10th
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Jan 9th