Animal. Bigger than a breadbox. À propos de rien.
On my way to work this morning, I asked Siri “what’s the weather report?” and instead of telling me “cloudy and 35 degrees” I got “Birdland” by the jazz-fusion group Weather Report. I was not disappointed. This is one of my favorite tracks of all time. As much as Steely Dan defined the sound of […]
Where were you 40 years ago? Were you anxiously awaiting the launch – at midnight on August 1, 1981 – of Music Television, better known as MTV? Were you born? If you did exist on Earth back then, were you old enough to remember this august (pun intended) moment in American cultural history? I am […]
As I continue to work on my French so when I finally get to go back to Québec (peut-être cet été? on verra) I can eavesdrop on conversations more effectively, I’ve been listening to a lot of Québecois country and pop music. I wrote about Pépé Proulx, who performs solo as “Pépé et sa guitare” […]
I haven’t done a Music Saturday post for awhile. Some other things came up, can’t imagine what they were but they seemed to demand my attention. Anyway, this week’s artist is Tommy Oddsen. Tommy Oddsen is my musical alter ego. The name came about in 2019 when I was going to play a gig with […]
And in despair I bowed my head;“There is no peace on earth,” I said; “For hate is strong,And mocks the songOf peace on earth, good-will to men!” Stanza 6 of “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1863 This is one of my favorite Christmas hymns. The lyric is from a poem […]
