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Huckleberry insists that he has no idea how those paper towels met such an unfortunate end. Oh who, oh who would do such a thing?
Such as, "When's dinner?"
Welcome to visitors from The Friday Ark and Carnival of the Cats.
Economist Richard Florida's 2002 article, called "The Rise of the Creative Class: Why cities without gays and rock bands are losing the economic development race." Basically, Florida argues that "lifestyle amenities" like a cultural scene and diversity makes some cities more attractive to creative people who build economically successful enterprises than other cities that lack these features. Fine, I accept this, especially since Florida bolsters his arguments with impressive charts and metrics. I should also add that the "lifestyle amenities" argument is taken very seriously by cities like…
The real Victorians who inspired Sherlock Holmes.
I'm a Holmes nut, so I'm a sucker for this kind of thing. Anybody else out there a big fan of Michael Didbin's The Last Sherlock Holmes Story? Kinda the last word on the subject.
Medeski Martin & Wood @ HE2005.
Over in the Stereophile Photo Galleries, the category with the most uploads is "Live Music Events." This is no mere coincidence; we are, after all, music lovers. We've posted several images of the memorable performances that swung and rocked past Home Entertainment Shows.
This year's event in Los Angeles will offer many more photo opportunities. In addition to the always awesome John Atkinson Trio, I'm especially looking forward to the Anthony Wilson Nonet (Tom Conrad's beautiful piece, "Okay, We're Rollin'," in our May issue…
Lotta Love Concert
Rhino
Rhino
Okay, so I can be a sucker for the whole seventies SoCal vibe, I admit it. And now that my mea culpa is over I have to say that this tribute to the late singer/songwriter keeps ending up in my CD player even though it was released back on Valentines Day. Though the sound is good, not great, what's most intriguing is that it's one of those projects where you can hear from the first notes that everyone is committed and ready to throw whatever they have on the fire. Jackson Browne (a fast, loud "Running On Empty"), Bonnie Raitt (a cover of Lowell George's…
3121
Universal
Universal
To those in dreamland I say: face it, the Purple history's great but it ain't gonna happen again. Ever. The man who made Purple Rain (or even 1991's Diamonds and Pearls) is gone, dead, never to return. In his place is this good boy Jehovah's Witness who has with 3121 made his best record in many years. Too bad it's come out just as Warner Bros. have released the two disc best-of, Ultimate Prince.
No, nothing here reaches a boil like "Baby, Do Me" but "Black Sweat" may make your nooks and crannies, ah, grow a tad moist. "Fury" is almost a worthy successor…
Hammersmith Odeon, London `75
Columbia
Columbia
This is the two channel CD issue of the performance captured on the DVD that came with the 30th anniversary edition of Born To Run. Since I've already raved about the DVD of this show in a review of the BTR box, I'll just say here again that this is prime Bruce, all young and bearded and spry. The sound quality, which I had initial trepidations about (the DVD, not really a fair measure,) is surprisingly good. The talents of Bob Clearmountain, Thom Zimny and others have wrought a pretty exciting sounding live document, particularly when…
A shockwave interactive analysis of Bach's dissertation on harmony—with an emphasis on the fugues.
Via Growabrain.