I think Americans don’t really realize how influential and edgy Roxy Music were before they made it onto our American radios. I didn’t.
Tag: Music
The Dizzy Brains: Imagine The Strokes with real problems, not just First World Problems.
Here’s a coincidence. One year ago today I hiked down to Indian Garden in the Grand Canyon with my backpacker guitar and wrote a song called I’ve Done the Math.
My friend Moses asked me to find him an American wife. I (eventually) wrote a song about it.
I brought a bass guitar with me to Madagascar. In part because there is a wanna-be ethnomusicologist inside of me who wants to explore Madagascar’s musical traditions in the baritone, tenor, and alto musical registers. But …
I’ve caught earworms and I don’t think there’s anything in my medical kit to take care of them. Two songs keep running through my head here in Madagascar:
In 1998, through some twist of fate, I was given a free upgrade to first class on a flight from Washington DC to Cape Town. That’s about a 23-hour flight; exactly the kind of flight where …
I’m on another running kick, three or four times a week with the dog. It seems to be the only time I can really listen to music. I’ve always found that doing something physical and not-quite-mindless …
Kurt Cobain committed suicide 20 years ago. Only five years before that Nirvana was an obscure band touring and playing in dive bars such as The Sun Club in Tempe.
From here in my home office this radio only picks up KAFF Country. This radio belonged to my grandfather. It stayed in the family thanks to my recently deceased Aunt Lynne. It still works thanks to …