Music
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Weekend Music Musicians and sound engineers use "wet" and "dry" to mean more and less reverb. What came to be called the "surf" guitar style always featured very heavy reverb. I'm pretty sure the sound predates the association with surf, which seems to have been pretty much originated by Dick Dale in the early 1960s.…
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By robots, of course. I actually rather like the music. And the video is impressive in a sci-fi sort of way.
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Weekend Music I'm a pushover for this sound, and the accompanying kitsch.
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Weekend Music
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In spite of her manifest dottiness, including the famous tearing-up-a-picture-of-the-pope incident, I have a soft spot in my heart for Sinead O'Connor. That's based mainly on a few interviews I've read with her, and a few songs; I've never actually heard much of her music. But somehow I have the impression of someone who is…
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Weekend Music The absence of comments on my previous Blossom Dearie post causes me to be concerned that people have failed to appreciate it. Obviously the solution for that is more Blossom Dearie. I really like her on these upbeat tunes. I had not heard this charming and catchy little song before. As light as…
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Weekend Music I've been hearing about Blossom Dearie for years. I finally heard her this week. I love her. Yes, that was her real name.
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Monday Music Somehow I never got around to posting this on Saturday, and by Sunday afternoon it seemed a bit late to call it "Weekend Music." It's a track from a recent ECM release which is my current enthusiasm. I've been taking advantages of the low prices at eMusic.com to explore some of ECM's back…
Light On Dark Water 