Category Archives: music
Tico Tico – like you’ve never seen it before (bet you didn’t know you’ve already heard it at least once)
Tico Tico no Fuba is a classic Brazillian tune – most often heard on guitar. It was written by Zequinha de Abreu in 1917. Here, it’s played by the “Duo Siqueira Lima” – Fernando, from Brazil, and Cecelia, from Uruguay … Continue reading
New Ramona Falls today
Have you ever had an album that meant so much to you, that you loved so much, that struck all the right chords – emotionally, logically, spiritually – that you couldn’t describe to anyone else? You almost didn’t want to. … Continue reading
Peppermint Patty – futurist
Two nights ago, while engrossed in reading the 1979-1980 edition of “The Complete Peanuts,” (it’s important to keep up on industry reading, you know), I was struck by the foresight of the January 17, 1979 strip by Charles M. Schulz: … Continue reading
These things take time…
Having undertaken a few long and arduous projects of my own, I’ve got a real appreciation for people who set themselves some difficult or challenging goals and then achieve them. A friend of mine recently came across the website of … Continue reading
I wish I could do that
Sometimes you come across something that you can only see through the lens of “I wish I could do that.” This is one of those times. Check out this video of Danny MacAskill and the things he can do on … Continue reading
“It’s our duty to your booty to funk you.”
This lyric can be found in the song “Pin the Tail on the Funky,” which just came up on my iPod this morning (playing on random, as usual). This pretty much sums up George Clinton’s contribution to our culture. The … Continue reading
The sound of his own voice
I was happy to see that John Wesley Harding is about to release another album on October 11. The album is called The Sound of His Own Voice, and it sounds like, from the song below, it features an entire … Continue reading
