Music for Contemplative Moods
Music is a mood thing, always has been and always will be. There’s the loud stuff for the beginning weekend (at the moment I’m enjoying the hell out of Jeff Beck’s – for that time – extremely noisy but also fun-driven albums “Truth” and “Beck-Ola” from 1968 and 1969 ...
Royal Mail Issues Beatles Stamps
For all of you that can’t collect enough music and memorabilia, I’m sure it is good news that Royal Mail will today issue 6 Beatles stamps. The following album sleeves are available (see all 6 stamps together in one file on Flickr):
First Class ...
“Musikstapler” by Nils Holger Moormann
Design has always been a passion of mine. I know that lots of people don’t afford that aspect a second glance, at least not consciously, and here in Germany people often forgo the design aspect to opt for the cheaper variants, but often things catch my eye and stay on ...
Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy
Note: This is a long post. If you are looking for a discussion of the song, scroll down 15 paragraphs … or so. ;)
I think it was William Blake who once said that “those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled.” Right ...
The Siegel-Schwall Band
After having worked my rear end off these past weeks and after having gotten up too darn early today, on this year’s 23rd of December, to get some last minute rush jobs done, I have to say that the Christmas spirit has been about as far away from my own ...
Gratification System
I don’t know about you, but I’ve chosen a job for myself that has its own rewards, but usually they are far and long between and are certainly more of the ideal type. In my eyes, I earn enough to live comfortably, but any sort of luxury is hard to ...
Anita O’Day (1919-2006)
God, I don’t know where to start. If you drop by here regularly, you know that I always approach what I write about from a (very) personal and instinctive vantage point. It either has to be very close to my heart or I have to hate it. Both aspects bring ...
Anita O’Day (1919-2006)
I usually write endless lines of text, but today I don’t feel like it.
Anita Belle Colton O’Day, one of the greatest jazz singers of all time, died today.
She was right up there with Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald ...
Shelly Manne & His Men at The Black Hawk
Recommending CDs is always a difficult affair. As soon as you say that some CD is desert island material for you, someone gets on your case, taking you to task for having said that, stating that the relative merit of this or that recording diminishes when taking other, more relevant ...
Eugen Cicero
When it comes around to music criticism, not much bothers me. One cannot argue about taste and one should try to live with critical reviews when they’re bad, just off or just badly researched. There’ll always be that one review that gets things right, negating – perhaps – those that ...
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