Art vs. Artist

Like the rest of the world, I was shocked yesterday to learn of Michael Jackson 's passing. As I watched the hype late into the night (every news channel was running ... abuse of any kind in our legal system is no picnic), something was up. But I still listened to and enjoyed his music, even after all of the abuse allegations came out. I can separate the art from the artist. One of the earliest MJ ...

TTFSMIF (Thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster It's Friday)

...the July 21st release of this material. And I hope that Bear's hints that further releases of Battlestar Galactica music will yield fruit! On Wednesday, I posted about how the way that many people drive is infuriating and counterproductive . I didn't do much driving yesterday, but I did this morning and maybe it is some sort of karmic thing, but I had one of ...

La-la-la-la

...'s. Great song. Not really something you can waltz to, though. :-) So we've been looking for a song to use. Yesterday, theknot.com sent me their list of the top 50 first dance songs. We looked at the lyrics, we listened to the songs......Somewhere Out There" from An American Tail. On the theory that LJ knows everything... do any of you have suggestions? I know some of you are really into music.

Sally and I have re-started going to the gym. Yesterday she was using an elliptical machine in front of me while I huffed and puffed away on some other equally torturous device. After four minutes, she turned around frowning with her mp3 player still on, dismounted, pointed at the offending elliptical and shouted, "This is BULLSHIT!" I love her. Speaking of the gym, what are you guys listening to...

My childhood died yesterday.

..., the vinyl) over and over. I watched him become Wacko Jacko, I whispered about the allegations along with everyone else ... but I still loved the music. So, once again: I don't care about the bad stuff. Maybe later I will. Right now, all I care about is that the man whose music I loved for half my life is gone. Godspeed, Michael.

But these years keep coming like waves, they wash over me day after day.

I’ve never been a big fan of Michael Jackson’s music so his passing didn’t hit me as hard as many of my ...then her career before she died. But the beat goes on.... My wife yesterday suggested we retire abroad instead of in the southern part of the country ... an attempt to buy votes is staggering. Its grown 201 pages since yesterday! Take it back to the drawing board please. This years season of ...

Another reason for me to hate June-July

" if we all cry at the same time tonight " The King of Pop, Michael Jackson passed away yesterday. (T___T) Rest in peace, MJ.  May Allah be with you. And my late uncle and late grandma. Hope he... Drew. They are all now in a better place arent they? I will always love you and your music. Always will be missed and forever not be forgotten. I wonder who else will make songs about problems in ...

News Clips

...To Be Paid When Your Phone Rings... Music/Tax 5) Self-rule introduced in ... "Senator Boxer spoke with General Walsh yesterday and he said he was fine ...To Be Paid When Your Phone Rings... Music/Tax http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/... musical ringtones, contributing millions to the music industry's bottom line. Are we ... musical compositions (i.e., songwriters and music publishers) are already paid for each ...

26 июня, в пятницу - концерт группы "Radio 03"

...записала свой дебютный сингл(в него вошло три композиции - Rolling Stones "Saticfaction", The Beatles "Yesterday", Elvis Presley "Only you"). В конце сентября 2007 года в составе группы произошли изменения, ... и в авторских аранжировках группы. Группа с неизменным успехом выступала в известных московских клубах (Music Town, Schwein, Фа-соль, Петрович, Олимпиада 80, Графит, Tunnel, FAQ-cafe, Ритм...

Playlist: Spherical Ice, Day-Glo Brothers, Maru the Cat, and More

... 'em. It also offers tidbits on whether condiments should be refrigerated (yes) and if that pizza from yesterday's meeting is, well, still tasty (no). Those five-day-old wieners? They're done. : ... laughed so hard we wept. Thanks, Interwebs. : Two decades after This Is Spinal Tap skewered the music biz, the band has reunited—again—to record a follow-up album. Real rockers Steve Vai and Keith ...