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Let the music take you there
From Flavorwire comes this cogent infographic. Makes me think it’s time for some more jukebox around this joint. I’ll work on that. In the meantime, what else can we add to the list? I will ponder...
View ArticleGrace Under Pressure
Here’s a beautiful woman and a beautiful man making some wicked good music together. Such grace Under Pressure (oooh, a music pun!) Enjoy your day. Apologies for the annoying popup annotations. To turn...
View ArticleGrin your axis off
There’s the snort-your-wine laugh. There’s the wicked giggle. There’s the private smile. And all the varieties in between. I treasure them all. Today I give you the “people are amazing” grin, courtesy...
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Dance hard to Pink
This is my current favorite song to dance alone to, hand motions and everything… It’s impossible not to dance hard, and there is something about seeing about two hundred women get out on the floor and...
View ArticleThe next step
You know I love music. It fuels my writing, my nights in the pub, my fireside conversations with friends. It makes moments in movies, and in life, more ecstatic or more bittersweet. The best music...
View ArticleMystery drive
A mystery drive is when I get in the car and follow my nose somewhere I haven’t been before. No particular plan, no final destination. I did this often when I was younger; now, not so much. But today...
View ArticleU2 in Seattle
Here’s an essay I published last week on @U2, the best U2 website on the planet, where I am proud to be a staff writer. For those of you who aren’t stone U2 fans, the essay title is a lyric from the...
View ArticleSo live it just blew my heart out
Folks who have read “Dangerous Space” will understand how I feel about this performance of “Round Here” by Counting Crows. And if you haven’t read the story, well, read it in the music. I encourage you...
View ArticleHeart’s a mess
Gotye’s “Heart’s a Mess” is a fabulous, evocative song, and one of the playlist songs for “Dangerous Space”. I imagine this as one of the songs Duncan writes during the story; I imagine Mars hearing...
View ArticleNo one will know what you are humming
For the last few years, I have been co-captain of our neighborhood block watch, because apparently I do not have enough to do and so I need Even More Responsibility! Ah, well, it’s been good to see a...
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