I have been a fan of Spinal Tap ever since I found out that you can’t dust for vomit. The first time I heard of Spinal Tap, it was on TV at The Roach Motel. I tuned in early in the film not knowing what I was watching. They were talking about how their previous …
Monthly Archives: December 2012
My Musical Evolution – Part 362 21st Century Hack
This really belongs in the 90’s but I spaced it so what can you do? Information Society’s second album took another step away from conventional pop music and embraced even more movie dialog samples and electronic and digital sound manipulations. The result really appeals to me on multiple levels. First, they music is good. Next, I admire and …
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My Musical Evolution – Part 361 21st Century More Worth Mentioning
I told my children at a very early age to be free to like the music that they like and not to be pressured into liking or not liking something because of their peers. Music is a both a collective and solitary thing. It is cool to like something that a lot of your friends …
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My Musical Evolution – Part 360 21st Century Pure Moods
My love for New Age music pointed me towards Pure Moods. Although I wouldn’t really consider this stuff New Age, it shares a lot of the qualities that I find attractive. I think Pure Moods might even be the album that opened me up to more Easy Listening music. This album has a good dose …
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My Musical Evolution – Part 359 21st Century Wake Up Neo
Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world? In the 21st Century, I bought a lot of movie soundtracks. I have always been fond of soundtracks but …
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My Musical Evolution – Part 358 21st Century Under A Violet Moon
It was the summer of 2000 that I first heard of Blackmore’s Night and Under A Violet Moon. Scott and I were driving up to meet Aric for a summer fishing trip on Strawberry Lake. The last few miles back into the wilderness of the lake is a twisting dirt road. As we turned off the pavement and off the …
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My Musical Evolution – Part 357 Quick Recap And On To The 21st Century
As I quickly look back on The 90’s, I’m reminded that it too was a decade of big changes. Not musically so much but more lifestyle in nature. As 1989 turned to 1990, I didn’t have a Windows based computer or associated Windows Media Player. I didn’t have any children. I also didn’t have an internet connection. …
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My Musical Evolution – Part 356 The 90’s Goodbye Cassettes, Hello CD-R
The last big technological advancement of the 90’s was the addition of a Compact Disc Burner to my computer. These old technology posts really make me laugh to myself. They all seem so common today but back in 1999 it was new and a big deal. That image reminded me that blank CD’s used to …
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My Musical Evolution – Part 355 The 90’s Windows Media Player
At the end of the 1990’s came another technological change that had a pretty big impact on how I manage my music. It was Windows Media Play 6.4. If you have been following along, you know that I have always treated my Compact Discs like Master Recordings. I didn’t expose them to scratchy CD wallets or leave them languishing in …
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My Musical Evolution – Part 354 The 90’s Metal Relapse
How can a guy who loves Jazz Café, Loreena McKennitt, and New Age Music also be into a German metal band like Rammstein? I guess you take the boy out of The Metal Years but you can’t take The Metal Years out of the boy. Although it had been years since I was wild about Metal music, I couldn’t help …
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