Tag Archives: Music
Paul Simon’s “Graceland” celebrates 25 years
Paul Simon’s 1986 album Graceland turns 25 this year. This gorgeous review at This Recording covers the politics and prose that marked Graceland’s debut — including musical recording in Johannesberg that violated South Africa’s apartheid regulations and Paul Simon’s creative … Continue reading
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How did I miss this?
Google, Paris, Romance, Studying Abroad, and Babies all wrapped up in one 52 second spot! And, as long as we’re playing in videos, here’s something spectacularly happy:
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Bach on a Moebius Strip
Last music post for this themed Sunday. I’m a huge, huge Bach fan, but I’ve never seen anything quite like this: From Boing Boing.
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Sunday Arts & Leisure
In keeping w/ today’s music theme, here’s DCist’s Classical Music Agenda: If you are most interested in music by living composers, you should become a regular at the series of concerts played by the VERGE Ensemble at the Corcoran Gallery … Continue reading
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Chopin
This is one of the songs I used to know, and am re-learning now. Yes, it’s beautiful. No, I have no idea what she’s wearing.
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Birds on the Wires
This fantastic “mental health break” comes from The Daily Dish: Birds on the Wires from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo.
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Pet Shop Boys!
No, I never listened to this band, but Chris Lowe used to visit me when I worked at a beach bar in Ft. Lauderdale. Somewhere I have a bunch of CD’s he gave me w/ a ton of unreleased music … Continue reading
