Category Archives: Music

“Now Yoko’s gonna do her thing, all over you.”

Posted on February 17, 2010 by ken

Thanks to rosiebird, who wonderfully let me know that it was happening, but then sadly had to work and could not come, I saw Yoko Ono at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music last night, with mary_wroth. I don’t even have … Continue reading →

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Finally, a February snow song

Posted on February 12, 2010 by ken

On Wednesday I posted my fifth song for February Album Writing Month, “People Will Not Realize the Peril.” I started every previous FAWM (hard to believe this is my fourth!) with a song about snow. The first year was “Song … Continue reading →

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That Hopey Changey Stuff

Posted on February 7, 2010 by ken

I woke up this morning to a news report about Sarah Palin’s speech to the Tea Party convention. And I heard the sound of jackboots. So my fourth FAWM song is “I Am So Proud To Be An American (That … Continue reading →

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February Harmonitronica

Posted on February 2, 2010 by ken

Introducing … harmonitronica. As some of you may remember, I was experimenting with some electronica approaches last year, and I’ll be going much farther in that direction this year. I started writing this song and programming the drum loop last … Continue reading →

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Brian, June, Johnny, Bill Monroe, and Me

Posted on February 1, 2010 by ken

If you know me, you know that my musical taste is pathologically eclectic. Today, I’m listening to June Carter Cash and Will the Circle Be Unbroken and things like that. Yesterday I was listening to Brian Eno and John Cale. … Continue reading →

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I listened again. It still sucks.

Posted on December 1, 2009 by ken

I’ve been told that I am over-reacting to the Dylan album and not giving it a break. So I gave it another listen today, and watched the video (“Must Be Santa“) rubytramp linked to. Yes, it’s fun, and I liked … Continue reading →

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Do You Hear What I Hear

Posted on November 30, 2009 by ken

“Hey, Bob, I bet your fans will buy anything. I bet you could release a godawful album that no sane person could listen to with a straight face, and people would still buy it. I bet you cannot come up … Continue reading →

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People Who Died: Jim Carroll, 1949-2009

Posted on September 14, 2009 by ken

I’m listening this morning to one of the great albums of the early 1980s, Jim Carroll’s Catholic Boy. Vastly better than his Basketball Diaries, it doesn’t let you go. There are no slow spots, no filler songs, and its most … Continue reading →

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The Beatles In Mono

Posted on September 13, 2009 by ken

No thanks to Jerks & Rudeness on Park Row, I finally got my Beatles In Mono box yesterday. (And thanks to rosiebird for suggesting barnesandnoble.com; I cancelled my Amazon order which was to ship somewhere between Sept. 16 and Sept. … Continue reading →

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The One After 9/09

Posted on September 9, 2009 by ken

I like record stores. I am thankful that the last major record store in NYC is the locally owned J&R, rather than Tower or Virgin. They’ve always had a better selection and better prices, and I’ve been climbing those stairs … Continue reading →

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