Category Archives: Music

Stupor Bowl

Posted on February 1, 2009 by ken

An IM exchange with mary_wroth tonight prompted song number two, “Stupor Bowl.”

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First February Song: “The Sun Shines On St. John’s”

Posted on February 1, 2009 by ken

It’s February, which means it’s February Album Writing Month again. FAWM is a community project in which thousands of musicians around the world try to write 14 songs in 28 days. This is my third time doing it, and so … Continue reading →

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Protected: Saboteur Tiger

Posted on January 12, 2009 by ken

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“He’s a no-account son-of-a-bitch”

Posted on January 10, 2009 by ken

William Zanzinger killed poor Hattie Carroll With a cane that he twirled around his diamond ring finger At a Baltimore hotel society gath’rin’. William Zantzinger, immortalized by Bob Dylan as a racist murderer in “The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll“, … Continue reading →

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Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

Posted on January 4, 2009 by ken

Everything That Happens Will Happen Today I was very excited last year when the news came that David Byrne and Brian Eno would be releasing their first collaboration since 1981’s My Life In the Bush Of Ghosts. The album was … Continue reading →

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Texas (Sun to Sun)

Posted on December 24, 2008 by ken

I spent Tuesday in Texas. We had crossed the state line from Louisiana the night before, stopped at San Antonio early in the morning, and by breakfast time we were in Del Rio, the “queen city of the Rio Grande.” … Continue reading →

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Sunset Limited

Posted on December 23, 2008 by ken

I’m freeloading on someone’s wireless connection during a stopover in El Paso, Texas. The train is running a bit ahead of schedule so we’re sitting at the platform for a little while. I took a walk alongside the train, and … Continue reading →

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Candy Girl, Or, How To Spend a Saturday Afternoon

Posted on December 13, 2008 by ken

I went to an old-time jam with my friend Kari the other night and she played a lovely tune called “Candy Girl,” which I’ve heard her play but never learned. We played it and I got a sense of the … Continue reading →

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“I Believe In Singing”

Posted on November 23, 2008 by ken

Brian Eno wrote an essay for the NPR series “This I Believe,” which was broadcast this morning. Eno is probably the world’s most famous electronic musician (meaning a player of electronic music, not a silicon-based musician). The majority of his … Continue reading →

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An End To Cynicism?

Posted on November 11, 2008 by ken

For the first time in some months I updated the songs on my MySpace profile. I hate the site and its miserable UI, but it’s the most important social networking site for a musician, so I should pay more attention … Continue reading →

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