I CHOOSE NOISE

Hybrid’s first album (Wide Angle) raised the bar for dance music.  The Welshmen were not the first producers to combine trance and breakbeats (BT and Way Out West started doing it a few years earlier).  However, with the addition of real strings and dark atmospheric effects, Hybrid improved the formula.  A year later, the album […]

no chance/slim chance

tonight’s gig went well enuff; I’m totally wiped out…I fell in love (and/or lust) and was re-united with a casual acquaintance–who is separated from her husband…of course Brian (who has at least one girlfriend already) swooped in and gave Michelle his phone number…as for Wendy, she’s outta my league…but man, was she drop dead gorgeous…right […]

Classic Blues : Sonny Boy Williamson 1

Classic Blues : Sonny Boy Williamson 1 Sonny Boy Williamson – Keep it to Yourself Sonny Boy Williamson – Nine below zero Sonny Boy Williamson I`m A Lonely Man Sonny Boy Williamson – 1964 – My Younger Days – The American Folk Blues Festival Sonny Boy Williamson in concert Sonny Boy Williamson -Getting Out Of […]

expectations are very bad…

IF I learned anything at all yesterday, it’s that sometimes it’s best to make NO plans–because it’s likely someone (even inadvertently) will fuck ’em up…on the other hand, due to circumstances which I am not yet ready to discuss, I’m becoming a firm believer in Karma…which I believe is the same as believing that “as […]

Psychedelic Rock : The Yardbirds

Psychedelic Rock : The Yardbirds The Yardbirds – For Your Love (1965) The Yardbirds – Heart Full Of Soul Over Under Sideways Down – Yardbirds The Yardbirds-Shapes of things The Yardbirds – Train Kept A Rollin’ (1968) the yardbirds – smokestack lightning The yardbirds – I’m A Man The Yardbirds With Eric Clapton Louise 1963 […]

FROM JOY DIVISION TO NEW ORDER

Total From Joy Division To New Order was released last year.  Unless you absolutely must have the mediocre Hellbent (recorded in 2005) it’s pointless.  Four New Order singles collections had already been released – and there are even more Joy Division compilations (which is ridiculous because Joy Division only released two albums).  If you want […]

TED x KIDS 24

TED x KIDS 24 TEDxYouth@ManhattanBeach – Keith Fulthorp – Debrief on TEDxYouth Activities TEDxYouth@ManhattanBeach – Mark Kabban – Listen, Lead, Evolve TEDxYouth@Castilleja – TRISTAN CUNNINGHAM TEDxYouth@Castilleja – BRYANT PHAN TEDxYouth@Castilleja – MARK HATCH TEDxYouth@Madrid -Cristina Almansa-Ponerle Pasión a la vida TEDxYouth@Amman – Zain Awad – Performance TEDxYouth@Stockholm Anders Paulsson – Coral Guardians TEDxYouth@Castilleja – DARKHIJAV […]

Meet Pythagoras

Meet Pythagoras the life of pythagoras Genius – Pythagoras 1 of 5 Genius – Pythagoras 2 of 5 Genius – Pythagoras 3 of 5 Genius – Pythagoras 4 of 5 Genius – Pythagoras 5 of 5 Pythagoras and Music (Part 1) Pythagoras and Music (Part 2) Pythagoras Triples & 90 Degrees Investigation 9.8 The Pythagorean […]

Mirrors in the Rain

One of the favorite things I made in my video making history was the Mirrors In The Rain series. It started out rather innocuously. I had made an acquaintance in the owner of my local music store. Back in 2007, I bought my first ukulele from this guy. We talked about making music, life and […]

THE KILLERS & JUSTICE

I got into Junior Boys (that sounds bad) in 2006.  That was when album number two was released.  So This Is Goodbye immediately reminded me of Cabaret Voltaire – on the opening track (Double Shadow).  Just a minute and a half into the song, I knew I’d found something special.  Count Souvenirs sounds a lot […]