Category: Musical Ramblings

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Chasing Bowie

A long time ago, I didn’t know who David Bowie was.  I was young, foolish, and in 8th grade.  Without a drivers license, and desperate to “spread my wings,” I learned how to navigate the subway…

Musical Ramblings

The best thing you’ll see all day. Maybe all week…

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The Summer’s Top Five Music Festivals

I’m a fan of lists. For no good reason I love hearing the best, worst, most likely to, or things you’d bring onto a desert island. It’s less about what’s on the list than it is…

Musical Ramblings

So you’re thinking: What does Scott want for his birthday?

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All the King’s Horses, Part II

So as Ian and I discussed the state of the industry, its cast of characters, and what kind of artists should be using Topspin (or Nimbit … or Bandcamp … or Audiolife … ), it all became re-enforced by what I saw on the tv last night: style over substance, instant over earned, easy over challenging.

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If “A” is for Allah, is “S” for sellout?

The public is a fickle lover. One minute, it’s a blissful romance, and in the next you’re a loathed, lambasted lothario clamoring for acceptance from those who understand you. Alliteration aside, the public has the power…

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92 is #1 …. not 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 21st, 24th, 29th, 31st, 33rd, 37th, or 38th !

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A Phish-y lesson …

Last night I trekked down to the Comcast Center to see Phish. Admittedly, I’m only a passing Phish phan, but the ticket was offered, seemed like phun, and off (oph?) I went. In my own defense,…

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Something amazingly good

Bruce sang that there were “57 channels and nothing on.” Back then, he wasn’t far off. But the good folks at Comcast have found a way to trump that by nearly ten-fold. Then, when the despair…