Twelve Tone Masters
This item is old – I believe from 1977. It’s a spoof commercial originally made by Robert Conrad. More info on the original post can be found here. So take a listen – it’s dated but funny.
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Food for Thought
Back when life was crazier – on the road a lot and not taking time to take care of myself – I used to eat a lot of fast food, especially on the way to gigs. A good quick meal was a cheese burger and a small fries and a cup of really awful coffee.
Who’s on stage?
A little something to cheer you up (but probably only if you’re over 40) Humor – Who’s On Stage?
New FLOC CD
Just finished recording my tracks for the new CD to benefit the Farm Labor Organizing Committee. Should be out by the end of September – hopefully in time for the Woody Guthrie Tribute at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA on October 5th. Anyway – this new CD, as did the last one (Baldemar Velasquez and
Search for Wild Horses
I’m intrigued by search engines and what people search for on the internet and, in particular, how people arrive at my sites. I recently moved this site to a new server and totally restructured the content and did not put up a lot of the content I had at the old site so in monitoring
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37 Cellos, 1 Man
This Video has been around for a while but I just saw it for the first time. Cellist, composer, and all-around very interesting person Ethan Winer put together a one-man band to beat all. So who was here first – Ethan or Apocalyptica? Really – this cello video made me laugh and want to have
Pat Metheny Trio/Quartet
“An excess of talent on stage” were the words ringing in my head (or was that my ears ringing?) as I left the concert at Page Auditorium, Duke University last night. Made me want to put together a lecture for my students on the importance of not letting your talents get in the way of
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Why I don’t watch television
Don’t you wish there were a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There’s one marked ‘Brightness,’ but it doesn’t work. Gallagher Thanks to The Quote of the Day
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