Tag: Music

• Impersonal Problems.1: Thanissara

  We’re used to thinking of problems as a word that goes hand in hand with “personal.”  Of course, there are problems in our professional lives.  But when we struggle with things that happen or come from outside of that realm, we tend to look at them as personal.  I’ve been interested in several articles I…

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  February 22, 2014

  Buddhism, Impersonal Problems, Mental Health, Music, Record Reviews, Series of posts, The Dharma, Uncategorized

  Andrew Cyrille, Buddhism, Colonialism, Dharmagiri, Empire, History, Music, New York Dolls, South Africa, Thanissara, The Dharma, The Necks

• Top 40 Over 40.15: Bill Callahan – Made For the Stage?

  One of the cliches about aging performers is that they usually have to navigate the decline of their sex appeal by finding other ways to make something happen onstage.  There are some who escape this fate.  Kris Kistofferson was called a sex symbol during an interview with CBS’s Sunday Morning news program well into in…

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  January 29, 2014

  Music, Record Reviews, Top 40 Over 40, Uncategorized

  Bill Callahan, Billy Joe Shavers, Cynthia Dall, Dennis Callaci, domestic violence, Folk Implosion, Frank Tanana, John Darnielle, Kris Kristofferson, Lou Barlow, Mia Doi Todd, misogyny, Music, Nolan Ryan, Simon Joyner, Smog, Top 40 Over 40

• R.I.P., M.C.A.2: More Than a Feeling

  I wrote a post on Adam Yauch’s passing in August of 2012 that I thought at the time would be the first in a series on posts on the ironies and interests of the intersection of rock and hip hop with the dharma, but never got around to continuing with it. I pick up the…

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  January 5, 2014

  Buddhism, RIP MCA, Series of posts, The Dharma

  Ajahn Sumedho, Beastie Boys, Buddhism, Dalai Lama, Daniel Johnston, MCA, Music, The Dharma, Tricylce Magazine, Vipassana, Wole Soyinka, Yo La Tengo

• Full Stream Ahead

  Growing up, I only I heard the word “streaming” in reference to tears that were coming hard and fast on the cheeks of a maudlin actress.  These days, it means a freebie. You can listen to my new album Spare Parts streaming in unabridged fashion for the next week at American Songwriter magazine.  Is it…

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  October 22, 2013

  Music, Site News, Spare Parts

  Music, Spare Parts, Upcoming Projects

• New video released today for “Masoch” on OWS anniversary

  Today marks the second anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, and to celebrate the occasion, we’re proud to announce that director Michael Galinsky has taken the time to make a video for the song “Masoch” from the forthcoming album “Spare Parts.” The video incorporates footage of OWS taken from an excellent short film he made called…

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  September 18, 2013

  Film, Music, Politics, Spare Parts, Work In Progress

  Battle For Brooklyn, Films, Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley, Music, Spare Parts, Upcoming Projects, Videos

• Coming attractions

  You can listen to the song “Masoch” from my forthcoming album at the following link to the A.V. Club website: http://www.avclub.com/articles/listen-to-a-new-track-from-onetime-folk-implosion,101843/

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  August 24, 2013

  Music, Music Files, Spare Parts

  Music, Spare Parts, Upcoming Releases

• New LP/CD announced

  New LP/CD announced You can read a one page preview of my forthcoming album Spare Parts, and see a snap of the front cover, at the link above thanks to Nathan at Riot Act Media.

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  August 13, 2013

  Music, Site News, Spare Parts, Uncategorized, Work In Progress

  Music, Spare Parts, Upcoming Projects

• The Core Is Getting Soft.7: The Kunst of Kunz

  A quick look at ebay tells me that a used Roland Juno 60 can run you in the neighborhood of $550 to $1,195.  If you’re really lucky, you can pick one up that was used on tour by Ministry, with their own presets still intact!  I once considered purchasing a used Juno 60 at a…

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  July 29, 2013

  Music, Series of posts, The Core is Getting Soft

  Digital vs. Analog, Folk Implosion, Music, Patrick Kuntz, Plug Ins, Roland Juno 60, Roland SH-101, software reviews, TAL, The Core is Getting Soft

• The Core is Getting Soft.6: Ohm…Ohm….Ohm….

  While the last post in this series on plug ins and virtual instruments, “Tuba Time,” proved that there are some truly atrocious digital products out there, this should not cause one to give up hope.  One of the best software developers out there, the French company Ohm Force, make fantastic products, and they are on…

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  July 5, 2013

  Music, Series of posts, The Core is Getting Soft

  Digital vs. Analog, Music, Plug Ins, software reviews, The Core is Getting Soft

• The Core is Getting Soft.4: Redwirez Rulez

  It’s a tough enough job convincing folks that they shouldn’t look down on music software when it comes to stuff people use when holed up in recording studios.  But the guitar amplifier is a public affair.  Imagine a live rock band pulling out a laptop onstage instead of rolling out fearsome refrigerator size amplifiers.  …

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  June 15, 2013

  Music, Series of posts, The Core is Getting Soft

  Digital vs. Analog, Music, Plug Ins, software reviews, The Core is Getting Soft, Wisecracks