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music: this Bach guy is seriously good

Posted on 2021-12-14 by skierpage

In his solid interview with Sting and his long-time guitarist Dominic Cooper, Rick Beato asked “If you were able to meet one musician, go back in time and hear one musician play…” and both immediately answered Bach. So I checked … Continue reading →

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excess: own something owned by someone famous, for crazy money

Posted on 2021-11-27 by skierpage

Nile Rodgers is auctioning a bunch of guitars. I don’t think he’s selling his famous white Fender Stratocaster “the Hitmaker,” which I couldn’t afford anyway. It reminded me that I meant to blog about David Gilmour (of Pink Floyd’s) record-breaking … Continue reading →

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The rise and fall of Ovation

Posted on 2021-11-27 by skierpage

I blogged about the crazy auction prices that guitars owned by Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour attained, particular those he’d never even used. The example I gave was a Ovation 12-string acoustic bought from the factory along with several other models, … Continue reading →

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eco: YouTuber hypes Plasma Kinetics hydrogen nonsense

Posted on 2021-11-10 by skierpage

Hydrogen, the clean fuel of the future (as long as you ignore the problems of making it cleanly, distributing it, and storing it, and its inevitably worse efficiency than electrifying all the things) keeps getting hyped by people who choose … Continue reading →

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eco: let me de-junk my order!

Posted on 2021-11-06 by skierpage

When you order stuff, you get unwanted crap. Why send me stuff that costs a non-zero amount that I’m immediately going to throw away or struggle to recycle!? order food for takeout or delivery, you get sauce packets, chopsticks, plastic … Continue reading →

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music: The Sundays trounce Joni Mitchell

Posted on 2021-11-02 by skierpage

You dance with the lady with the hole in her stockingDidn’t it feel good?‒ Joni Mitchell Oh, you see me in a cardiganIn a dress, dress, dress that I’ve been sick onOh, how are you?Can’t say I really care at … Continue reading →

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music: Alan Tarney, solid producer

Posted on 2021-08-15 by skierpage

Leo Sayer’s “Once in a While” affected me as much as any other song. His urgent, increasingly desperate vocal stands out against the pleasant pop-rock stylings. After playing it 7 times in a row at increasing volume my landlord called: … Continue reading →

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music: Fred Astaire swings his sing

Posted on 2021-08-10 by skierpage

Everybody reveres Fred Astaire’s dancing, but he’s an underrated singer despite his light thin voice. The way he swings and syncopates “Let the rain pit-ter pat-ter but it reallydoesn’tmatter if the skies are gray” in “Isn’t it a Lovely Day” … Continue reading →

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eco: the big lie of recycling triangles

Posted on 2021-07-16 by skierpage

There’s a wave of articles about the plastic recycling problem, with predictable photos of mountains of plastic trash; Treehugger: Don’t Believe the ‘Store Drop-Off’ Label When It Comes to Plastic Packaging NPR: How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing … Continue reading →

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music: 20 great Elvis Costello songs are the tip of the iceberg

Posted on 2021-07-07 by skierpage

American Songwriter has a long click-through article “The Top 50 Elvis Costello Songs of All Time.” It’s a hell of a list (actually only 20, they updated the h1 heading but not the title) by one if the greats. We … Continue reading →

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