book notes: Far and Away by Neil Peart
As my wife found out when I took her to her first Rush concert many years ago, Rush fans are an enthusiastic group (to put it mildly). She was amused to watch me and...
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Geddy Lee – book signing and notes on The Big Beautiful Book of Bass
Originally the title of this article was to be “Geddy Lee came to town and fist bumped me”. And that did happen (photographic evidence can be seen on this page). I hadn’t planned on...
RUSH Wandering the Face of the Earth – The Official Touring History 1968-2015
I’ve seen Rush (the best power trio, the best rock band, with the best drummer, best bass player and best lead guitarist in the world – yet I remain totally unbiased!) more times than...
concert notes: Steven Wilson – The Ritz, Ybor City, FL, December 13, 2018
Steven Wilson is an artist so prolific his discography (put together by a German fan, downloadable here) is over 500 pages long. Between his solo music, Porcupine Tree, No-Man, Blackfield, I.E.M., Bass Communion and...
iTunes shuffle – how to fix stuck on shuffle
This is a note to myself on iTunes shuffle. I can never remember how to find the hidden button when an album seems to be stuck on shuffle in iTunes. And as much as...
Bill Murray, Jan Vogler and Friends
Below is a close facsimile of our reaction to the Bill Murray, Jan Vogler and Friends show at the Long Center in Austin Sunday March 18, 2018. “I have this great idea for a...
Sammy Hagar and The Circle – Sugarland 09/15/17
I wrote a long article about Sammy Hagar then and now about a week before this concert. Here’s my notes on the show. Opening act – The Contagious We arrived expecting to see Sammy’s...
Sammy Hagar – 35 years ago and now
As you downsize, a process my wife and I are currently going through, the plethora of items from one’s past that you must classify as keep/store/trash is larger than you think. The number of...
course notes – Reinventing the Piano (Dr. Dan Trueman, Princeton) on Kadenze: Session 1
Reinventing the Piano is a course available through Kadenze which put the first session up on September 13. The subject is of course the piano, and the course goes through how it is built,...
That time my wife and I saw Prince live at the Super Bowl
We didn’t think he’d come out. I sure wouldn’t have. The “It never rains at the Super Bowl” adage had come crashing down like so many gallons of sticky, cool moisture. We were enjoying...