Category: Music
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Vienna Boys Choir
As I’ve mentioned at least twice, we have company this weekend. We like to do things that the visitors would enjoy whenever possible. Sometimes, we have to guess. Other times, we get lucky and get specific requests. Yesterday was one of the lucky times. A few weeks in advance, they let us know […]
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Enjoying Repetition
We have company staying with us this weekend. Yesterday morning, while they were eating a late breakfast in the apartment, I wandered out on my own to TKTS. I listened to another The Business podcast (from KCRW) on the way, and to part of the new Celine Dion CD (Taking Chances) on the […]
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Cheap Music in NYC
The New York Times has an article today on cheap and free music in NYC. Worth the read if you live in the city, or visit once in a while, and want a more adventurous sense of the local music scene here. Registration is required to read the article, but it’s free.
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No Longer a Digital Download Virgin
In this post, which I just published a few minutes ago, I mention that I just purchased Acoustic Sketches by Phil Keaggy. In that post I said that I would write separately about how/where I purchased that “CD”. This is that tale… I have purposely avoided the seduction of purchasing music for downloading […]
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Phil Keaggy Acoustic Sketches “CD”
If you read this post, then you know that I intended to purchase Acoustic Sketches by Phil Keaggy. Today, I did just that. How/where will be the subject of my next post. I listened to the entire album today, I like it a lot. Just Phil, no complications with other instruments or musicians. […]
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Phil Keaggy CD Arrives
On October 25th, 2007, I posted my impressions from the night before’s Kathy Mattea concert at Joe’s Pub. In that post, I highlighted my amazement at Bill Cooley’s guitar playing, stating that he was possibly the best acoustic guitar player I had ever heard. That led to a comment by Eric Sink that […]
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Last Headphone Post for the Year
I promise! 🙂 I know how incredibly subjective all of this nonsense is, and that I’m not an audiophile, so I don’t even know what to listen for, and probably couldn’t hear it if I knew. But, still, I can’t resist, since Lois found a bag of my old headphones today, so I […]
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CMA Writers Series at Joe’s Pub
On Tuesday this week, Lois asked me to check if anything was going on at any of our favorite clubs for either Wed or Thu, the only two nights this week that we didn’t have plans yet. This was highly unusual for Lois, given that we both tend to be home-bodies unless we […]
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Grado vs Bose Quiet Comfort 2
I’ve written about my new Grados a few times already, so this might feel like piling on a bit. I mentioned in a post about my new iPods that I own a pair of Bose Quiet Comfort 2 headphones, courtesy of my genius gift-giving friend Ed. I only use them when I travel […]
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Experimenting with Bit Rates in Ripping CDs
In this post, I discussed my new Grado headphones. In that post, as well as this one, I mentioned that I am most definitely not an audiophile. The new Grados were so far superior to the crappy ear buds included with the iPods that I started to question my choice of ripping all […]