Last night I was able to check off a bucket list item… meeting and chatting with one Martin Lancelot Barre. And in quaint Natick, Massachusettes of all places (TCAN). I’ve never been to TCAN, but the location was lovely. Very clean, the staff was extraordinarily friendly. Parking was simple. The evening temperatures dropped to a pleasant …
Album artwork by Hsiao Ron Cheng. For some strange reason I’m sometimes drawn to music in languages that I don’t fully understand. Take Édith Piaf for instance. Her voice is soothing, melodic, and sometimes bird-like. In a language I studied for a few years in high school. Which means it turns into background entrancement for …
I’ll preface this with the fact that I listen to music all. day. long. Every working day. iTunes, iRadio, and Spotify. Right now I am listening to Intervals’ In Time EP. On my Bose AE (around ear) w (wireless) BT headphones. Since they are around ear, I can easily (and do) wear these all day. …
Some times you need some heavier music, without being all screaming and bitter and evil. Jason Newsted’s band NEWSTED has a new album coming out (Heavy Metal Music) on August 6th. Singing that isn’t an afterthought. A heavy but not over-the-top undercurrent. Very simple with a nice hook. Not trying to be something it wasn’t …
I almost picked this up at BestBuy just because, but I already have about 3 different versions of these albums already on CD as well as digitally. Is this coding music? I would say absolutely – especially Signals. I might have a hard time with 2112 just because I’d be tapping the desk trying to …