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Entries Tagged as 'Music'

Cha-ching

October 15th, 2010

Ever wanted to know how to play the coin sound from the Mario Bros. games? Dustin delivers.

Box Car Willie was 16th

September 13th, 2010

If your looking for something to post on your blog Scuffulans hirsutus, or Don, has a little meme generating musical memory exercise called “fifteen in fifteen.”

Clean up on Aisle three: left overs from 2009 part 1

January 27th, 2010

Intern [life]  Eric discovers Poe and more

Outdoor Dog    Travis wraps up a documentary (and it turned out to be a good one)

Deborah’s Deliberations  10 communication tips for strong marriages
In Medias Res  In praise of live double albums
Todd blog  I’m not one of those

Blog Meridian  Teaching liberal arts to military personnel

Book Nut   The [...]

Men in hats, singing loudly

January 26th, 2010

Patsy’s adventures are always well written and the pictures add a nice Dou Ban sauce to the mix.
This week’s treat is her attendance at a Diamond W Wranglers concert.
Earlier this year she went backstage at Wicked.

Shared awesomness

June 3rd, 2009

Flipping off convention, iPods and hipsters all at once, Shea has a musical offer for you.
It’s going to be a K-Tel summer.

Future Impresarios of America

May 12th, 2009

Southeast High School has a class entitled “Commercial Music” and its final project is a full blown music festival. “Buff Stock” is this Saturday at 903 S. Edgmoor, starting at 2:00 pm.

I’ll take legendary albums for $1000 Alex

April 30th, 2009

The greatest selling jazz album of all time.
And if Yanni even crossed your mind we weep for you and all those who come into contact with you.

The power of music

April 20th, 2009

traced through the lives, and deaths, of two grandmothers

Music [memories]

April 7th, 2009

Thoughts about songs and the memories they are attached to. And some nice pictures of the recent laura gipson concert.

The song done right

April 6th, 2009

We have all been subject to the public torture of people trying to perform their “unique” take on the National Anthem using endless warbles and key changes (unintentional and intentional) and inflections that have nothing to do with the words they are singing.
Ladies and gentlemen spend three minutes and hear an artist bring to life [...]

First Friday is coming

March 25th, 2009

It’s free music for the masses. Here’s a list of who will be playing.

Yes to Indy; No to Pop

March 3rd, 2009

The lack of one gives her a headache, the presence of the other is like, “hallucinating the awesomness.”

Because we can

February 13th, 2009

We post a link to this performance of “Don’t Stop Believin” by Petra Haden. It not only has sweet video it’s, mostly, A cappella. It’s the perfect Friday pick me up.
Permission to add your vocal accompaniment is included.

Bad blogging neighbors

February 11th, 2009

Good neighbors don’t play their “Best of Manilow” CDs too loud or mow their lawn at 5:00am on a Sunday morning. Good blog neighbors don’t post videos like this.

A friend of Friends

February 10th, 2009

The Friends University Jazz Festival consistently brings an interesting array of  world class musicians to Wichita. This year is no different. Their headliner is native son Gordon Goodwin and his Big Phat Band.

In the navy

January 28th, 2009

That’s where Phil was when he made his Idol run. It almost cost him his chance on the show too. Just another inside scoop stirred in with the latest American Idol recap.

What would Jesus copy?

January 26th, 2009

Kirk wants you to remember that Christian artists have to feed their family, just like every one else.

To Dish or not to Dish

January 22nd, 2009

Phil Stacey is not here to bash American Idol or its performers. He wants to give us a unique view of the event rather than the usual snark. Tuesday nights episode?
Now that you know my blogging philosophy you will understand when I say tonight’s show was bad… it was really BAD! There were only [...]

Hyde’s year in music

January 8th, 2009

The statistical breakdown of his album accquisitons for 2008 plus a list of his top ten favorite albums from this year.

The Lone Ranger’s mom

January 8th, 2009

Everything a mother says during the day, compressed to just under three minutes and set to the William Tell Overture.

Bring me java, bring me joy

December 22nd, 2008

Carly has just the right video to brighten up your day/night whenever.

A good thing that’s fun

December 5th, 2008

Do you like music? Do you want to help kids? Do you want to help kids enjoy music? Then here is the event for you:
Guitars For Kids at the Artichoke on Dec. 5th. Bryan Masters of back porch budda has the details.

Sleeper list

December 3rd, 2008

The top twenty lullabies of the 21st century.

If you run out of things to put on your blog

November 10th, 2008

then Linda has a suggestion. IPod your life for everyone to ponder.

Creativity takes inspiration

November 10th, 2008

Entermotion shares what’s been inspiring them lately.

Speaking of the 80s

November 7th, 2008

Every Friday In Media Res sheds the shackles of political analysis and returns to a simpler time when Zubaz meant style and the ozone layer came in a distant second to hair care.
This week’s offering: Go West and “King of Wishful Thinking.” Slip that headband on and join the action.

Rage, rage against the Canon

November 4th, 2008

Pachebel’s “Canon in D” to be precise. You will never view the cello in the same way after this video.

The next song you hear

October 27th, 2008

The source of your music? Radio? hardly. MTV? Heh, good one. It’s the horizon expanding opportunities of the Internet. If you don’t believe us then follow dejavaboom on a little tour of the possibilities.

So if you sing about singing about something

October 9th, 2008

It’s Meta?
If you want to experience this at home just sing “The Song That Never Ends.”

And now, your song of inspiration

October 8th, 2008

but “Our Song” is not your usual upbeat, “everything is all right,” kind of tune. Blog Meridian has the link and some thoughts.
And the link to the song is free, both of charges and guilt.

Found treasure

October 7th, 2008

All hail David Kamerer for finding this jewel of a site. The first two seasons of Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour are available to download for free.
Bob Dylan does a radio show? he’s the lone DJ who generates his playlist according to a simple theme, like “weather.” The choices are eclectic but mainly it’s [...]

Chandra is in stalking mode

July 28th, 2008

In a good, healthy, slightly obsessive way Chandra is stalking the singer Ingrid Michaelson.