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Category Archives: action
Hurricane Bells finishing new album
Hurricane Bells has released a fantastic full length and and equally fantastic EP in the past couple of years. The latest release, “Tides and Tales”, will be released through Steve Schiltz’s own Invisible Brigades imprint. I’ll let him do the … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, action, miscellaneous, music, news, Uncategorized
Tagged hurricane bells, Invisible Brigades, New York, rochester, steve schiltz, Tides and Tales
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An Open Letter to Newsweek and TheDailyBeast.com
I really never thought that it would come to this. I have been a subscriber to your magazine for several years now. Each time that I was offered the opportunity to re-subscribe I did so. I’m currently paid up to … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, action, miscellaneous, personal, philosophy, politics, thoughts, writing
Tagged college, daily beast, dailybeast.com, degree, music, newsweek, school, university, useless
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The meaning of Quartertonality
I’ve had this blog for a few years now, but only really been seriously writing for it for just under a year. The real beginning was in July 2010 when I began writing for groovemine.com. Mark, the owner of that … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, action, miscellaneous, music, personal, philosophy, thoughts, writing
Tagged classical, concert music, ives, musicology, pop, quartertonality, reviewing, serious, thoughts
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Jerseyband Kickstarter project
This post was originally published at here at Tympanogram.com on April 15, 2011: Jerseyband is a unique group. They play a style of music that they have dubbed “lungcore” – a hard-edged version of prog-metal fronted by a horn section. … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, action, jazz, music, news, tympanogram
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Taking action from far away
Facebook can be just about the most annoying website/application in existence, or so it seems. Every time I log in I am inundated with a myriad of stories of the time wasted by my friends and acquaintances, which magically turns … Continue reading
Posted in 2009, action, miscellaneous, music, personal, philosophy, politics, school, thoughts
Tagged bad idea, budge cuts, education, gates-chili, issues, music programs, NY, recession, rochester, save the music, school, upstate NY, western NY
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Going green pt. 1
Recently my car decided to break for what seems like the millionth time in the 4 years that I owned it. Every time before this most recent occasion I would get aggravated and prepare to spend 3 or 4 hours … Continue reading