Category: Music
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Younger Us
Posted in: MusicPSA: If you’re going to watch this, at least do it the justice of turning it up as loud as possible, stopping whatever else you’re doing for 38:50 and dancing around like a lunatic. This, speaking from experience.
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Carry Wood
My 3 cords of firewood were delivered and I set about stacking it to dry. I worked a little each day, in chunks. Partly because it was a good mental exercise break, but also because the heat was pretty serious at times. There’s been volumes written about the merits of manual labor – in case…
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Neil Elwood Peart, 1952-2020
I’ve been a Rush fan since high school. Being a drummer I was attracted by that, then eventually got into Neil’s lyrics. He influenced me in so many ways. He made me realize rock musicians could be smart. He got me to read again. I wrote poetry. Over the years I have owned all the…
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Art or Music?
If you had to choose only one to have, which would it be? Could you choose? Are they not both components of the essence that is life? For some years, whenever I have a kid approaching 6th grade, this is the letter I get from school. Due to what I can only assume is a…
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Stairway to Heaven
Posted in: MusicThere is nothing I could add to this that would make any difference. Jimmy Page discusses the creation of Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ in a sublime 8 minutes.
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Analog to Analog
Posted in: MusicBack in 1988 when I was a junior in high school I’d been playing drums for several years, but was still pretty much a hack. I’d taken some private and group lessons, but my playing was mostly confined to putting headphones on and playing to my favorite records. I didn’t ‘practice’ in any way, shape…