Kent Fackenthall

  • Storytime with Lynyrd Skynyrd

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    Jumped in the truck the other day and caught Skynyrd’s ‘Freebird’ on the radio. Very 80’s moment, I know. It’s a shame that this has become the cliché/parody of itself that it is now, but maybe that’s precisely because it remains one of the baddest jams out there. When I was working with a band…

  • The Sound of Sound City Studios

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    When it comes to music recording and studios I’m a total geek. Half the reason I read liner notes is to find out where, how and by whom something was recorded. I wanna know how things were miked. Where the instruments were set up. What gear was used. Who pushed the faders. All that. I…

  • The 100 Thing Challenge: Checking In

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    A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I set out to tackle the 100 Thing Challenge, outlining my thoughts here. Well my self-imposed deadline has past and I’ve dropped the ball. Probably one of the things I should have gotten rid of. Truth is, once I set out to ‘declutter’, I found…

  • Kill Your Music Collection – The Reformation of A Music Pirate.

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    If you follow the music industry/world at all, you may have heard about the NPR/David Lowery back and forth, if not, here’s a quick lowdown. An NPR DJ, Emily White posted a blog entry about her large – and relatively unpaid for – music library which sparked a lot of discussion. Dave Lowery (someone I have…

  • Google+ Circles, Good – Facebook Lists, Bad.

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    For those of you that have never checked it out, one of the (multitude of) things that Google+ does infinitely better than Facebook is allow you to manage your streams and the content in them using ‘Circles’. Facebook has ‘Lists’ that you can create to sort people into categories. This works ok. Their mechanism/UI for…

  • Henry Rollins in Fredericton

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    When I lived in metropolis of Washington DC in my younger days, I passed on lots of shows and events for all kinds of reasons. Perhaps I was too cool – highly doubtful. Maybe I had better things to do. Also highly doubtful. Lack of funds? Safer bet. Be that as it may, one person…