It has been brought to my attention that the lack of content on this blog has become cause for concern.
Whatever.
Anyway, Copyright!
It's a complicated issue, but the original intent of copyright was to protect a creative person from having their work stolen, re-purposed, or diluted by the actions of others. Now we have corporations as the 'legal' originators of artwork. Be it movies, music, illustration, writing or whatever. I think this is wrong.
I'm all for business' being allowed to make a profit and if a creative person wishes to collaborate with such an organization so be it. But the idea that a work and derivations of it can be held by the organization, esentially in perpetuity, just doesn't sit well with me.
I think there should be a moaratorium on copyright in the neighborhood of the date of publication +50 years. That way the actual originator as well as any partners or distributors he chooses to collaborate with can make their profit but after that others can distribute the work without being labeled 'Pirate'!
I don't know if this would solve any problems, but it would make me feel better.
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Now playing: Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains
via FoxyTunes
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Monday, April 4, 2011
Friday, September 11, 2009
Again with the NorVa
For my birthday Keith bought tickets to see the Reverend Horton Heat.
Pretty cool!
The show got off to a rocky start when we found out the opening act (Nashville Pussy) canceled. Don't know why. Anyway a local band took the stage for a little set, they were okay.
Then, after a short interval, The Reverend and his band came on. I was pretty unfamiliar with the songs as I don't own any of their albums (I do now, I got one at the show). But it was a pretty good show. A little thing at the beginning with the sound. I could barely hear that he was singing much less what the lyrics were. But by the third song I could hear fine and could even follow along with most of the words. Which is a pretty neat feat as I was hearing them for the first time.
They did a lot off their new album, which took a decidedly 'country' tack, but played a wide selection of older stuff, which was more the 'rockabilly' I expected. All of it was good.
They actually brought out one of the crew to do the singing on a cover of Motorhead's "Ace of Spades". Apparently a lot of appearances on this tour are with Motorhead... go figure.
A pleasant suprise for me was that after the show the band was available to sign stuff. I got all three signatures on my copy of the new album.
sweet.
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Now playing: Reverend Horton Heart - Ain't No Saguaro in Texas
via FoxyTunes
Pretty cool!
The show got off to a rocky start when we found out the opening act (Nashville Pussy) canceled. Don't know why. Anyway a local band took the stage for a little set, they were okay.
Then, after a short interval, The Reverend and his band came on. I was pretty unfamiliar with the songs as I don't own any of their albums (I do now, I got one at the show). But it was a pretty good show. A little thing at the beginning with the sound. I could barely hear that he was singing much less what the lyrics were. But by the third song I could hear fine and could even follow along with most of the words. Which is a pretty neat feat as I was hearing them for the first time.
They did a lot off their new album, which took a decidedly 'country' tack, but played a wide selection of older stuff, which was more the 'rockabilly' I expected. All of it was good.
They actually brought out one of the crew to do the singing on a cover of Motorhead's "Ace of Spades". Apparently a lot of appearances on this tour are with Motorhead... go figure.
A pleasant suprise for me was that after the show the band was available to sign stuff. I got all three signatures on my copy of the new album.
sweet.
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Now playing: Reverend Horton Heart - Ain't No Saguaro in Texas
via FoxyTunes
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Neko, Neko
For those of you keeping score; this is post #100 (a milestone)
Tonight Keith and I went back to the NorVa. This time we saw Neko Case.
I had never heard this artist before, although I had heard of her. I listened to some tracks acquired from the interwebs and decided that it was worth going. I was not disappointed. The genre is a little hard to pin down, I think of it as a sort of modern country/bluegrass type feel but many of the songs don't really fit that vague description either. oh, well. The style reminds me a little of Lucinda Williams or Holly Golightly, but she definitely does not have a voice similar to either of them.
The point of all this is that if you trust my taste in music you could do worse than giving one of Neko's albums a listen. I bought two of them at the venue.
On the down side, and I want to mention this for any budding sound engineers out there, I don't usually enjoy live music as much as studio tracks. This is because although I can hear that the singer is singing, the instruments seem to be unnecessarily loud and I can't understand the actual lyrics of the song. I can follow along to songs with which I am already familiar, but new stuff I just have to ride the flow and hope I can become acquainted with the words later.
Maybe I'm just old.
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As a tangent if you ever are traveling with my friend Keith do not rely on him for navigational advice. In his defense there is a lot of new construction in downtown Norfolk. But when he continuously insists that the place you are looking for is on Granby and Monticello and has you driving up and down Granby street futilely looking for the NorVa only to find out that the two streets mentioned do not in fact intersect but are parallel and that you have, for some unfathomable reason, been looking for the back of the theater for nearly half an hour, then you will know frustration.
Sorry Keith but it's true, your navigation sucks.
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Now playing: Neko Case - Don't Forget Me
via FoxyTunes
Tonight Keith and I went back to the NorVa. This time we saw Neko Case.
I had never heard this artist before, although I had heard of her. I listened to some tracks acquired from the interwebs and decided that it was worth going. I was not disappointed. The genre is a little hard to pin down, I think of it as a sort of modern country/bluegrass type feel but many of the songs don't really fit that vague description either. oh, well. The style reminds me a little of Lucinda Williams or Holly Golightly, but she definitely does not have a voice similar to either of them.
The point of all this is that if you trust my taste in music you could do worse than giving one of Neko's albums a listen. I bought two of them at the venue.
On the down side, and I want to mention this for any budding sound engineers out there, I don't usually enjoy live music as much as studio tracks. This is because although I can hear that the singer is singing, the instruments seem to be unnecessarily loud and I can't understand the actual lyrics of the song. I can follow along to songs with which I am already familiar, but new stuff I just have to ride the flow and hope I can become acquainted with the words later.
Maybe I'm just old.
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As a tangent if you ever are traveling with my friend Keith do not rely on him for navigational advice. In his defense there is a lot of new construction in downtown Norfolk. But when he continuously insists that the place you are looking for is on Granby and Monticello and has you driving up and down Granby street futilely looking for the NorVa only to find out that the two streets mentioned do not in fact intersect but are parallel and that you have, for some unfathomable reason, been looking for the back of the theater for nearly half an hour, then you will know frustration.
Sorry Keith but it's true, your navigation sucks.
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Now playing: Neko Case - Don't Forget Me
via FoxyTunes
Saturday, February 16, 2008
More Album Covers that Never Existed
This one is by my friend Keith...
I think it came out well!
And here is my second attempt...
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Now playing: Garbage - Vow
via FoxyTunes
I think it came out well!
And here is my second attempt...
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Now playing: Garbage - Vow
via FoxyTunes
Friday, February 15, 2008
Two Ton Boa
I recently found several Two Ton Boa videos on the net. Including this one from the show I saw!
And here is their video for "Cash Machine"
And a live version of "Porcelain Throne"
(I really like this song)
Yes, I have become somewhat obsessed!
(just a little...)
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Now playing: Two Ton Boa - Porcelain Throne
via FoxyTunes
Two Ton Boa - White Rabbit
[via FoxyTunes / Two Ton Boa]
And here is their video for "Cash Machine"
Two Ton Boa - Cash Machine
[via FoxyTunes / Two Ton Boa]
And a live version of "Porcelain Throne"
(I really like this song)
Two Ton Boa - Porcelain Throne
[via FoxyTunes / Two Ton Boa]
Yes, I have become somewhat obsessed!
(just a little...)
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Now playing: Two Ton Boa - Porcelain Throne
via FoxyTunes
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Albums That Never Existed...
This seems to be a fun game.
1 - Go to Wikipedia's random article page
The first article you get is the name of your band
2 - Go to the Random Quotations page
The last four words of the last quote is the album title
3 - Go to Flickr's Interesting photo page
Third picture, no matter what it is, is your album cover
Put it all together to make your album. Either crop it to CD cover size, or just use the raw image itself... the only rule is you're only allowed to add the album title and artist title.
I found this here, but it seems to have originated elsewhere...
My first Album:
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Now playing: Ozzy Osbourne - Shot in the Dark
via FoxyTunes
1 - Go to Wikipedia's random article page
The first article you get is the name of your band
2 - Go to the Random Quotations page
The last four words of the last quote is the album title
3 - Go to Flickr's Interesting photo page
Third picture, no matter what it is, is your album cover
Put it all together to make your album. Either crop it to CD cover size, or just use the raw image itself... the only rule is you're only allowed to add the album title and artist title.
I found this here, but it seems to have originated elsewhere...
My first Album:
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Now playing: Ozzy Osbourne - Shot in the Dark
via FoxyTunes
Monday, January 14, 2008
Concert Series
Speaking of other pursuits...
I went with my friend Keith to a concert at the NORVA on Sunday night. The headliner band was "The Dresden Dolls" who put on a great show very powerful duo, the Dolls. The guy on the drums is a frenetic wizard and the girl does keyboards and vocals. She's got a really powerful voice and can really belt out a song! They are a band you really have to be in a mood for though, as all the songs they played (except the covers of other bands) were real downers... Not that thats bad, it's just something you have to be in the mood for.
The opening band was "Two Ton Boa", I liked this band a lot! The singer, Sherry Fraser, 'has some pipes', as Keith puts it, there are a couple of tracks where she gets up to some serious vocal acrobatics (notably 'Porcelain Throne'), and it's all good.
As a personal note to other bands out there; a good cover of 'White Rabbit' is a sure way to get on my good side... The bands bass player is extremely energetic and puts on something of a show all on his own. A really fine performance all around.
During the encore both groups (assisted by some on-stage pantomime from audience members) combined to give a rendition of "Immigrant Song". It was truly something to see!
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Now playing: Two Ton Boa - Cyanide
via FoxyTunes
I went with my friend Keith to a concert at the NORVA on Sunday night. The headliner band was "The Dresden Dolls" who put on a great show very powerful duo, the Dolls. The guy on the drums is a frenetic wizard and the girl does keyboards and vocals. She's got a really powerful voice and can really belt out a song! They are a band you really have to be in a mood for though, as all the songs they played (except the covers of other bands) were real downers... Not that thats bad, it's just something you have to be in the mood for.
The opening band was "Two Ton Boa", I liked this band a lot! The singer, Sherry Fraser, 'has some pipes', as Keith puts it, there are a couple of tracks where she gets up to some serious vocal acrobatics (notably 'Porcelain Throne'), and it's all good.
As a personal note to other bands out there; a good cover of 'White Rabbit' is a sure way to get on my good side... The bands bass player is extremely energetic and puts on something of a show all on his own. A really fine performance all around.
During the encore both groups (assisted by some on-stage pantomime from audience members) combined to give a rendition of "Immigrant Song". It was truly something to see!
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Now playing: Two Ton Boa - Cyanide
via FoxyTunes
Saturday, December 2, 2006
Cat Power
This is my kind of music!
I can't remember how I first heard Cat Power (Chan Marshall), my usual route of hearing about a musician through my friends wasn't the case because none of my friends seem to know who she is.
But I know.
And I love her.
She's got exactly the kind of voice I want to listen to and sings songs that I want to hear.
My musical review skills are exceedingly underdeveloped, so I don't believe I can do justice in that regard. My opinions are quite shallow and I don’t know the history of music enough to make thoughtful comparisons… What I do know is that I like Cat Power!
Other stuff I like (so you can judge what ‘my kind of music’ means)
Evanescence
Garbage
Holly Golightly
Jesca Hoop
Julie London
Kirsty MacColl
Leonard Cohen
Lucinda Williams
Sarah Mclachlan
That’s not everything, but you get the idea. (I hope)
I can't remember how I first heard Cat Power (Chan Marshall), my usual route of hearing about a musician through my friends wasn't the case because none of my friends seem to know who she is.
But I know.
And I love her.
She's got exactly the kind of voice I want to listen to and sings songs that I want to hear.
My musical review skills are exceedingly underdeveloped, so I don't believe I can do justice in that regard. My opinions are quite shallow and I don’t know the history of music enough to make thoughtful comparisons… What I do know is that I like Cat Power!
Other stuff I like (so you can judge what ‘my kind of music’ means)
Evanescence
Garbage
Holly Golightly
Jesca Hoop
Julie London
Kirsty MacColl
Leonard Cohen
Lucinda Williams
Sarah Mclachlan
That’s not everything, but you get the idea. (I hope)
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