Category: Music
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Drive-By Truckers, Houston House of Blues
Gig review: Drive-By Truckers at the House of Blues, Houston on 19 June 2024, on a VIP ticket. Read more
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God-like Genius #2: Bob Dylan
Several years ago, over a dinner where I had my Apple Airport spinning random songs from my collection, my Dad asked me who I considered to be my overall ‘favorite’ artist. After mulling it over for a couple of minutes, I confessed that I didn’t know. I’ve got a lot of (what I’d consider) varied music, and I listen to different stuff at different times. It’s kind of difficult to rank Zappa against Mogwai, or Steve Earle against Radiohead, or Nick Cave against Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Plus, whenever I discover someone new I’ll obsess over them for ages and… Read more
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So long iTunes. I always hated you.
A music obsessive’s journey from iTunes to a full-function home media server. (tl;dr: MusicBee) Read more
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Lady Godawful
Last week I was at the SAPPHIRE conference, in Orlando, FL. It’s a big, corporate event, and they do a pretty good job of looking after the 30,000 attendees, from providing free food and beverages (Coke and Pepsi so as to not curry favor!) throughout the conference, to laying on company-sponsored dinners and drinks in the evenings (and into the very early hours…). The last night of the conference always features a live band or performer, and this year that was Lady Gaga. Now, full disclosure, I can’t exactly claim to be a fan, being fairly indifferent to her music,… Read more
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Come Downtown And See The Show
Yesterday I was back out on the town to see another live band. This one was a bit off my usual radar: Guster. Ever late to the party, I hadn’t even heard of them until a friend insisted I listen to her favorite album ever, which was Lost and Gone Forever by the said Guster. So I tracked it down on Amazon Music and gave it a few spins (“a few streams” just doesn’t sound right), and it wasn’t bad! – a few pretty decent tracks on it. Then when I acquired a job lot of CDs from Ebay about… Read more