Our family of instruments
With no particular planning, we now have an array of three stringed instruments hanging in the living room. It started with me. I took a few guitar lessons two… Read more »
With no particular planning, we now have an array of three stringed instruments hanging in the living room. It started with me. I took a few guitar lessons two… Read more »
A couple of weeks ago, my big 1TB external hard drive died an ignoble death. I tried every trick I knew to recover it, with no success. I even took… Read more »
Sitting in a car, lizard-basking in the hot sun, when the iPod starts playing Pat Metheny’s “Are You Going With Me?” from the album “Travels”. In a blink I’m transported… Read more »
I saw Hamell on Trial at Mississippi Studios Sunday night. I have only recently been introduced to his music, and this was my first time seeing him perform. It was… Read more »
Someone posted three hours of 1983-era MTV to GoogleVideo, and I’ve been idly listening to it/watching it as I’ve been at the computer the last couple of days. Some thoughts… Read more »
Last night, I saw Mike Doughty at Mississippi Studios. Before I saw something about the show, let me talk about the venue. There’s a doorfront on Mississippi Ave for the… Read more »
The Red-headed Amazon invited me to see Ben Harper at the Keller Auditorium last night, along with a batch of her friends. I only kinda knew the music of BH,… Read more »
I just got home from seeing Cabaret at the Gerding theater at the Armory. Even as I was sitting in the balcony waiting for the show to start, I was… Read more »
Jamie Stillway played at the Laurelthirst this past Friday. If you’re not already familiar with her, she’s a local jazz guitarist. I’ve heard her perform a couple of times before,… Read more »
I saw They Might be Giants at the Roseland Theater last night. The Roseland was a new theater to me; my Portland musical education continues! I mostly dug it; there… Read more »