Downloaded: Death by Stereo
Posted: September 30, 2011 Filed under: Listening Leave a comment »Thus far, Umphrey’s new record, “Death by Stereo,” is proving well worth the 10 bucks. Copious hooks.
Free Music! Free Music!
Posted: September 28, 2011 Filed under: Listening Leave a comment »Another special at LivePhish.com, this time a Trey “six pack.“
Streetcars in Providence
Posted: September 27, 2011 Filed under: Transportation Leave a comment »Making a livable city even more livable. Projo.com:
Planners for the city and the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority have laid out the route for a $126-million streetcar system through the city’s core and proposed an unusual method to help pay for it…The planners are billing the project as an economic-development and “livability” project as much as a transportation project. They also call it a “walk extender.” “You could come to the city, have dinner on Thayer Street and go to a show at [the Providence Performing Arts Center],” Pettine said.
Age Quod Agis
Posted: September 26, 2011 Filed under: Artists, Deep Leave a comment »But, no matter where Tony Bennett is featured, what he sings and how he sings have pretty much remained the same for most of his more than sixty years as an entertainer. As his friend Count Basie once reminded him, “Why change an apple?”
Allan deSouza: The World Series
Posted: September 25, 2011 Filed under: Artists, Washington Leave a comment »I stopped by the Phillips Collection today and saw this excellent exhibition.
GarageBand Noodling: 09242011
Posted: September 24, 2011 Filed under: Recording Leave a comment »I got a few spare moments alone with the Starcaster and the iPad today.
Shaky
Posted: September 23, 2011 Filed under: Books Leave a comment »Always nice to have something to look forward to. JamBands.com:
Following the path of legendary rock stars like Eric Clapton and Keith Richards, Neil Young has announced plans to release his autobiography, next fall.
Not Doomed?
Posted: September 22, 2011 Filed under: Environment Leave a comment »This project…combines five Gamesa G-90 2 MW wind turbines with 500 Kw of solar panels on a single axis tracking system to provide renewable-sourced electric generation at a constant flow over the course of the day. ”This is a ground breaking, game changing development in the renewable energy industry where two completely separate types of technology and renewable fuel sources are integrated at the very beginning as a combined facility,” [Western Wind Energy CEO and founder Jeff Ciachurski] said.
It Won’t Last
Posted: September 21, 2011 Filed under: Artists Leave a comment »So REM broke up, saying that “we walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished.“
My call is that they’ll be on tour again within the next five years. Not sure I’ll be blogging that long, but if I’m right, I’ll make a note of it.
