Listening to Crooked Still from todays On Point. They are so good.
Music
Concert notes, set lists and personal impressions fill this category. From the dreamy Americana of Lord Huron to Coldplay’s stadium spectacle and intimate performances at the Dakota jazz club, I share what moved me in the moment.
Rachmaninoff, Espresso, The Economist.
Buying lots of music from various Winnipeg Folk Festival performers. Crowd favorite so far seems to be Little Miss Higgins.
Winnipeg Folk Festival 2008 Albums
We just returned from the 2008 Winnipeg Folk Festival. Every year we pick up around 20 albums from performers this year. We’ve gone entirely digital for our music now so this year I just did it all online after we got home. It’s nice to not have to rip everything. We got 19 …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Winnipeg Folk Festival 2008 AlbumsWe did shopping for Winnipeg Folk Festival today. Tammy got me a cot that is so big I’m not sure it will even fit in the tent.
Sounds of the Redwoods
While we were walking with the big Redwoods I stopped for a moment to do a quick field recording. This isn’t pristine. You’ll catch a moment of wind noise, and if you listen really, really close you may hear a truck in the distance very faintly. Mainly though, you hear the birds …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Sounds of the RedwoodsGreg Merkle: Great Music
This post is a bit of a tease since you can’t (yet) just go out and buy this music. I know Greg Merkle from working at Dow Jones and have been lucky enough for him to share some of his recordings with me. It’s great stuff. He’s starting to do more stuff and getting more online. …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Greg Merkle: Great MusicSummer of Love Day 6 Log
9:00 am: Woke up in Seattle and noticed that the F5 Networks office is right across the street from the hotel. “Hi F5!” 👋 3:25 pm: Weatherman said rain for Seattle today. Couldn’t be more wrong. Beautiful and sunny. 10:12 pm: Discovered The Blair St. Mugwumps today at a music …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Summer of Love Day 6 LogSounds of Glacier
About three years ago Dante Vono sent around some links to photos he had taken in Italy. They were really great photos, but what hit me more was that he had taken a handful of them with an audio recording as well. I looked at those photos and listened to the audio and was amazed …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Sounds of GlacierListening to Big Smith on the way to work. Wahoo!