When I was in law school, I got into the habit of listening to Call Me The Breeze by Lynyrd Skynyrd the morning before every exam. The high-octane music, mixed in with some clumsy air guitar, got the blood pumping and charged me up for the challenge looming immediately ahead. Thirty years later, music still [...]
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Morning Music, Morning Mood
Posted in Ipods, Music, tagged Bach, Call Me The Breeze, Coltrane, iPod Playlist, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Music, Rage Against The Machine, Stanley Kubrick, The Battle Of Los Angeles, Waltzes on May 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Hey, Big Brother
Posted in America, Music, Music videos, Travel, tagged America, Big Brother, Music, Music videos, O'Hare Airport, Rare Earth, Travel on May 18, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I was sitting in one of the countless terminals at O’Hare yesterday, waiting for my flight back to Columbus, when I heard a series of announcements from the Department of Homeland Security over the PA system. One reminded me of the 3-1-1 rules that apply to carrying liquids (no more than 3 ounces, in 1 [...]
And Speaking Of Key To The Highway . . . .
Posted in Music, Music videos, tagged Allman Brothers Band, Duane Allman, Eric Clapton, Key to the Highway, Music, Music videos on May 3, 2012 | 1 Comment »
This YouTube clip of Eric Clapton performing the song with the Allman Brothers Band — in recognition of Duane Allman, one of the essential members of Derek and the Dominos — is pretty darned good. But then, I could listen to Eric Clapton play just about anything and still be a happy camper.
Finally Finishing The Year-Long iPod Rebuilding Project
Posted in Ipods, Music, tagged 311, a-Ha, Ashokan Farewll, Derek and the Dominos, Freeway Jam, iMac, Ipods, Jeff Beck, Key to the Highway, Love Song, Music, Playlists, Sharp Dressed Man, Take on Me on May 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
More than a year ago, my iPod unexpectedly died on me. I didn’t have any of my iPod songs or playlists on iCloud, nor did I have my iPod playlists on iTunes. This was a disaster of the first order, because I love to listen to music. I crave music, and I had created playlists [...]
Bob Dylan And The Congressional Medal Of Freedom
Posted in America, Music, tagged America, American culture, Blonde on Blonde, Blowin' In The Wind, Bob Dylan, Folk Music, Highway 61 Revisited, Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Modern Times, Music, Positively 4th Street, the '60s, The Basement Tapes, The Times They Are A-Changin', Traveling Wilburys on April 27, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The White House has announced that Bob Dylan soon will be receiving the Congressional Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. He will be joined by fellow recipients Toni Morrison, John Glenn, and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. I’m skeptical of such honors — often they seem motivated more by political considerations, or [...]
The Fabulous Jackson Square All-Stars
Posted in America, Music, Travel, tagged America, Jackson Square, Jackson Square All-Stars, Music, New Orleans, Travel, Treme on April 18, 2012 | 4 Comments »
I’m in New Orleans for a conference. Although I’ve been to other parts of Louisiana, it’s the first time I’ve visited the Crescent City. I got in this afternoon and took a stroll to get my bearings and get some exercise, besides. While walking past Jackson Square I heard the strains of some New Orleans [...]
Who Wrote Happy Birthday?
Posted in Music, Family, tagged Music, Family, United States Supreme Court, Birthdays, Happy Birthday, Copyright Law, For He's A Jolly Good Fellow on April 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Spring is the time of birthdays in the Webner family. Today is the birthday of one very special person, and Happy Birthday will be sung with gusto. Everyone knows Happy Birthday and has sung it hundreds of times — for family members, schoolmates, co-workers, and friends — but who wrote it? The melody for Happy [...]
Spam, Spam, Spam, And Spam
Posted in Blogging, Humor, Music, tagged Blogging, Humor, Monty Python, Music, Spam on April 9, 2012 | 4 Comments »
WordPress, which publishes our humble blog, provides a program that detects “spam” comments and segregates them from apparently legitimate comments. Every once in a while you need to go into the spam folder and clean it out. That is one of my jobs. Most spam is self-evidently spammy. The less inventive spam will just give [...]
Savannah Music Festival
Posted in Music, tagged Jazz, Music, Savannah, Savannah Music Festival on April 3, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Every March/April Savannah holds a Music Festival. For seventeen days there are concerts, often three or four and sometimes more each day. One of the highlights of the series in our view, is something they call Swing Central Jazz. It comprises a number of high school jazz bands who come to Savannah for several days [...]
A Sad Note In The Bluegrass World
Posted in America, Music, tagged America, Bluegrass Music, Bonnie and Clyde, Earl Scruggs, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, Music, Roots Music, The Ballad of Jed Clampett, The Beverly Hillbillies on March 29, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Earl Scruggs died yesterday at age 88. Scruggs was a fabulous banjo player who was half of Flatt and Scruggs, the legendary musical duo with the even more legendary name. Most Americans know of Earl Scruggs’ music through his performance on the theme from The Beverly Hillbillies. Many people beyond a certain age feel pangs [...]
Oh O O Oh
Posted in Music, tagged Akron Ohio, blues rock, Dan Auerbach, Lonely Boy, Patrick Carney, Schottestein, The Black Keys on March 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Sunday night I got the opportunity to attend my first Black Keys concert at Schottenstein along with ten thousand other people and I am now a big fan. In fact I can’t get one of their current hit songs “Lonely Boy” out of my head. Check it out below. The Black Keys are a two [...]
Davy Jones, R.I.P.
Posted in Growing Up, Music, Music videos, TV, tagged Davy Jones, Growing Up, Music, Music videos, Teen Idols, the '60s, The Monkees, TV on February 29, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I was saddened to read today of the death of Davy Jones, one of the Monkees. Jones died of a heart attack at age 66. When The Monkees TV show first began airing and their songs dominated the airwaves, Davy Jones became the heartthrob of millions of adolescent girls. He was one of the first [...]
Thinking, Today, Of A Loved One Who Loved Chopin
Posted in Family, Music, Music videos, tagged Chopin, Classical Music, Family, Minute Waltz, Music, Music videos on February 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
May you rest in peace, in a place where classical music plays always.
A Terrible Waste
Posted in Music, tagged addiction, Drug Addiction, drugs, Music, Substance Abuse, Whitney Houston on February 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The death of Whitney Houston is horrible news for her family, her friends, and her fans. At this point, it’s not clear exactly what caused Houston’s death, although there seems to be rampant speculation about the surrounding circumstances. What seems to be clear is that for years Houston battled substance abuse issues. As a result, [...]
