"All Blues" is vibrating through the coffeehouse speakers, from the Miles Davis album Kind of Blue. It's a great but ubiquitous album. My sister once called it "coffeehouse music" or on a more sarcastic day, "Starbucks music." [1]

Now Kind of Blue might as well be for coffeehouses what Led Zeppelin is for car commercials. Good songs and melody ( Read more... )

About a month ago, a group of us were at the Brown Jug [1] and my advisor had mentioned that in Finland, you can write to Santa Claus, and his office will write back to you in January. My advisor further cautioned us not to get our hopes up, because it's a form letter ..

.. but nonetheless, a letter back, from Santa Claus!!!! I'm not kidding; ( Read more... )