I'm a member of the generation that remembers MTV played music videos 24/7. I have mixed-up images in my head of the videos for "Little Red Corvette" and "1999." Prince stroking his thigh as he sings about the "lion in my pocket," and a quick cut to a close-up of the fingers of one of the women in his band dancing over the keys following "forgive ( Read more... )

Because laurel had too much fun and too much work running Convivial over the weekend, she was in no shape to go to First Avenue last night and see Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. She and kaustin generously offered me the spare ticket and I accepted.

I met up with kaustin outside of the club just after the doors opened at 7:00 p.m. We went in and I went upstairs to ( Read more... )

Went out to Gingko Coffee House last night to hear lollardfish, madtruk and the usual suspects play their music. All of those people were there. You know. Them. (Bonus appearance by fredcritter!)

After, we went to chez
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Went out to see Tramps & Hawkers at The Liffey in downtown St. Paul last night. Let me remark again how wonderful it is to go out and see live music in a smoke-free environment ( Read more... )

I finally made it out to Minicon last night. I had a long Thursday so when I got home from work on Friday, I crashed and slept late enough that going out to the con for only a few hours didn't make a lot of sense ( Read more... )

Thanks to davidschroth and Google Maps I found Origami for lunch today and achieved sushi. I missed the bus that runs along Washington so I ended up walking the whole way, which was probably good for me. Fish was lovely ( Read more... )

No, not the mythological figure, the output of the Music Genome Project, that classifies music by its core elements. Things like electric rock instrumentation, folk influences, extensive vamping and major key tonality lead from one artist or song to songs that share those characteristics. Having left my iPod at home today, I'm enjoying that I can ( Read more... )

Had a pleasant time at the MN-Stf meeting yesterday. Got to have a couple of good conversations and see folks I hadn't seen in a while.

The music party later was filled with more of the same. Plus music, which was fun. Was particularly good to catch up briefly with fredcritter since I no longer see him at work every day ( Read more... )

I attended the Winter Solstice drum jam and dance at the Cedar Cultural Center last night. It was, as predicted, a gathering of the hippy tribe. All your favorite hippy people were there. Tie-dye, tattoos, piercings and dreadlocks abounded. People danced in that loose-limbed, ecstatic way that only hippies can. As an added bonus, there were several ( Read more... )

Thirty years ago Thursday, the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in Lake Superior.