Inspired by Liner Notes' holiday playlist blog (which uses my Colored Vinyl Christmas Tree on it!), I made my own little list of musics I go back to a lot at this time of year. There are too many great holiday songs out there to make a definitive list and I'm sure I missed some which will make it onto next year's playlist. But here are 12 holiday ( Read more... )

Here are links to some of my writing for the HomeTechTell.com site

Captain Beefheart's Clear Spot (red vinyl reissue)
http://www.hometechtell.com/technologytell/article/a-spot-on-beefheart-reissue/

Grinderman's latest 12-inch 45 RPM is an awesome picture disc
http://www.hometechtell.com/technologytell/article/every-picture-disc-tells-a-story/

A great ( Read more... )

My new piece is on the tough choices music collectors must make at times... :-)

http://www.hometechtell.com/hometechnologytell/comment/love-hz-resolutions-of-a-music-hoard-er-collector/

oh man... Robert is finally letting off some steam after years of sound scaping... sweet!

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I got some more cold news this week...  it sucks.   but nowhere to go but forward.

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at the end of the day, none of this matters.

http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/the-roches/want/

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love one another.    that is what counts.  peace.

My first post of the year serves multiple purposes... it will hopefully remind people to embrace the possibilities and get on with doing things they've dreamed of doing:  write that book or song, create your art, get that puppy, whatever -- just do it already.  This is also for my non-LJ friend Brian in LA who (I found out yesterday) didn't know ( Read more... )