Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Once again it’s time for a special guest to take the reigns of the B List . This week, guitar-maker Andrew Olson of AO Guitars shares a list of his favorite Fender players. AO Guitars makes high-quality instruments for the discerning musician… Hey everybody! I can’t say how thrilled I am to be back on the B List for a second edition of AO’s Top 10. If you recall the last one , I delved into my Top...
Alternate Brain (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Gram Parsons interview on how he met Emmylou Harris. Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris - That's All It Took Check out many of their duets at YouKnowWhere . A very good source for records by Gram, The International Submarine Band, Byrds, Flying Burrito Bros., Clarence White, and many others is Sierra Records in Southern California. Gram came to an untimely end. What happened next was a big deal in SoCal...
RegnYouth Archives (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
Angela Desveaux’s 2006 debut, Wandering Eyes, was a left-field surprise from practically every angle: a surprisingly mature twang rock record from a veritable unknown released on a label best known for the adventurous fare (Freakwater notwithstanding) of its veteran roster. But Desveaux was able to imbue straightforward country with the barren loneliness of Cape Breton [...]
The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Martin Guitar & Co., probably the most famous guitar manufacturer, celebrates 175 years of production this week, September 9, 1833 being the date on which Christian Friedrich Martin immigrated to New York. During that same year “Fritz,” as Martin was known, opened a guitar workshop in the loft of 196 Hudson Street, on the Lower East [...]
Millions of Us (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
I’m sitting in Mill Valley recuperating from Wednesday’s surgery, entitled a “Left Side Lapiroscopic Micro-Discectomy”. It means they cut out all the fragmented piece of my L4-L5 disc. Apparently this removes the materials that are abrading my spinal and sciatic nerves. Anyways, I’ve been super uncomfortable and unable to move, so I’ve tunneled deeply into [...]
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
The Byrds were still a year and change from their messy end when they played the newly unearthed London show on Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971 (Sundazed). This is the (Untitled)-era Byrds — singer-guitarist Roger McGuinn, drummer Gene Parsons, bassist Skip Battin and lead guitarist Clarence White — in sparkling last-hurrah mettle, mixing space [...]
Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Scotty loved the idea of digging into the archives yesterday so much so that we’ve decreed it Classic Rock week around here. Sorry to spring it on you without any big fanfare or ticker tape parade, but just sit back and enjoy the gems we throw at ya over the next few days. Today I thought [...]
Lefsetz Letter (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
It's hard to hate Tom Petty, but he hasn't done anything truly memorable since "Mary Jane's Last Dance". And that was TRULY memorable. Which is why I always give his new stuff a chance. But somewhere along the line, he became self-conscious, at times even precious, and his music has suffered. [...]
Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
Like The Byrds? Well, you'll be pleased to learn that previously unreleased archive material from the notorious Bryd brothers is due for release soon. A recording of an appearance at the Royal Albert Hall in London '71 (the Roger McGuinn,...
Computer World (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
Clarence White, Salvation Army CIO of the USA Western Territory, discusses how the charitable organization makes the most of IT on a nonprofit's budget.
Examiner (Free subscription) | 04/27/2008
U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan can speak to their families by Web camera and fight insurgents using sophisticated electronic warfare. Yet when it comes to voting, most troops are stuck in the past.
The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008
Long-time students of bluegrass instruments will recall with fondness the name Oak Publications, a division of Music Sales that released some fine instructional manuals for banjo, guitar, mandolin, fiddle and bass starting in the 1970s. While the brand has remained active since, some of those early titles have been unavailable for years - though AcuTab [...]
Carbon-Based (Free subscription) | 03/30/2008
Daily Gleaner ( Jamaica ) : Advocates of climate-proof development worry about the possible economic fallout if Government and stakeholders do not move urgently to negotiate affordable insurance to protect the critical sectors of agriculture and tourism from the ill effects of adverse weather. This is critical, they argue, because the probability of a hurricane strike on the island has risen in recent...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/26/2007
“New Photography” is generally limited to three or four artists, which puts pressure on the chosen few to deliver something fresh. None of this year’s photographers accomplish that.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/26/2007
“New Photography” is generally limited to three or four artists, which puts pressure on the chosen few to deliver something fresh. None of this year’s photographers accomplish that.
