VOLKSWAGENS NEW 300 MPG CAR NOT ALLOWED IN AMERICA April 11, 2014 You won’t find the 300 MPG Volkswagen XL1 in an American showroom, in fact it has even been denied a tour of America because… Continue Reading
DOES ANYBODY KNOW THE SCORE? – YouTube April 2, 2014 Eunan Mc Intyre and Jeff Foster perform at the Brown County Playhouse in Nashville, Indiana on March 23, 2014. This is a rendition of… Continue Reading
Layers by Brian E Paulson March 25, 2014 If you haven’t heard of my buddy Brian E. Paulson, let me introduce you. Brian is one the most cosmically-aligned musicians I’ve ever heard,… Continue Reading
On Daylight Friggin’ Savings Time March 9, 2014 When I moved to California back in 1990, one of the many things I encountered for the first time was this bi-annual clock setting… Continue Reading
Ramping up the 2014 Brown County Music Awards March 6, 2014 A behind-the-scenes look at preparations for the 2014 Brown County Music Awards On Saturday, March 8, many of Brown County’s favorite musicians are gathering… Continue Reading
A Warning For Americans – Is Money The Root Of All Evil? Mike Maloney – Atlas Shrugged – YouTube March 4, 2014 A lot of folks denigrate capitalism, blaming it for all our current (and seemingly intractable) financial problems. I’m inclined to think otherwise. As I… Continue Reading
The Fender Stratocaster Turns 60 – YouTube February 27, 2014 I was born the same year as the Fender Stratocaster. This in and of itself is of no great import, and yet I’m happy… Continue Reading
Jazz Players’ Brains See Music as Language – NBC News.com February 25, 2014 Interesting article on how musicians’ brains function during improvisation. I hesitate to use the term think, because as one gets better at improv, “thinking… Continue Reading
▶ John Hartford – Complete Show – 1976-04-01 – YouTube February 17, 2014 If, like me, you’re a John Hartford fan, then this vid is right up your bailiwick. Just stumbled across it tonight, and have had… Continue Reading
The Master’s Autograph February 15, 2014 So I get a voicemail last week from my buddy Doug Stoffer, who runs a cool little custom jewelry shop here in Nashville called… Continue Reading
▶ Johnny Hiland – Hot Licks Complete Video – YouTube January 30, 2014 Back in 2005, I attended the National Association of Music Merchandisers (NAMM) show at a rare appearance in Indianapolis, taking in all the sights… Continue Reading
On butchering January 26, 2014 A good buddy of mine, Dave Seastrom, a fellow Brown County resident and co-producer of the Brown County Hour radio show, recently posted on… Continue Reading
Django Reinhardt’s Life on Record | The Fretboard Journal January 24, 2014 The sprawling ‘Intégrale Django Reinhardt, Volumes 1 through 20’ (Frémeaux et Associés) is a massive, amazing tribute to Django Reinhardt’s life. The basic outline… Continue Reading
Sufficient unto the day January 20, 2014 Sometimes, out of the blue, solutions materialize. Some call it “doing business”, which could be considered accurate. Some call it “dumb luck”, also true… Continue Reading
Habeas Corpus in America – book review January 18, 2014 OK, it’s a book review, but it does touch on some very pertinent points made by the author of the book. The take-away for… Continue Reading
▶ Surviving The Matrix: Ep2 – YouTube January 15, 2014 Episode 2 of Surviving The Matrix, narrated by Max Igan (to view the 1st episode, click here). ▶ Surviving The Matrix: Ep2 – YouTube Continue Reading
▶ Surviving The Matrix: Ep1 – YouTube January 14, 2014 This 49-minute video, the first in a series by author and podcaster Max Igan, goes into the elitist program for depopulation, social control and… Continue Reading
On the big 6-ohhhh January 13, 2014 It’s unavoidable that when the decade birthdays arrive, you take stock of your life a little more intensely than during the in-betweens. For some… Continue Reading
How to open a bottle of wine without a corkscrew – YouTube January 11, 2014 A handy technique indeed. ▶ Mirabeau Wine // How to open a bottle of wine – without a corkscrew – YouTube. Continue Reading
The Genius of J.S. Bach’s “Crab Canon” Visualized on a Möbius Strip | Open Culture January 9, 2014 Click the link below to see the video… it’s well worth it. The most impressive of Johann Sebastian Bach’s pieces, musicophiles may have told… Continue Reading
