kasha
I’m doing something wrong in the world of kasha. I thought I had it down, and the smiling ghosts of my grandmothers rested peacefully. But the last two or three […]
in my heart
I enjoyed the doc about the Rolling Thunder Revue very much. It was a moment I remember vividly, envying the life of a traveling musician putting on shows with friends […]
as though you aren’t
ç How come you write up dialogues as if you aren’t an asshole and everyone else is?√ That’s not what I’m doing.ç Yeah it is.√ You want me to be […]
life and death
Just as nature positions the about-to-be-born to move instinctually through the birth canal, an intelligent choice, it positions people when very much in pain to view death as a positive […]
ayn rand rocker
Sparks fly when the class discusses politics in song. Most of them identify left but at least two are right wing and maybe three are ambivalent about everything political. My […]
old stogies
King of The Road came over the airwaves. I played it on the piano when I was ten. It was a cool song to learn but I never took in […]
innocent waltz
Some people think the song itself is to blame and I understand that interpretation but either way it says something about the singer of the song, something about his/her skills […]
i’ll wear a mask for you
Last week the presentation was on I’m Your Man by Leonard Cohen. The idea is to study an album and report back on what you learned about the writer’s lyrical […]
next algorithm
Next the algorithm played Stuck In The Middle With You which is truly amazing because I would never have cared to remember this song except for the effect Reservoir Dogs […]
hard to get by with just a smile
The algorithm played Wild World by Cat Stevens. I had not heard it in a long time. Very timeless and for me the thing that stood out was the bass. […]