MoodyTunes

I completed the final version of my thesis this weekend, and during one of my procrastination breaks I found a couple videos I thought I’d share. Here’s a kid named Sungha Jung jamming on his guitar. I went in search of classical music clips — that’s what I’ve been listening too lately, and that’s how [...]

Pearl Jam’s latest album “Backspacer” hit stores today so you should probably go buy it. Despite past anti-corporation leanings, idealistic populism, what-have-you, the band chose Target and iTunes for the initial distribution. So it goes… I’ve said to several people, after listening to the album a few times, that I think it accurately represents where [...]

Yesterday I had the good fortune to meet a tour manager for a band that is currently faux-rocking cities all across this fair land. I will not name this band, but I will say that they are roughly equivalent (in my casual music-fan mind) to New Kids on the Block.
I was at the laundromat trying [...]

I listened to an interview with B. B. King today. The interviewer asked King “Is there anything you wish you could do better?” and King said, “Yeah, sing and play guitar.” He went on to explain that he wasn’t being a smartass — he has always tried to improve, even now, at age 83 and [...]

I’m still having a difficult time coming up with blog topics. That’s probably good…I need to come up with stories and syllabussssses. Anyway, I just remembered that Conan O’Brien is doing whatever he’s doing tonight (new channel? new show? I have been without TV too long to know). The important thing is, Pearl Jam is [...]

In October 1993 the Dave Matthews Band played at my college in Virginia at a run-down pavilion off in the woods somewhere. It was some sort of frat-sponsored event and I went out there with friends to see what the fuss was about. I think there were 100 people in attendance.
Yesterday, Mr. Dave played [...]

Today is going to be Random Wednesday. I’m not organized enough to say anything coherent so I’ll unload random things I’ve put in my notebook.
Issue #1 — I don’t like it when Starbucks hides itself within stores that appear to be “local” coffee shops. This happened once in Chicago and once in Nashville (fitting, as [...]

I try to be a good lil’ graduate student. Really, I do. But I have to confess that sometimes I catch myself staring out a classroom window, wondering “What’s it like out there? What are people doing in the real world, where writers are still alive and news happens and musicians pick up instruments and [...]