Category Archives: music

The rising threat to music of the home taping phenomenon

Posted on 2010 March 17 by mongreldogs

This video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3jkUhG68wY&feature=player_embedded) is a hilarious take-down of the music publishing industry’s allegation that personal filesharing is “killing” music.  Part of the fun is figuring out the early 1980s references.  Also, I would totally buy a flag that had that … Continue reading →

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Strip Polka — another silly Facebook meme

Posted on 2009 February 8 by mongreldogs

OK, this is another silly Facebook object trouve meme. Let’s see how this turns out. INSTRUCTIONS:: 1. Put your iPod or other music player on shuffle. 2. For each question, press the “next” button to get your answer. 3. YOU … Continue reading →

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America the Beautiful

Posted on 2009 January 18 by mongreldogs

A stirring rendition, courtesy of Beyoncé at HBO’s “We Are One” Inauguration Concert.

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Memory in Song (II)

Posted on 2008 September 11 by mongreldogs

More oddly-prescient musings of Jackson Browne. “Lives in the Balance” Jackson Browne Lives in the Balance I’ve been waiting for something to happen For a week or a month or a year With the blood in the ink of the … Continue reading →

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Memory in Song (I)

Posted on 2008 September 11 by mongreldogs

It’s still surprisingly hard to write about 9/11. It galls me to see, again, our national “leaders” exploit this tragedy for political ends. And it saddens me that we don’t seem to have learned any lessons. So it’s really not … Continue reading →

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Review: Marc Cohn at the Westhampton Beach Peforming Arts Center

Posted on 2008 August 26 by mongreldogs

Marc Cohn & band Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center Sunday 2008 August 24 8:30 PM It’s my habit to see Marc Cohn every chance I get during the New York leg of his tours. This explains why, three days after … Continue reading →

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Review: Marc Cohn at the St. George Theater

Posted on 2008 August 22 by mongreldogs

Marc Cohn with Toby Lightman St. George Theater, Staten Island, NY Thursday 2008 August 21 This is another in my ongoing series of reviews of Marc Cohn shows. See this earlier one and this one as well for comparison. The … Continue reading →

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Review: Counting Crows with Maroon 5

Posted on 2008 August 10 by mongreldogs

Counting Crows with Maroon 5 Also with Sara Bareilles Thursday 2008 Aug 7 PNC Bank Arts Center Holmdel, NJ My usual way to review a show would be to give the playlist and say what I did or didn’t like … Continue reading →

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Contata (2)

Posted on 2008 June 26 by mongreldogs

So, on to Contata proper. (See this earlier article for context.) A filk con is different from a regular con (assuming that my limited experience at Lunacon allows me to generalize about a “regular” con) in that the filk con … Continue reading →

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Contata (1)

Posted on 2008 June 24 by mongreldogs

I spent this weekend at the hotel Hilton Parsippany, attending a sci fi con called “Contata 5“. In a somewhat strange co-branding fashion this was also NEFilk 18 — apparently, NEFilk is sort of an umbrella designation. Filk is an … Continue reading →

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