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Category Archives: music
Contata (2)
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
Contata (1)
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
Review: Marc Cohn at the Highline Ballroom
As is my wont whenever Marc Cohn wanders into the New York-Philadelphia corridor, I went to see him perform — this time, at the Highline Ballroom in lower Manhattan. True to form, it was a fantastic show with Marc the … Continue reading
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“Miles Away” — Marc Cohn
I know there’s always something We have to go through That has some deeper meaning Right now I just can’t say I know there’s a lesson in here somewhere I’m gonna think a lot about it later Right now I’m … Continue reading
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“After the Fire” — Roger Daltrey
After the fire, the fire still burns The heart grows older but never ever learns The memories smoulder and the soul always yearns But after the fire, the fire still burns
“We Can’t Make It Here” — James McMurtry
Should I hate a people for the shade of their skin? Or the shape of their eyes? Or the shape I’m in? Should I hate them for having our jobs today? No, I hate the men who sent the jobs … Continue reading
“Brothers in Arms” — Dire Straits
There are so many different worlds So many different suns And we have just one world But we live in different ones…
Nothing But a Dream
One of the things that goes along with advising Student Council at my school is orchestrating the annual Talent Show. For the past four years, that’s included performing as the first act — largely because I badger my fellow faculty … Continue reading
Marc Cohn in Carnegie Hall
I am not really much of a “joiner” and I don’t have many entertainment things about which I get passionate. Long ago, however, I decided that I would pick an artist and follow them closely. I chose Marc Cohn, whom … Continue reading
Beyond the poundy drums
I’m a fan of the new, “re-imagined” Battlestar Galactica on the Sci Fi channel. (Shamefaced confession: I am also a fan of the original schlocky BSG from 1978 — in fact I was one of those loudly decrying the new … Continue reading
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