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QotW: Just Added...

nobody@vox.com(Mistergone) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:47:46 -0700

What was the last song you added to your MP3 player? (Bonus points, as always, if you share it with us!) Submitted by Julie. Most of Sia's music, from what I can gather, is kind of in the Dido/Sarah McLachlan vein - which is fine if that's what ...

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...Half Hour a Week in Which to Get Funky

nobody@vox.com(Mistergone) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:21:09 -0700

I have to work harder to get into the loop. I tend to miss out on some great music because I don't leave myself enough time to scour the net for interesting music. I'm certainly not finding it on the radio! Take these guys for instance - Bitter:S...

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Music QotD: The Sounds of Yesterday

nobody@vox.com(Mistergone) — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:26:28 -0800

Who was your favorite band when you were in 8th grade? Ugh. Unfortunately it was Chicago. Damn - that's not fair, actually. Chicago has put out some really interesting and progressive music in their day. It's just that, when I was listening to ...

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Slowly Coming Around

nobody@vox.com(Mistergone) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:37:42 -0800

For years, I have been one who reveled in the outer movements of big romantic pieces - The dramatic, kinetic energy of big orchestras playing quickly.I think it has to do with the fact that I'm generally better able to grasp the structure of the f...

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Not unlike TMBG

nobody@vox.com(Mistergone) — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:00:23 -0800

Sometimes sounding like it's played on a cheap casio keyboard circa 1983, I've been nonetheless impressed lately with the music of HP Mendoza. I found Mendoza completely by accident when I came across a film called "Colma: the Musical" - a film a...

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A little tribute to the 'King of Pop'

nobody@vox.com(Mistergone) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:12:51 -0800

Wow, what a great song! Okay, I haven't been very good at keeping up this blog, but I was so blown away by this catchy little number that I just had to share, in case you haven't heard it. The group, Justice, reminds me a bit of Daft Punk, but ...

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Fauré for Me

nobody@vox.com(Mistergone) — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:30:43 -0700

My friend recently picked up a book of Gabriel Fauré's music scored for piano. I borrowed it to see if any of it was playable with my limited skills, and it turns out I could conceivably play several movements from Fauré's Requiem -- among other p...

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Great and Dreadful Covers

nobody@vox.com(Mistergone) — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:41:28 -0700

A few weeks ago I was driving home and flipping through radio stations (my CD player is on the fritz). I managed to tune in just as one station was playing a cover version of "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel. And you know, at first, I was alm...

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A little faster please

nobody@vox.com(Mistergone) — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:27:46 -0700

One of the most famous piano solo pieces is almost always played wrong, in my opinion. Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C# min, no matter how well it starts, always loses it once the main theme returns to close the piece out. In almost every recording I...

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Glasswerk

nobody@vox.com(Mistergone) — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:39:58 -0700

Philip Glass seems to have become the composer of film music - often stealing from his own earlier works to complete a film score. Not that there's anything wrong with that - he's written some wonderful music, and why not set it out for a wider au...

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