“Master of Puppets” turns 25
“Master of Puppets” was the among the first three Metallica cassettes I owned. I bought “…And Justice for All” and “Garage Days” at a music shop in Kensington during 1988 and worked my way back through...
View ArticleHope you are well Shannon
I was going through my song library tonight, strumming my guitar, and ran into one of Shannon Campbell’s (now Shannon Gunn) old tunes, “Less Like You” from around 02 or so. “Pet Rock Star”, it was good...
View ArticleClarence Clemons, RIP
NYTimes: “Clarence Clemons, Springsteen’s Soulful Sideman, Dies at 69″ I kept looking on the radio today for some tribute, somewhere. Philadelphia radio is in a sad state. Rock and roll lost a giant.
View Article“What was the point in trying? Who wants to be laughed at?”
Erika Meyer shares what it was like learning to play guitar, fighting to make it happen, being a woman, and being told a few times along the way she had ‘no talent’: “How I Learned To Play Guitar”: In...
View Article“a staccato hit, three more accents, then the infamous descending chromatic...
My brother, Dante, runs one of my favorite blogs focusing on Metal, and recently featured an interview he held with former Iron Maiden and Wolfsbane singer, Blaze Bayley. It intimate and revealing look...
View ArticleA Ramones concert clip from 1977 courtesy of Boing Boing and Dangerous Minds
Wow this must have been an amazing show. The video is high quality. If you were there, you were bound to be affected. Boing Boing: “The Ramones at their best in London, 1977″. YouTube: “Ramones – It’s...
View ArticleAWS, MapReduce, a lot of Music, and some Python
Music Machinery: “How to process a million songs in 20 minutes” Music Machinery: “Looking for the Slow Build”
View ArticleTom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down” covered by Eddie Vedder
YouTube: Pearl Jam – I Won’t Back Down (Gorge ’06): Personal practice for the week is this. What an awesome version of a great song.
View ArticleThe Muppets’ greatest hits
Salon.com posts a fun slideshow of some great Muppets musical moments: The Muppets’ greatest hits. Go see the new movie. You won’t regret it.
View ArticleNon-Metal Iron Maiden Covers
YouTube: naddani: Wasted Years (Iron Maiden) – Acoustic cover: YouTube: Thomas Zwijsen: Classical/Acoustic: Iron Maiden acoustic – Wasted Years: YouTube: JonathanHarpa: Iron Maiden in harp and guitar –...
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