Loud Music is a $40 Fine

Just my personal blog.

March 23, 2009

Pavarotti’s Got Soul

Well, after a week off from blogging I’m back. Here’s a palatte cleanser for you. H/T: The Fat Guy

March 11, 2009

Human Cannonball

Here’s Webb Wilder’s Human Cannonball.

March 10, 2009

Los Straitjackets

Here’s a video from Los Straitjackets.

March 4, 2009

World’s Largest Record Collection

Paul Mawhinney began collecting records (for you kids out there, a “record” is a flat disc you put on a “record player” in order to hear music) 60 years ago. He now has over 1,000,000 records and his collection is worth millions. But he’s put the collection up for sale due to declining health and [...]

February 13, 2009

More Royalties, Please

Artists want to be paid when radio stations play their music. I say it’s a bad idea. #tcot

February 11, 2009

Raising Sand, Redux

Plant and Krauss won 5 Grammys. They’re not worthy.

February 10, 2009

Jacob Moon

Since the title of this blog came from a song by Webb Wilder, I think I’m going to try to start blogging more about music. So, here’s a video of a song that was originally done by Rush on their Signals album (yeah, I have the vinyl album). But this guy, Jacob Moon, does a [...]

December 10, 2008

We Really Do Torture Prisoners

Up to now, I’ve held the belief that our military didn’t torture prisoners. Waterboarding and other techniques to me didn’t seem like torture (if someone volunteers to be the subject of a “torture” technique, then it’s not torture). But I’ve just read a shocking (shocking!) article that does in fact prove we’ve tortured these poor [...]

December 8, 2008

Just Imagine

Today is the “anniversary” of John Lennon’s murder. I can’t believe it’s been almost 30 years since he was shot down in cold blood outside his apartment building in New York. I guess you’d have to say that Lennon was my “favorite” Beatle. I tended to like his solo songs more than the others. And [...]