Category Archives: music
A Bit of Darkness Brightens My Day
The 1960s were the Golden Age of children’s movie musicals with the likes of Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. All three were choreographed by Marc Breaux and Dee Dee Wood, who got their break into … Continue reading
Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nation
I attended a fun performance by Hot Club of Cowtown at OK Mozart today. Living this close to Tulsa, Bob Wills style Western Swing is pretty classic, if not classical. I loved hearing some of my favorite Bob Wills tunes, … Continue reading
Awesome A Cappella
One of the best shows on NPR is To the Best of Our Knowledge, which often inspires me to read a new book or look up some new music. The other day I listened to Ben Folds talk about a … Continue reading
A Turn of Phrase, A Snatch of Song
Do you have songs in which you wait, eagerly, for that magic moment when a certain turn of phrase or instrumental bit seizes hold of you? Those are the things which sometimes earn a song an extra star in my … Continue reading
Remix and Mashup
Years ago I subscribed on YouTube to anything put out by New York filmmaker Kirby Ferguson. He has posted videos ranging from the Iron Man dance, to how movies overuse Trajan, to punchline piracy. Now Kirby has embarked on what will become … Continue reading
Meador Manor 