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Posted in Music, Photography on Feb 14th, 2008
This photo of Hi-Fi Sky, taken at the Gatherings concert in 2006, features singer Alexandra Scott and guitarist Alex Maiolo (Tim Sommer not shown). Figures my first blog post since 2006 would spring from a photo taken back then.
What this photo doesn’t convey is the haunting sounds the band conjured up that night. It was […]
Posted in Writing on Aug 26th, 2006
No, that writing master certainly ain’t me. It’s Keith Botsford, my former professor at Boston University. His class on critical journalism was hands-down the most rewarding instruction I’ve had in writing and journalism. And now he’s distilled the wisdom and lessons of his decades-long writing career into a Top 10 list of sorts.
Botsford’s guidance […]
In 1957, Miles Davis walked into a screening room. He was there to watch Louis Malle’s debut film, “Ascenseur pour l’échafaud” (Elevator to the Gallows), and after a few screenings, he went on to create the score.
The movie has oddly been disassociated from the French New Wave in cinema. That’s a whole other post though. […]
Posted in Music on Aug 21st, 2006
I don’t go see live music all that often. But I’ve gotten hooked on The Gatherings Concert Series here in Philly over the past year. Since fall of 2005, I’ve seen shows by Jeff Pearce, Saul Stokes and Michael Bentley, The Ministry of Inside Things and Orbital Decay.
What makes the Gatherings so appealing? Part […]
Posted in Music on Aug 18th, 2006
It was around 1999-2000 when I stopped buying new music regularly. I still got a few CDs here and there but I got very selective since they were well over $15 new by that point. And, as just about anyone can attest to, most of them weren’t worth it (and still aren’t). Classic albums […]