From the monthly archives:

September 2009

Grand Opening of the Chicago High School of the Arts

September 15, 2009

On Wednesday, September 8, The Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts) opened its doors. According to this news story on Chicago Public Radio, Chicago is the last major American city to create a public high school dedicated to the arts. That’s hard to believe, in a city with cultural institutions such as The Art [...]

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Megadeth Returns in a BIG Way with Endgame Album and Tour

September 14, 2009

I have been waiting for an album from Megadeth that takes me back to their glory days.  By glory days, I mean the Megadeth from Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying?, Rust In Peace and Countdown To Extinction.   I have been a longtime fan, but in recent years the quality of music hasn’t been quite up to [...]

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Lifting Shadows-The Authorized Biography of Dream Theater

September 13, 2009

I was very excited to find out about the release of a newly revised edition of Lifting Shadows, the authorized biography of American progressive metal band Dream Theater. The book is by rock music writer Rich Wilson, who has made contributions to publications such as Classic Rock, Classic Rock Presents Prog, Rock Hard, Metal Hammer, [...]

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Malcolm Gladwell Talks about the Beatles’ Strip Club Years

September 10, 2009

After a long day somewhat stressful day, I thought I’d continue with the Beatles topic I started yesterday, since it is such a hot topic, by sharing the following video snippet. FYI: If you haven’t checked out Fora.Tv and you are an academic junkie like me, there is all kinds of great videos. Some are [...]

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Beatles Mania Lives On, Now In Digital And A Game

September 9, 2009

Today marks the rebirth of the Beatles, at least in digital format.  Today also happens to mark the 40th anniversary since the Beatles broke up.  Many Beatles enthusiasts have waited for the music catalog from the fab four to be available in digital format.  For whatever reason, it hadn’t happened until today.  Not only will [...]

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The Orchestral Experience-When It’s Good, It’s Very Good, and When It’s Not, It’s…

September 8, 2009

While browsing the Comcast home page a few weeks ago, I came across this video about The Really Terrible Orchestra. I looked at their website, and part of their mission statement struck me: It began with our envying the pleasure our children gained from music. And as nobody else would have us, we formed our [...]

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Eighties Rock Debauchery Returns With Steel Panther

September 7, 2009

Not that the eighties really disappeared or debauchery ever really stopped.   I mean, Motley Crüe is still around, but it might be about to return in full force.   Why?  I will get there. In an attempt to escape the ridiculousness of Sunday television after having enough of the political jibber jabber and unable to find [...]

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Music Video: John Chaffee Is Frustrated That The Government Doesn’t “Play By The Rules?”

September 6, 2009

Is anyone tired of political nonsense?  Yeah, I thought so.  John Chaffee, a Cleveland based singer songwriter, is tired too.  It often feels impossible to watch TV news, or read a newspaper (or blog) without learning about some moron that said or did something absolutely ridiculous.  As you might have guessed, Chaffee wrote a song, [...]

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The Amazing Voice of James LaBrie

September 5, 2009

As you might have read in our “About Us” page, I am a classically trained violist/violinist. I went to college at a music conservatory, where one of my teachers advised his students to listen to Puccini operas. He told us that one of our goals is to make our instruments sing like a human voice, [...]

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