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Contrapuntist Guest At Decibel Blog

April 19, 2010

Viola and I have written quite a bit about our recent experience vacationing in New Orleans.  I was asked to contribute to the Decibel blog. Thanks to David, the community manager, for giving me the opportunity to contribute. You can see what I wrote at the following link. Decibel is an new website that is [...]

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Treme Pays Tribute to Local Musicians of New Orleans By Featuring Them

April 10, 2010

HBO will debut a new show, Treme, on Sunday, April 11th. Set in New Orleans, Treme tells the story of the city rebuilding itself three months after Hurricane Katrina struck by focusing on the musicians. Producers David Simon and Eric Overmyer, who worked together on The Wire, have taken special care to reveal the reality [...]

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Korn Joins The Roadrunner Records Family

March 30, 2010

Roadrunner Records is on a role lately having signed some of the best metal acts to its roster. Announced this morning, the multi-platinum, genre-defining hard rock band Korn has officially signed to the label.  Korn is with good company since Rob Zombie, Megadeth, Dream Theater, Opeth, Ratt and more are also members of the Roadrunner Records [...]

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Michel Lauzière Plays Mozart On Bottles While Roller Blading

March 1, 2010

I tried posting the following over the weekend, and I thought I had.  However, it looks like there was hiccup. So this is take two… Late last week, I stumbled across across the a fun and entertaining video.  Michel Lauzière considers himself the “Master of Unusual Comedy”.  Making an appearance on the Letterman show, Lauziere [...]

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White House To Host Civil Rights Movement Concert With Natalie Cole, Bob Dylan, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend and More

January 27, 2010

Since this evening was the State of the Union, I thought it would be nice to pass along some news I found from the Chicago Sun-Times. In celebration of Black History Month, the Obamas will host “In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement” on Wednesday, February 10th.  [...]

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Pain of Salvation Releases “Linoleum” Video

January 20, 2010

Today, progressive rock band Pain of Salvation released a video for the song “Linoleum”. It’s the title track off of the band’s EP released back in November 2009. Part of the reason I love Pain of Salvation is that they are constantly reinventing their sound. This song is no exception. Fans of the band may [...]

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Slipknot’s ‘Snuff’ – A Cool Short Film

December 21, 2009

Viola and I have been out and about this holidays season.  Needless to say, the past week or so hasn’t been very productive for us.  However, this was partially because were working diligently on the post we published yesterday.  In the process of catching up on email, I was informed about the new film by [...]

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A Little Untraditional Hanukkah Music

December 10, 2009

Tomorrow is the first night of Hanukkah, so I thought I’d share some untraditional  Hanukkah music videos with you. First up is indie-rock band The LeeVees singing “How Do You Spell Channukkahh” from their album Hanukkah Rocks. There are 8 million different ways to spell this word, and nobody really knows which is the right [...]

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Beijing Punk: Documentary About Underground Punk Scene In China

December 7, 2009

Is the next generation of punk peculating in underground Beijing, China?  A new documentary, Beijing Punk , takes a closer look at emergence of punk in China.  I would have never guessed that punk would even be allowed into China considering the current political establishment.  Is this another sign that China is embracing western culture?  [...]

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“This Is It” Shows Michael Jackson’s Mastery of Musical Timing

November 16, 2009

Like many of Michael Jackson’s fans around the world, I was saddened by his sudden passing.  I wrote about his death on that tragic day.  Since then, I have deliberately kept from writing about Jackson after his death because the last thing I wanted to do was to add to the ridiculous amount of “news” [...]

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