Every summer, we go to a concert or two up at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC). We already had lawn seats for Springsteen, and last week, we had indoor seats for Guster and Ray Lamontagne. We ended up not using the actual seats, thanks to some exceptionally drunk college girls in the row behind… Continue reading Guster at SPAC, 8/17
Category: Music
Audience Participation Friday: Pimp Me New Tunes
I’m getting a little sick of the current rotation on iTunes, which means it’s probably time for another shopping spree. I’ve got a couple of albums on my list to buy already (the new Tom Petty, the new Richard Thompson), and I’ve heard a couple of good tracks on KEXP that I’ll check out (new… Continue reading Audience Participation Friday: Pimp Me New Tunes
Less Dorky Poll: Karaoke Supernova
So, here’s a different sort of scenario for an audience-participation post: Imagine that you are in a weirdly well-stocked karaoke bar, and you have to sing a song. There’s no way out of it– if you don’t you’ll lose your job, rabid squid will eat your family, deranged America-hating terrorists will kill a puppy, whatever.… Continue reading Less Dorky Poll: Karaoke Supernova
Top 25 Answers
Twelve of the Top 25 Most Played songs were correctly identified over the weekend. Given the obscurity of some of these, that’s pretty impressive. I think there’s only one that should’ve been obvious that didn’t get guessed. Full answers are below the fold. (Edited to add: If you enjoy this sort of thing, here’s another… Continue reading Top 25 Answers
Top 25 Lyrics
We haven’t done the guess-the-lyrics thing since I moved over to ScienceBlogs, and that seems like a good thing for a lazy Friday (I played soccer after work on Tuesday and Thursday, and basketball at lunch on Wednesday, so I’m pretty wiped. What a drag it is getting old.). A little variant on the “Random… Continue reading Top 25 Lyrics
Random Twenty
My plan was to spend yesterday and this morning doing deep and substantive blogging while sidelined by a medical test. That sort of fell through, which means I get to spend an extra day in the lab, but also means you get lazy blogging. And what could be lazier than the classic “Random Tracks from… Continue reading Random Twenty
Old Tunes Update
Two music-related follow-up items: Over on her LiveJournal, Kate has a more complete concert report from the Springsteen show, including a full set list, and some links to Springsteen resources. Elsewhere in blogdom, the Blog on Bach is unhappy with my Old Tunes Experiment. The author seems to take the whole thing a little too… Continue reading Old Tunes Update
Bruce Springsteen and the Seeger Sessions Band
I’m a little ragged today because Kate and I went up to SPAC last night to see Bruce Springsteen, who is currently touring behind his album of Pete Seeger songs. This was a short-notice concert– I only got the tickets (as a birthday present) on Sunday– so this review will be pretty much it as… Continue reading Bruce Springsteen and the Seeger Sessions Band
Friday Random Eleven
Having been depressing and/or political for the last few posts, I feel like I ought to do something to lighten the mood. So here are some pop songs (extended beyond the canonical ten because it’s the last day of classes. Woo-hoo!):
The Old Tunes Experiment
So, in our last installment, I had purchased a bunch of classical music off iTunes, and pledged to listen to it while away at DAMOP last week. I was pretty good about it, too– I kept the classical playlist going on the iPod all the way through the flights down there, and for listening during… Continue reading The Old Tunes Experiment