If I had a ballot for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
*Not picking Nirvana, on their first ballot, who will get in anyway
View ArticleDaisy Lin and friends – piano recital at Albany Public Library Sunday (free)
Daisy Lin and friends - piano at APL 11/24 2 pm
View ArticleThanksgiving tunes
I found Thanksgiving playlist: Top 20 songs of gratitude, which was a pretty decent roster. It contained some good, but obvious choices, such as Sam & Dave, though NOT the original version, and I...
View ArticleRandy Newman is 70
Did I ever tell my “I sorta met Randy Newman” story? Probably. I was at the Poughkeepsie, NY train station in mid-May 2000, returning from a conference. There was a guy at the station, with a woman and...
View ArticleI am a collector, part 2
My rationale for owning that much music involves the notion that I should PLAY that music, and I do have an arcane methodology of listening to at least most of my CDs once a year.
View ArticleKeith Richards is 70
Yes, I’m as surprised as you are. Maybe he is too. Early in the blog, on the significant birthdays of musicians, I would do this meme, answering questions based on the songs of the artist. Later, I...
View ArticleDavid Griggs-Janower Memorial Concert CD
While some other choir directors might be less demanding for these joint services, this was NOT David Griggs-Janower's way.
View ArticleThe Who – my Top 10
I surmised that my father was thinking, "What IS that boy listening to?"
View ArticleMy favorite Supremes songs; Mary Wilson turns 70
Around the time the powerhouse songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland left Motown c. 1967 the Supremes became Diana Ross and the Supremes, with Cindy Birdsong replacing Florence Ballard,
View ArticleClosing TV themes that are DIFFERENT than the opening theme
A colleague mentioned Tayo The Little Bus.
View ArticleMy favorite Lovin Spoonful songs: John Sebastian turns 70
The story of the Lovin' Spoonful is told, in part, in a a song by the Mamas and the Papas called Creeque Alley.
View ArticleDiana Ross is 70
I see my friend Donald on the bus the other day, and he says, "Did you buy your ticket yet?"
View ArticleAdagio in G Minor, attributed to Albinoni
The Adagio was performed by her husband Leo Mahigian, who was, for a time, concertmaster of the Albany Symphony Orchestra, on violin, and their son, Peter, on organ.
View ArticleAt #1, the Beatles; at #2, the Beatles; at #3…
Can't Buy Me Love ascended to the top as I Want To Hold Your Hand descended for Capitol, but other companies wanted to take full advantage of Beatlemania.
View ArticleMarvin Gaye, 1939-1984
Father stop criticizing your son Mother please leave your daughters alone Don't you see that's what wrong With the world with world today Everybody wants somebody To be their own piece of clay
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