Category Archives: Music

Anything to do with music.

Pandora Radio App For iPhone/iPod Touch

For some of you who may not have a radio or get to listen to any of the good radio stations much, this app is perfect for you. In this app called Pandora for the iPhone/iPod Touch you get to … Continue reading

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The Beatles Playlist now on iTunes

The Beatles Playlist now on iTunes Finally we are able to download the Beatles songs onto our iPods as iTunes now has access to digital Beatles hits and favorites. It was November 16th that EMI Music gathered together at the … Continue reading

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The Best Zeppelin playlist on iTunes

A faithful reader of mine asked me to do a piece on Led Zeppelin.  Thinking about this amazing artist made it a quick and simple yes I will.  I created a playlist of Zeppelins best songs available on iTunes. Because … Continue reading

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Gremlins: A Song by Leslie Fish

Leslie Fish is a serious filker who is known for some fairly heavy songs. The space exploration anthem, Hope Eyrie, is by her. Most of the Kipling songs we like to sing are set to music she has written. Flight … Continue reading

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Bruno Mars

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Bruno Mars is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. His real name is Peter Gene Hernandez but his stage name is Bruno Mars. He became famous making music at a young age. After performing in various musical venues in … Continue reading

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An Interview with Leslie Fish

Leslie Fish is a filker, a composer and lyricist,  a vocalist, a writer of fiction and non-fiction, and a political activist for the cause of anarchy. You can read all about her in the Wikipedia. You can also visit her … Continue reading

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Spain, tourism, and flamenco

Spain often is marketed as the land of passion, bullfights, flamenco, sun, and sand.  Blurring significant regional diversity, an almost comic-book version of its southern region, Andalucía, has been promoted as the public face of Spain – it has all … Continue reading

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A Thousand and One Stories of Pericón de Cádiz: English Translation

Inverted-A Press has entered into an agreement with José Luis Ortiz Nuevo and John Moore to publish Moore’s English translation of Ortiz Nuevo’s book Las mil y una historias de Pericón de Cádiz: A Thousand and One Stories of Pericón … Continue reading

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“Law Abiding People”: A song from THE DEBT COLLECTOR

Daniel Carter and I have been collaborating on a musical.  We have nineteen songs written to go with my play The Debt Collector. He composed the music and I wrote the words. But the collaborative process continues, as we recruit … Continue reading

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The Theme Song for “From Up on Poppy Hill”

Sometimes the theme song from  a movie stays with you long after a movie is over. The new Studio Ghibli movie “From Up on Poppy Hill” features such a song. The song is called “さよならの夏~コクリコ坂から” , pronounced “Sayonara no Natsu~Kokurikozaka … Continue reading

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