Category Archives: music+verse

MC Hawking, watch your back

Posted on Sunday, 2003 October 26 by Anton

Planned Obsolescence: Dictionaraoke. (Blogging this mainly to save the link. I may comment on it later.)

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a day on the job

Posted on Monday, 2003 October 13 by Anton

Someone came by ‘my’ desk and said, “Oh, you’re listening to music! I mean you’re listening to good music. That’s Cohen, isn’t it?” Pause. “I don’t know of a composer named Cohen.” “Oh. Then it’s . . .” Long pause. “Who is … Continue reading →

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a cappella

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 October 07 by Anton

Twenty years ago I made a lot of tapes to play in the car. When I was reminded of their existence a couple of weeks ago, I hadn’t heard most of these tapes since that first car died in 1989. … Continue reading →

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six-string orchestra

Posted on Saturday, 2003 September 06 by Anton

Got out my guitar today – the one I gave myself for my birthday in 1999 – and picked out, by ear, two bars of Mussorgsky. Woo hoo!

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so near and so far

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 August 05 by Anton

Culture clash comics.

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the authenticity question

Posted on Sunday, 2003 July 20 by Anton

Lynn S is distressed: Bach and Handel have been transcribed for banjo. The very thought of that inspires in me an emotional mix of fascination and horror. In other words it gives me the creeps. On the other hand, if … Continue reading →

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philistines everywhere

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 June 04 by Anton

My One True Ex refuses to believe that my telephone plays Night on Bald Mountain, insisting that it sounds more like the theme from Doctor Who.