So, as promised, here is another month of fantastic, emotive, some happy, some very sad, film and TV scores for each day of November. To understand why I’ve decided to do this, read the header of last month’s post. If … Continue reading A Film Score A Day For the Month of November
Mid-April, 2020. If you’ll recall, the facebook was rife with lists. Lists of favorite films, TV, albums, baby names, ice cream flavors…it seemed in lieu of actual activity, folks instead went deep in to the crevasses of their brains that … Continue reading A Film Score A Day For the Month of October
Lost in the after-suck of the Impeachment trauma, the impending Oscars, Brexit etc, is the loss today of Andy Gill, one of the most important artists of my life. As a tail-end Boomer, many of my peers and both my … Continue reading ANDY GILL (January 1, 1956 – February 1, 2020)
Maneuvering through the quality-starved desert of this summer’s cinematic and televised options, I find myself turning to music again. My tastes, while wildly varied, don’t change all that much. I don’t think I’ve bought a new record (excluding several original … Continue reading New Music From Old Favorites: Blondie, Eitzel, Moyet, and Waters
David Bowie is dead. That seems preposterous. And if it seems like he’s always been there, it’s because, of course, he always has. Musicians and songwriters hold a special place in our psyche. It’s one thing to remember actors or … Continue reading My Bowie: “Time is waiting in the wings…”
Each year, it seems, the inane need to drown us with the same damned dozen Christmas songs, in stores and in the media, starts a little earlier. What used to be reserved for the space between American turkey and Christian … Continue reading Top Ten (and Worst Five) Christmas Songs as Chosen By A Jewish Scrooge
The new class has been announced. Deep Purple, Chicago, Cheap Trick, N.W.A. and Steve Miller Really?!?! This is your new class?!?! It’s so obvious you have a personal vendetta against YES that it borders on lunacy and completely undermines the … Continue reading 2016 Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Rant (NSFW)
CHVRCHES – “Every Open Eye” Virgin/Glassnote I should start this off by admitting that I was, and remain, a huge fan of British New Wave…or Post-Punk…or whatever you want to label music from 1979-1983 that includes artists like xtc, Magazine, … Continue reading CHVRCHES – “Every Open Eye”
2) Pink Floyd: “Wish You Were Here” (click on song titles to listen to original mix): Surround mix by James Guthrie (2009) So imagine you’ve just come off a world tour in 1975, supporting an album many people consider to … Continue reading Jason’s 5.1 Surround Audio Roundup Part 2: Pink Floyd “Wish You Were Here”
While TV is in its summer session, I thought I’d take a little time to review some new-ish SACD, Blu Ray Audio, and DVD-Audio discs that have been making their home on my player. For those not in the know, … Continue reading Jason’s 5.1 Surround Audio Roundup Part 1: Emerson Lake and Palmer “Trilogy”
The No Spoiler Critic 