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Must See TV - John Adams

By Chad ⋅ April 13, 2008 ⋅ 20 comments

I’ve been thoroughly engrossed in the HBO miniseries John Adams, based on the book by David McCollough.  Part 6 of 7 airs tonight, and then the finale is next week.  This miniseries hits several of my happy places, my interest in history, my love of a good story, and most importantly, great writing.  
Paul Giamatti totally reinvents [...]

How Michael Got His Groove Back

By michael lee ⋅ April 12, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

Thank god for the Yellowjackets. I was just barely hanging on until then.
The APU “A” Big Band played a gig last night for a few thousand people in the events center, and the pianist had a conflict, so I sat in. 30 tunes, all sight reading, with everything from thick-fisted George Shearing voicings to awkward [...]

Shout to the Americal Idols

By michael lee ⋅ April 11, 2008 ⋅ 37 comments

Looks like Darlene Zchesnicks gets to buy another pony. They edited out the word “Jesus”, but at least they kept the key change - that means the Holy Spirit was still able to show up.

New Music From The Dailies - Signal Chain

By Chad ⋅ April 9, 2008 ⋅ 28 comments

Well.  I wish to assure Mike and Corey that I have not slunk off anywhere.  All of the bittersweet couplets are already written.  
This past week has been very, very busy.    Anyways… here is something new for you all to hear.  I will again send you to The Dailies website to hear it.  This [...]

Taxing Time

By michael lee ⋅ April 7, 2008 ⋅ 26 comments

Once a year, the government decides that, instead of being a competent musician and decent professor, I should spend several hours pretending to be an accountant. It’s Gretchen’s favorite time of year, because she sits huddled up in the corner of the couch glancing over with frightened puppy-dog eyes as I make bellowing grunts of [...]

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