Yeah, I know I’m late – it’s almost March. But it was a challenge to distill the four Favorite of Quarter CDs down to a…
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In honor of White Rabbits and Spoon playing in Berlin this Saturday, here is my favorite song by Brooklyn-based White Rabbits: “Percussion Gun”… … and…
View More MusicMonday: Spoon and White RabbitsTanzen and TED
Does time fly by even faster in Berlin or could it be because I’m still on New York time and therefore at least 6 hours…
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MusicMonday: Hefner & Jay-Z/Alicia Keys
Since getting hooked on Twitter, my favorite Twitter meme (a certain regularly scheduled subject/question/prompt that a lot of people share their input on) has been…
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Favorite Songs of 4th 1/4 of 2009
My favorite songs from the last quarter of the year 2009. Uneven but beloved as always – some bands seem to show up way too…
View More Favorite Songs of 4th 1/4 of 2009“Jung Heisst Schön”… yet now we’re even older
“Jung Heisst Schön” (translation: “young means beautiful”) is a song by my long-time friend and German singer Justin Balk (formerly of Cucumber Men). In 2003…
View More “Jung Heisst Schön”… yet now we’re even olderBeware of when you finally reach your goal…
On New Year’s Eve, as we were looking into a new year and a new decade and all the goals we’d like to accomplish (and…
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iTunes Smart Playlists
Luci & Jacquelyn or “1 Bottle of Wine, 2 Blonds, 3 Monitors” (photo by Scott) Last night my friend Jac asked if I knew how…
View More iTunes Smart PlaylistsYouTube Greatest Hits = Clever Band Promotion
The video “100 Greatest Hits of YouTube in 4 Minutes” has been out for about 2 months and has turned into an instant viral favorite…
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Concept Albums and um… a “multimedia orchestral-rock song cycle”
Two weeks ago I was inspired to write about this – but somehow more important stuff (work) kept getting in the way. Now God Help…
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The Fischers
Through my travels with All God’s Children this year, I met some amazing and inspiring people. A couple that stood out right away when I…
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Favorite Songs of 3rd 1/4 of 2009
Here’s the mix tape listing of my favorite new songs during the 3rd Quarter of 2009. Actually because I discovered less songs this quarter I…
View More Favorite Songs of 3rd 1/4 of 2009Asterix Recommends: Swedish Bands
Currently I’m reading “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” by Swedish author Stieg Larsson. I can’t put the book down. Even on yesterday’s 7-hour train…
View More Asterix Recommends: Swedish BandsAn Open Letter To NYC
Thank you to Eric and Sarah for reminding me of this song today. Nothing stumps me like this day and I don’t really know what…
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Favorite Songs of 2nd 1/4 of 2009
Time flies and the year is more than half-way over. Here is the list of my favorite songs during the second quarter of 2009: Straight…
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Asterix Recommends: Mikroboy, Muff Potter and Kasabian
Approaching Hamburg from Frankfurt Scott and I are currently in Germany visiting with my family out in the country. It’s summer and beautiful outside –…
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