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Scott Pilgrim

October 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Music, Review

Andrea turned me on to a very clever graphic novel called “Scott Pilgrim“, which is drawn by a Canadian author, Bryan Lee O’Malley. I tried describing it to another co-worker and it came out like this: “So this guy is in a band and he’s a rocker and he’s dating a girl who’s too young [...]

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Bobby McFerrin Science Lecture

August 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Music

I stumbled into this very cool video of Bobby McFerrin (the “Don’t worry be happy” guy) demonstrating the power of collective musical expectations – playing the audience’s brainsĀ  like a piano. Super neat.
I’ve always been a fan of his musical experimentation – but you rarely hear about him unless you’re looking. I wish he had [...]

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My First Public Guitar Performance

September 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Music

At my family going-away party I convinced Uncle Jim and Ron to pull out their guitars and jam to an impromptu set list of simple 70’s music I’ve learned. It was my first time playing for anyone other than Natasha or my music teacher, so it was a bit of a rush (even just in [...]

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