Category Archives: Misc

Essays, assorted nonsense.

“The essence of any utopianism is: Conjure an ideal that makes an impossible demand on reality, then announce that, until the demand is met in full, your ideal can’t be fairly evaluated. Attribute any incidental successes to the halfway meeting … Continue reading →

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Louis | Leave a comment

Nice NMH cover

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Louis

I just heard this: http://www.covermesongs.com/MP3s/News0412/30Quickies/EverythingIs.mp3 on a site devoted to covers, via Brent Amaker, who also has a song on there. It’s really well done by an Albuquerque band called Sad Baby Wolf. Their recording is very close to the original, … Continue reading →

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Two Pros at Work

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Louis

Yesterday I got to watch a couple of musical geniuses do their thing. First, Andrew Bird played an in-studio at the radio station where I work, and I watched for a couple of songs. I’m not strictly an Andrew Bird … Continue reading →

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Fake iRig update

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Louis

As mentioned in a previous post, I was working on making an iPhone/guitar interface with a bypass switch, not unlike the recently-announced iRig Stomp by IK Multimedia. I made something that worked, more or less, and wrote a page about … Continue reading →

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A couple of music documentaries, 30 Rock sighting

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Louis

In the last few days I’ve seen a couple of music films that I’d like to remark on. Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008) was something. Documentarians catch up with a somewhat influential (in metal circles) early 80s hair metal band … Continue reading →

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