Music Routes 1.0 for Mac OS X now available!
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I am very excited to announce Music Routes 1.0 for Mac OS X! It works with iTunes and requires OS X 10.5 or above. Check it out and let me know what you think. Download Music Routes 1.0 for ...
Sherman Hemsley
Saturday, February 27th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »The prog music blogosphere (such as it is) recently went atwitter over a year-old article reporting that Sherman Hemsley, star of The Jeffersons, is also a keyboardist who is a big fan of Daevid Allen and Gong. The actor who ...
Vanilla Ice, Dweezil Zappa, and Crushed Dreams
Saturday, August 15th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Imagine the joy at Music Routes HQ when I saw that Vanilla Ice is credited with bass on Dweezil Zappa's cover of "Stayin' Alive" with an all-star cast of guitarists including Steve Lukather! Alas, it is just a "little joke from ...
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Most of the roster for this year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass event in San Francisco has been posted at strictlybluegrass.com. Those unfamiliar with the event (and perhaps even those familiar with it) may be surprised by some of the names that ...
Six Degrees Of Supergroups
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »The supergroup concept is back. (Or did it never leave and I just didn't notice?) Alternative and indie fans with an ironic streak can check out Tinted Windows with members and ex-members of Smashing Pumpkins and Fountains of Wayne. ...
Bernard Purdie And Beatles Proximity
Friday, March 6th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Bernard "Pretty" Purdie is one of the great session drummers. He has a long list of impressive credits, but I think my favorite Purdie recording right now is this instructional video excerpt: Unfortunately, a lot of people identify Purdie primarily with ...
Five
Friday, February 13th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »First, watch Sesame Street's Lovers Of Five sing about their favorite number: The Sesame Street video is a genius parody/homage—let's call it a pomage—to the Floaters 1977 hit "Float On". In the likely event that you are unfamiliar with the ...
Zombies
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Sometimes a route amuses me enough that I want to share it. So, here: Rob Zombie to The Zombies Photo by SeraphimC
Can Lil Wayne Sing?
Saturday, December 20th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »MTV News named Lil Wayne their Man Of The Year. Not everyone is a fan. One person commented that "every time he sings, he sounds like he's taking a crap or something." It is easy to quantify Lil Wayne's singing prowess. ...
“Blinded By The Light” by The Steve Miller Band
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Mack Rawden has posted a rant about people who have the wrong metadata associated with their mp3s. This is something that apparently greatly upsets him. Here's what he has to say about believing that "Blinded By The Light" is performed by ...