Tonight I’m playing a gig with a really good and fun band called Arena out in Wayne NJ at a spot called Grasshopper Too. I’ve played a few gigs with them in the past and have had lots of fun each time we’ve worked together. Each gig we’ve done has been me subbing for their regular drummer…
Read moreWhy Feminism Is NOT ‘The Fight for Equal Rights’
An excerpt from this article: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/chris-good/feminism-equal-rights_b_6111752.html By Chris Good – Writer, Blogger, Musician, habitual Tinderer and coffee addict. Is feminism fighting for equality? With respect, no, it isn’t. Here’s why. The fight for ‘equality’ of the first two waves of feminism fought to raise the standing of women in society where there were clear and vast imbalances. Men…
Read moreBill Cosby/Bill Clinton are “rapists?”
How many of you are going to vote for the wife of a well known “rapist?” You think Bill Cosby is one, well, you must have forgotten about the beloved Bill Clinton: Eileen Wellstone, 19-year-old English woman who said Clinton sexually assaulted her after she met him at a pub near the Oxford where the…
Read moreIt’s Time To Push Back Against Feminist Bullies
An excerpt from this article: http://thefederalist.com/2014/11/17/its-time-to-push-back-against-feminist-bullies/ How many times have you heard the line that feminism is simply “the radical notion that women are people”? And when was the last time you thought that sentiment even remotely expressed whatever the h-e-double-hockey-sticks is going on in feminism these days? In the last week alone, we saw the…
Read more30 Years of Stewart Copeland Kicking ASS!!
Stewart Copeland Easily in the top 20 most innovative drummers of all time (at least for me). Man is he one hard hitting, creative, interesting and influential musician.
Read moreUptown Funk – Bruno Mars
Not bad…but I heard this already 35 years ago. I ain’t gonna complain too much because I like Bruno. He’s a great performer and songwriter. More power to you soul brother #2! “Uptown Funk” is the first single from Ronson’s upcoming fourth album, Uptown Special, which drops January 27th on RCA Records. He and Mars,…
Read moreWhat Playing A Musical Instrument Does To Your Brain
When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an instrument, that activity becomes more like a full-body brain workout. What’s going on? Anita Collins explains the fireworks that go off in musicians’ brains when they play, and examines some of the long-term positive effects…
Read moreBetter not to land a spaceship on a comet than let men wear sexist clothing – #shirtstorm
An excerpt from this column by Glenn Harlan Reynolds on the USA Today: The Atlantic’s Rose Eveleth tweeted, “No no women are toooootally welcome in our community, just ask the dude in this shirt.” Astrophysicist Katie Mack commented: “I don’t care what scientists wear. But a shirt featuring women in lingerie isn’t appropriate for a broadcast…
Read moreHow Will the Wolf Survive: Can Musicians Make a Living in the Streaming Era?
An excerpt from an article written by Daivd Byrne: In this view the people who complain about the impact of technology and the giant corporations who control it are like those who complained about the printing press, the mechanical loom and videotapes, and by complaining about the long term impact of online music streaming, I…
Read moreCupid’s Dead
I was never into the lead singer but, Nuno is a BAD MOTHERF#^%^!! Yes indeed. I think the guitar/bass solo in the middle is great. Here is a live version:
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