Category Archives: Music

Ziff pointed to the site of the band he plays bass in, The Moonlighters. They go for that retro, latin, swing, jazz feel and include stuff from the neo-swing revival. As an old school ska and punk fan, I agree, … Continue reading →

It occurred to me last night, as I was playing NWN with some friends, that the background music of computer games has improved a great deal over the last 15 years. No more tinny, grating MIDI files being played on … Continue reading →

My site has become a minor example of table-free, three column layout. Just yesterday I learned who created the Dr. Who theme music way back in 1963: Delia Derbyshire. Ms. Derbyshire, a scholar of music, mathematics and electronics, was one … Continue reading →

Should I stay or should I go?

The novelty of combining the Dead Kennedys and the Daleks, must be rewarded! I’m sure the UK kid who put this thing together probably barely remembers such misunderstood Seventies/Eighties icons as Tom Baker, Battlestar Galactica, Yoda and Jello Biafra.

I don’t know–in between work assignments and thinking about recent events for some odd reason Laurie Anderson appeared in my brain. I, being the pretentious geek that I was, listened to a lot of her stuff back in the early … Continue reading →

Listening to South African Rhythm Riot (The Indestructible Beat of Soweto Volume 6) right now. Feeling very transcendent. I guess you’d have to be me here now but, I really believe this stuff is the best damn music on the … Continue reading →

Or, how a young man was warped by endless exposure to college radio When I was a kid I really couldn’t make up my mind about music. Like a lot of kids, I was a knee-jerk nonconformist and as such … Continue reading →