1. Paul and I have been reading Norse Myths as told by Kevin Crossley-Holland at bedtime. I have no doubt that it is much, much better than the recent movie about a certain Norse God. The story of Thor’s trip to Utgard was worth the whole thing. It’s certainly given us a number of name [...]
November weather in East Tennessee is cool, gray, wet, and a little bleak. I love this weather. It reminds me of Middle Earth. The hollars are shrouded in mist and an orc raiding party could be just over the next hill. Anyway, here’s some music that reminds me of November weather (or vice verse). Radical [...]
The first Icelandic musician I liked wasn’t Björk. In all honesty I’m still not really familiar with her work. No, the first Icelandic musician to hit my radar was Sigur Rós. Namely their song Starálfur from the The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Soundtrack. Oddly enough this coincided with my facination with Iceland in general. [...]
Jenny suggested I do an edition of MFMF of “Music that makes us happy.” I like the sound of that. Spring time is always a time when my mind turns to upbeat happy songs. I look forward to crusing home with the windows down, the sun warming my arm and the wind in my…scalp. I [...]
From the beginning I tried to format MFMF like it was a radio show playlist. Each edition would have a theme, and as much as possible, the order of the samples would make sense (at least to me). While I am not out of ideas for themes, I thought I’d do an easier MFMF this [...]
This edition of MFMF is not going to appeal to nearly as many people as previous editions. That’s fine by me. If you don’t like it, I won’t be offended. After all, there’s no accounting for taste. In academia there are generalists and specialists. A specialist is a small, but deep, lake. He or she [...]
[Music for My Friends is a weekly note where I inflict my musical taste on others.] This week in MFMF we’re going to take a trip around the world. The terms “International Music” and “World Music” are pretty USA-centric. Except for stuff we get from the UK, anything from another country is Internation or World [...]
[Music For My Friends (MFMF) is an idea I had after recommending some music to Jenny. I can indulge my pleasure of sharing music with others while strolling through my music collection.] In this first installment of MFMF the theme is banjos (even if you’re not normally a banjo fan, read on). I got banjo [...]