Tuesday, November 08, 2005
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KATE BUSH'S NEW ALBUM IS OUT!
If this means nothing to you it should. It's a double album and it's quite a ride. Very moody. It's called "Aerial." It's a double CD. It's on sale everywhere! Woo Hoo! Note to Kate: don't wait another 12 years, okay?
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On a sad music note, I just found out that Paul Pena died on October 1. Pena was a San Francisco-based musician whose biggest claim to fame was that he wrote "Jet Airliner," a song that Steve Miller liked enough to record, have a huge hit with and basically assure that the blind, handicapped Mr. Pena would always have, if nothing else, enough to pay his rent.
I first found out about him via a wonderful film you should rent (Netflix has it) called "Ghengis Blues." See, Pena decided to teach himself Tuvan throat singing. Not an easy thing to do. But he did it -- good enough to be invited to Tuva for their annual throat-singing contest! It's a great film. See it.
Pena recorded one album in 1972 that was supposed to make him famous; but due to other people's stupidity it never got released until 2000. I highly recommend it. It's great!
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Come see Brewer & Shipley at Fiddler's Dream this Friday night! 8 p.m.! I'll be there -- you be too!
TT
KATE BUSH'S NEW ALBUM IS OUT!
If this means nothing to you it should. It's a double album and it's quite a ride. Very moody. It's called "Aerial." It's a double CD. It's on sale everywhere! Woo Hoo! Note to Kate: don't wait another 12 years, okay?
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On a sad music note, I just found out that Paul Pena died on October 1. Pena was a San Francisco-based musician whose biggest claim to fame was that he wrote "Jet Airliner," a song that Steve Miller liked enough to record, have a huge hit with and basically assure that the blind, handicapped Mr. Pena would always have, if nothing else, enough to pay his rent.
I first found out about him via a wonderful film you should rent (Netflix has it) called "Ghengis Blues." See, Pena decided to teach himself Tuvan throat singing. Not an easy thing to do. But he did it -- good enough to be invited to Tuva for their annual throat-singing contest! It's a great film. See it.
Pena recorded one album in 1972 that was supposed to make him famous; but due to other people's stupidity it never got released until 2000. I highly recommend it. It's great!
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Come see Brewer & Shipley at Fiddler's Dream this Friday night! 8 p.m.! I'll be there -- you be too!
TT
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