New Music Recommendation: The National-high Violet
Lynne Kiesling It’s been too long since we’ve done any decent music recs here at KP, and last Sunday’s release of The National’s new album High Violet is a good reason to do one now. I’ve heard a...
View ArticleAnticipa-a-tion … and More Music Recs
Lynne Kiesling I’m overly eager for the new album from The National, so much so that when I looked at the release date I paid attention to the day and not the month. Doh! So now I have to wait until...
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The Economist: (Sing with Me!)”Dave and Nick/are Punk Rockers”
Lynne Kiesling Oh, yes, the old 80s girl in me loves the image on what just came in the mail: And the substance behind their point is equally, well, pointed: Yet within its first 100 days the Con-Lib...
View ArticleSinging About Pricing (Is It, Too, Like Dancing About Architecture?)
Michael Giberson At Knowing and Making, Leigh Caldwell writes about “a charming pop song by the delightful young artist Jessie J” about “the important and neglected issue of pricing.” Initially he is...
View ArticleSpring Weekends in Chicago–athletics and Music Edition
Lynne Kiesling One of the KP Spouse’s and my best friends has a great quote: “adventure is ordeal retold at a distance”. Today, on a gloriously sunny day, I think I’ve got enough distance from...
View ArticleFirst Thoughts on Spotify
Lynne Kiesling I’ve been playing with Spotify this week during its U.S. release, and so far I really like it. My British friends have been raving about it, so I was keen to check it out. For music...
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Monsters of Grok T-shirts
Lynne Kiesling Here’s some outstanding geek attire! Monsters of Grok is a line of t-shirts that use rock band t-shirt logo designs, but the names are instead famous scientists and intellectuals such as...
View ArticleFriday Music Fun: Radar Vs. Wolf
Lynne Kiesling Some Friday fun listening from Nashville-based Radar vs. Wolf, a video from their debut album! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qOc9y0gR3Oc] Radar vs....
View ArticleCreating a Culture of Innovation: East Bay Punk Version
She’s from Salinas, oh oh oh And she looks like Venus, oh oh oh She’s from Salinas, oh oh oh And she looks like Venus – chorus from “She’s from Salinas” by The Sweet Baby Jesus Not the most inspired...
View ArticleSurge Pricing Like a Boss
When Bruce Springsteen decided to do a run of shows at a Broadway theater with fewer than a thousand seats, he appeared to reject the laws of economics — or at least what would seem to be in his...
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