"Murphy was an optimist!"
Today’s linkbait September 28, 2007 1:35 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Blog, Daily Life, MusicHow to tell your friends have quit reading your blog. Ahem. And Knoxville’s Youngest Blogger (personally I think he had a better time than his post implies).
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I had a blast at the Orchestra! September 27, 2007 11:57 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Blog, Daily Life, Family, Music, Noah, Of Being Dad, Of Interest, Publishing
Let me tell you. Maestro Lucas Richman is cool! I mean he’s just fun to be around. Stand beside him and you just feel better. Hug him and you won’t need your Prozac for a year! Top all that off with an energy on the stage that is captivating to watch. (I did joke with him that I thought there were a couple of times he was just plain having fun and perhaps channeling Jack Black.) Today’s featured performer was Jeffrey Biegel. He’s a pleasure also. He has personally worked with two of my heroes, Pete Fountain and Jerry Louis! To be in the same room with such talent as Maestro Lucas Richman and Jeffrey Biegel is very humbling. To banter with them almost felt like a breach of social protocol but we did get to share some laughs.
I have an official review of my evening at the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra to get from mind and paper to blog post but I think I am a bit too tired to be coherent tonight. If you don’t want to wait, in short, if you don’t make time to go see the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, you need to make the the time! I can come up with all sorts of reasons to not go-the kids, money, deadlines, blah blah (just excuses!)-, but honestly, what a great way to spend an evening! Details tomorrow (or maybe Saturday).
Bloggers I saw tonight included Frank Murphy (review), Lissa Kay (review), Rich Hailey, Doug and Faye McDaniel, Byron Chesney (his review), Tish, Craig Thomas and Noah Caldwell. Who did I miss? The bloggers had 50 tickets allocated!
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Getting Cultured Tonight – How many ways? September 27, 2007 3:25 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Family, Music, Noah, Of Being Dad, Of InterestThanks in part to Frank Murphy, Noah and I will be participating in the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra‘s blogger’s night.
Afterwards, thanks to Barry, in response to Cathy, I may be further cultured or drugged or just working.
Noah is particularly interested because of his new found love of percussion. I really hope he gets to interact with some of the percussionists during the post-concert reception. Noah will certainly be the youngest blogger in the crowd but I assure you, he will blog about it! In the realm of "it don’t get smaller than Knoxville" Frank Murphy performs with Einstein Simplified. I was one of the founding members of Einstein Simplified and performed at Manhattan’s for 2 years before life got in the way.
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Because you should have to chase your music September 1, 2007 11:47 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Gadgets, Music, Of Interest, Robotics, Technology
I guess this will be on someone’s Christmas list. via Engadget
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I’ve got a butt! August 31, 2007 9:49 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Cool Sites, Daily Life, Family, Music, Of Being Dad, Of InterestUncle Jim has a great song that the children love (and I do too!) called "I’ve Got a Butt" on his Let There Be Fun CD. Go listen to track 8. Hit the XMKids request line at XMFan to get the full song played.
Jim Mayer, aka Uncle Jim, is an award-winning children’s music performer who has been playing children’s music since 2002. The term “Uncle Jim” is not a figurative one; Jim has twenty nieces and nephews and he knows what kids like! [Source]
He’s a Tennessean! Living in Nashville. Now which child needs to join the fanclub?
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Jam ahon August 27, 2007 11:55 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Music, Of InterestThank you Pandora! Without you, I doubt I would ever focus enough to get anything done.
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The Omniscient Internet June 29, 2007 8:55 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Music, Of InterestWikipedia knew before the police did!
Investigators are looking into who altered pro wrestler Chris Benoit’s Wikipedia entry to mention his wife’s death hours before authorities discovered the bodies of the couple and their 7-year-old son. [Source]
Thanks Single Dads.
Update: According to BoingBoing, there has been a confession and the change to the article was apparently an ill timed "joke."
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And what’s the name of that soooong? January 26, 2007 3:55 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Music, TechnologyIt goes la de da de da, la de da de da… Can’t remember? Just hum or sing at your monitor and Midomi will tell you. Seems to work ok.
midomi.com makes it fun and easy to find and discover music and people. For the first time, you can use your voice to instantly connect to your favorite music, and to a community of people that share your musical interests. Listen to voices, see pictures, rate singers, send messages, buy music, and more. [Source]
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Holiday Music December 8, 2006 11:46 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Holiday, Humor, Music, Of Interest, PhilosophyHere are some titles over at Santastic. My disclaimer: I haven’t listened to any of these but I found the titles amusing.
- Rudolph the Paranoid Reindeer
- Stop I’ve Had Enough Christmas Music
- Let Me Clear My Throat At Christmas
- Rudolph Berry Molecular Pattern 5
- Horny Christmas (mature theme warning!)
Update: James gives these a thumbs down.
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Today’s Political Video October 10, 2006 8:30 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Music, Of Interest, Politics, Touchy Subjects, United StatesWe all know that Google has now purchased YouTube.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., October 9, 2006 – Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that it has agreed to acquire YouTube, the consumer media company for people to watch and share original videos through a Web experience, for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction. Following the acquisition, YouTube will operate independently to preserve its successful brand and passionate community. [Source]
There’s some CYA! "Yes, we own them but they operate independently so you can’t touch our bank accounts with your lawsuits!" Of course, some questions remain unanswered. If you fear the transition to Google, you can use other services like Dailymotion. So, while you still can, watch Jon Stewart on Bush speeches. The best part of this video starts at 3:33.
An interest tidbit for you Daily Show lovers. The theme song is performed by none other than They Might Be Giants. The original theme song is "Dog on Fire" by Bob Mould.
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