PaulThology

I thought I would wait to review this until it was in stores, but why?  Last night, Over the Rhine, one of my favorite bands, did a live webcast of their forthcoming album, “Trumpet Child,” due in stores Aug. 21.  It was 44 minutes of pure heaven, even in mono through cheap computer speakers.  They […]

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I recently got wind of an interesting software called MXplay, which offers a lot of functionality. It’s a media player in beta (V. 1.1) with some neat features, but I’ll stick to MediaMonkey for now, the #2 downloaded music player software (iTunes is #1). Someday I’ll get around to trying Songbird. I’m […]

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I like internet radio because of the choices offered. XM is 170 stations, Sirius another 198, but I have the entire globe to peruse for music in whatever mood or language I want. I don’t mind the commercials that help pay for the radio broadcast, but I will mind if my options become […]

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With the Bears reappearing in the Super Bowl, I recalled what a fever I had as a tween for team songs, particularly the Super Bowl Shuffle. I’m not sure how much of my enjoyment of the song is directly related to backup QB Steve Fuller’s rhythm-challenged performance (he’s #4), or McMahon’s ego.
While the […]

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Am I the only one who thinks that it’s fun to do wordplay with song titles?
In country music, we’ve gone from Mel McDaniel’s “Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On” (1985) to Joe Nichols’ “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off” (2005). But if you want to make sure you get some lovin’, just make sure you […]

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I became a John Mellencamp fan in the early 80s like many of us…only I stayed on through Big Daddy, Whenever We Wanted, Human Wheels, Dance Naked, etc, only dropping him out of my top 5 in the past few years. Why? It started out as a genuine downturn in music quality, having […]

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Concerts have become too expensive for me (in terms of value, not price), at least for the major artists. Thus I try and see who is coming to the affordable and smaller venues (I consider $20 or less affordable) in town. These days, I keep my eyes open for the following musicians’ passing […]

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Do you have music that you used to love, but now can’t stand?
Let me clarify why my topic today is odd, and doesn’t fall under common reasons for losing taste in certain musicians.
Don’t count examples such as the Dixie Chicks, where politics entered into the fold.
Don’t count examples where you can say “I loved their […]

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For kicks today, I looked at my collection of 6000+ MP3s in a different light. I’m normally all about having the Genre and Song Titles correct. And for the most part they are. But the “Year Released” function sheds a new light on the breadth of my music collection. But not […]

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Musicians all over the world are acting like the King family (MLK’s family) with their desire to protect, rather than disseminate, the good work. You see, guitar tablature web sites (OLGA.net is the biggest) are being shut down after being sent threatening letters by the NMPA (National Music Publishers’ Association) and (MPA) Music Publishers’ […]

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