Category Archives: Music

Our church choir director calls the phenomenon “tune bondage.” It’s a state of complete captivity to the music in your head. Ever get a song stuck in there? I do. All the time. Here, I catalog the bands I’m listening to, concerts I’m attending, and our choir updates.

Arcade Fire concert

Sarah and I went to the Arcade Fire concert at Red Rocks Amphitheater a few weeks ago. It was great!

choir notes

I love singing in our choir. We’ve been singing some old spirituals1 and this morning we sang “The Battle Of Jericho”.
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Recap: Brahms Day 3

Rewind a week and a half to our Friday night performance of Brahms’ German Requiem. The concert hall wasn’t full, but there were still about 800 or so seats filled. The orchestra was assembled and emanating that wondrously cacophonic trill of tuning instruments. The choir had warmed up with scales, the last [...]

Brahms: day 2

150 voices, full string section of violins, celli, french horns, harp, percussion — awesome.

Brahms & anger management

This is the Lenten season.

Big Blue

Would you believe it? I joined a choir.

hurdy gurdy

Sarah and I went to a cool dinner party last Saturday. Among the interesting conversations, the words “hurdy gurdy” came up.

Lost religion

Flaming Lips and the Search for Manhood

Saying this is “just” a pop song is like saying a classic Roman arch is a pile of stone with a slit up the middle.
– Pitchfork Media review

Some new music!

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

My band

When I learn to play the guitar, I will name my band…

Lyric of the day

“The universe is shaped exactly like the earth
if you go straight long enough you’ll end up where you were.”

The Innocence Mission

One of my new favorite bands is Innocence Mission. I just love them. They really connect emotionally with me.

White Stripes album poetry

This is from the liner notes from the Elephant album.