Philosophy
Today would be Bill Monroe's 100th birthday. Looking back on the legacy of the man who gave us bluegrass, it makes you wonder how much things have changed in that century. Could there be another Bill Monroe, that is, could there be another person who creates a new and lasting genre of music in the same way? Twenty years ago, one might have said that corporate control of and consolidation in the music industry would leave little fertiel soil for anything experimental enough. But then one could look at hip hop as a similar creation, if not ex nihilo, at least differentiable into its own category from what had come before. Does the current landscape leave room for future Bill Monroes whose talent and dedication to something new can put a novel locale on the popular musical landscape?
Happy birthday, Bill Monroe.
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I was listening to an NPR discussion concerning the entry of the music service Spotify into the U.S. market. The basic service is free, but to have the capabilities that any real music fan would want, there is a monthly fee -- of course. It led me to...
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- Feast Of Saint Bill
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If you have it, spend it. "Marilyn Monroe's Seven Year Itch dress sells for $4.6m" June 19th, 2011 BBC NEWS The white dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch has sold for $4.6m (£2.8m) at an auction in Los Angeles. The...
Philosophy
Happy Birthday, Bill Monroe
Today would be Bill Monroe's 100th birthday. Looking back on the legacy of the man who gave us bluegrass, it makes you wonder how much things have changed in that century. Could there be another Bill Monroe, that is, could there be another person who creates a new and lasting genre of music in the same way? Twenty years ago, one might have said that corporate control of and consolidation in the music industry would leave little fertiel soil for anything experimental enough. But then one could look at hip hop as a similar creation, if not ex nihilo, at least differentiable into its own category from what had come before. Does the current landscape leave room for future Bill Monroes whose talent and dedication to something new can put a novel locale on the popular musical landscape?
Happy birthday, Bill Monroe.
- The Overhead Of Contemporary Life
I was listening to an NPR discussion concerning the entry of the music service Spotify into the U.S. market. The basic service is free, but to have the capabilities that any real music fan would want, there is a monthly fee -- of course. It led me to...
- Bullshit Or Not: Beethoven Edition
There's an old sketch film called Amazon Women on the Moon and one of the bits is a parody of the old Leonard Nimoy show, In Search Of... called, Bullshit or Not? with the tagline "Bullshit or not? You decide." It's a line I like so much that...
- Feast Of Saint Bill
Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists Everywhere, This week saw the feast day of Saint Bill. Bill Murray turned 58. A native Chicagoan, he was born into a large Catholic family. Murray worked his way through Catholic school as a caddy and then...
- The Feast Of Saint Bill...right
Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists Everywhere, Bertrand Russell, in his autobiography, writes that his life was changed when he found a book by John Stuart Mill in his father's library. I had a similar experience, only I found a copy of...
- $4,600.00...for A Dress?
If you have it, spend it. "Marilyn Monroe's Seven Year Itch dress sells for $4.6m" June 19th, 2011 BBC NEWS The white dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch has sold for $4.6m (£2.8m) at an auction in Los Angeles. The...