Freddie Hubbard’s Spirit Lives On

Freddie Hubbard, one of the great jazz trumpeters of the last 50 years, died Monday night of complications from a recent heart attack. He was 70. Hubbard made his recording debut on Blue Note with the dazzling Open Sesame, and followed with a string of successful albums for the label including Hub-Tones and Ready for [...]

Bowl Games – What’s in a Name?

What do GMAC, GM, Ford, AutoZone, Roady’s Truck Stops, Bell Helicopter, Emerald Nuts and the New Mexico Department of Tourism have in common?  If you were thinking bailout, you’d be close, but that’s not it.  Yes, they do have some connection to the transportation industry, but that’s not it either.  The answer is football!  These [...]

The Roots of Accidental Music

In my last post, I explored the idea of accidental music – the serendipitous and random nature of a first encounter.   My first exposure to the music of Pat Metheny happened while browsing through a stack of LPs in a used record store some 25 years ago.  Without even having heard of the group, [...]

Accidental Music

When I was a sophomore in college back in the early 80′s , I serendipitously discovered the music of Pat Metheny. I was looking through a stack of used albums at a local record store when I came across a album cover with a bunch of glistening airstream RV trailers photographed against a blue sky. I [...]

WBW #52 – Value Reds from Chile

This is my first Wine Blogging Wednesday, and I am excited to be a part of it.  I’m particularly pleased that Cheap Wine Ratings is hosting because good cheap wine is just about the only wine I know.  And the theme is perfect for me because I’ve been drinking inexpensive Chilean reds for the last 15 [...]

Bail Out the Big One – GM

The Big Three want a bailout – to be rescued from their own incompetence, demanding immediate loans – a little slice of the 700 billion pie.  Interestingly, in two week’s time, their demands went from 25 billion to 34 billion.  With the new Jobless Report out signaling the worst numbers in 34 years, the Big Three [...]

What are you listening to right now?

Right now I’m listening to a tune called Double Rocker from the UK band Stereolab.  Check out the vid, to hear the song.  If you like what you hear, hop on over to Listen free at Last.fm for vids and streams of the band, and sample some tunes from their compilation Serene Velocity at AllMusic.com. [...]

Light Sweet Crude on Pancakes

Every time I hear light sweet crude, I think of pancakes.  And at 51 dollars a barrel, it’s a better deal than maple syrup!

Ask Your Doctor

Lipitor, Caduet, Nexium (the purple pill), Abilify, Plaxil, Imitrex, Viagra, Levitra, Cialis, Flomax – No, I don’t take any of these prescription drugs, but I feel like I know all about them.  And if you watch any TV at all, you might know them well too.  Ask your doctor if Caduet is right for you?  [...]