I’m Not In Love
Ever wondered what makes an all-time classic song? Maybe it’s three-part harmonies and some tricky guitar work — or maybe...
Piano Fighter
Where can I download free, officially sanctioned recordings of Warren Zevon live performances from throughout his career? Amazingly enough, there...
Save East Greenbush Music!
Mark Wood dazzles East Greenbush strings students before their two-day workshop, Electrify Your Strings Times are hard, no question, and...
Hannah and Mark Wood on “Eleanor Rigby”
Hannah and Mark Wood on “Eleanor Rigby”, originally uploaded by carljohnson. At Saturday night’s “Electrify Your Strings” performance with Mark...
Too much rock for one hand
Or one weekend. Spent the whole day yesterday shooting the great kids in the East Greenbush Central School District strings...
Weird and felty
We tend to remember TV of the ’70s as safe and formulaic. Overall, that was true, but there was some...
Support Your Local Orchestra!
Our high school orchestra is involved in a very cool project to bring Mark Wood, late of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra,...
I got a letter from my Fred
Thanks to J. Eric Smith for reminding me of last summer’s extensive (and never really quite closed-out) Joe Cocker Phase,...
A little like a turnip green
It’s a miserable, rainy spring Sunday, it’s all I can do to stay awake while reading about the French and...
The Salt (City Rock) gets in your ears
The kids will never believe it, but mom and dad were hip once, and spent crazy amounts of time around...