compared to what

Last summer, I bought Bill Wither’s Just as I am with the idea that I would somewhat systematically make sure I’d heard every late, great album I’d missed on the first pass. The big hit of this album was Ain’t No Sunshine, but it’s also the source of Hope She’ll Be Happier. I never got [...]

This is out now.

Slam sampler (link expires 7/3/08): download
And for listening only, Knowles exquisite take on Hendrix’ Redhouse

This is tale of some great music and some clever marketing:

Posting last week on the absolutely fine blues/rock band, Back Door Slam, got me digging through video and generally looking at what’s on-line for these guys. I was really trying to [...]

a Modern Man

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He was the first comedian whose name I knew, because my Mom would stop everything when he came on. Nobody dug in like he did. Most of his stuff can’t be embedded, but it’s worth digging back through again yourself. RIP.

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Lyrics, schmyrics. Go, Joe!

More underground than thou:

Based on info posted at New Music Tip Sheet, the news that Vanguard Records was going to be releasing a CD of Taylor Hicks’ early works bounced happily across the internet. This sounded like interesting news, so I spent a pleasant afternoon listening to some of their catalog and downloading. (Some of the fruits [...]

Wrong:

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Robot Guitar
Right:

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Moog guitar

I’ve always been intrigued by and suspicious of genetic algorithms. I’d like to think my brain is more logical than that. Of course, that, in itself, is weak, because surely genetic algorithms just define a more complex logic. In any case, I keep forgetting about pandora.com, the cool little music pushing site, except when my [...]

Welcome to the revamped, ported c2what. I’m still tweaking things and still have most of the lost audio to re-upload, but the guts are all here. If you’re an old reader and wondering about the changes or how to find things, here’s what’s going on: