05/24/2007
Stein reappears on the airwaves, courtesy of WFMU (in music & sound)
My show, A Rough Mix, will be returning to WFMU for the summer after a 10-year hiatus. If you're in the NY/NJ metropolitan area, tune your FM receivers to 91.1 FM Thursdays at 7 PM. The show also streams live on the web from WFMU.org, and it's ... Read More
05/23/2007
Chuck Jones, with sound effects (in music & sound)
Witty, abstract, and completely psychedelic, Now Hear This is an apparently rare gem from director Chuck Jones of Warner Bros. fame. It's an altogether stunning combination of gorgeous graphic design and the genius use of sound effects. And, qui ... Read More
Break recipe (in music & sound)
The Kitchen Beatbox. Excellent. "The Electro Ffffffunk Daddy Superstar Break." Read More
05/08/2007
Could you make it a little bit more like the demo tape? (in music & sound)
The Jackson 5 audition for Motown. And I don't care that the sound is beat, and that everyone else in the world has probably seen this already. (thanks to bernardo for the reminder) Read More
05/06/2007
Back by popular demand (in music & sound)
My previous Sam Ulano post, the tale of Little Red Rhumbahood, received some positive feedback, so I offer here one of the master's lesser known gems. From a rare instructional LP on the art of show drumming - accompanying and punctuating a ... Read More
Where are the new filmmakers coming from? (in music & sound)
My friends Henry and Nancy are unchooling their 2 kids, Ray and Ada. Ray and Ada don't attend school, but aren't "homeschooled" in the sense of a parent standing in front of a map of the world with a pointer, while the kids sit at little desks i ... Read More
The original Sunshine Boys (in music & sound)
In Neil Simon's screamingly funny film The Sunshine Boys, George Burns and Walter Matthau play the aging vaudeville comedy team Lewis and Clark, whose classic Dr. Kronkite sketch is one of the centerpieces of the production. Digging through m ... Read More
05/02/2007
Ralphie's Bop City Pt. 7: Letting go (in music & sound)
My plans re: Ralphie's have solidified somewhat; when I return from this not-so-whirlwind tour in Eire, Germany, and Switzerland, I'll attempt to put up a separate blog and stash all the Ralphie's material there, adding to it occasionally until ... Read More
Archaeology in the UK (in music & sound)
musiclikedirt posted a bunch of Steinski MP3's including several bits I haven't listened to in a long time, or lost my copies of many moves ago. And the things they have to say are so nice I'm blushing. Read More
05/01/2007
Revisiting a classic (in music & sound)
Think for a minute about the skills involved in drumming; coordination, timekeeping, the subtleties of emphasis. Add the complexities of a drum kit - snare, kick, toms, cymbals. Factor in the involvement of all 4 limbs keeping perfect time simul ... Read More