Lately Coldplay’s Paradise has been on the radio nonstop. It’s been on my playlist for a personal reason besides the fact that Paradise is their best song in awhile. The fluidity and oomph of the intermittent bass line alone sets it apart from most of its peers. The relaxed beat and well-choreographed interplay of the piano, [...]
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Coldplay– Eh?
Posted in Music, tagged Aaron English, Amy Lee, Anthem, Anthem video, bass line, Chris Martin, Coldplay, Coldplay video, Coldplay's Paradise, dancing bear, elephant, London Underground, male female duet, music, music video, Paradise, parrot dies, pop music, Shaun Morgan, Venice beach, Weird Al, Xiren, Xiren Paradise, YouTube on May 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Great Piano Drop
Posted in History, Music, tagged 1968, 60s culture, Alan Stein, Carnation, cotton candy, Country Joe and the Fish, Duvall, farm, Great Piano Drop, helicopter, heritage, HistoryLink, illegal drug use, LSD, marijuana, musical festival, piano upright piano, Sky River Rock, Snoqualmie Valley, the sixties, Van Over, Walt Crowley, Woodstock on April 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Around 1992, a local told me about The Great Piano Drop. If you’re like me, your reaction was just “the what?” But once I heard the story, I understood why it’s legendary. If you’ve ever lived in or around Duvall, this is part of your heritage. In April of 1968, at a farm in Duvall, [...]
Kitchen Dancing
Posted in Music, Pop Culture, Silliness, tagged Bach's Little, baking, band, Bernstein, bottomless microphone stand, broccoli, Caballo Pelotero, Can't Fight This Feeling, cashew butter, celiac, celiac disease, chef, citrus fruit, closet singer, cocoa nibs, Conga, cooking, cooking with kids, dairy-free, dancing, drums, drumstick spoons, egg-free, Falco, family cooking, Fell On Black Days, Fire Woman, food allergies, food allergy, Footloose, Forerigner, fridge, fugue, fun with food, George Clinton, Gloria Estefan, gluten intolerance, gluten-free, guitar hero, guitar spatula, Hal Sparks, harmony, hidden talent, high kick, Honda Civic, I Want To Know What Love is, joyful noise, Kenny Loggins, kitchen, kitchen dancing, kitchen rhythm, Kool & The Gang, Le Gran Combo, macchiato, Mahler's Titan, makeshift microphone stand, microphone tongs, Mix Stix, Open Sesame, orange juice, oyster sauce, Panama, pink guitar, Princes of the Universe, prosciutto, Queen, REO Speedwagon, rice milk, Right Now, Rock Me Amadeus, rock on, rock star, salsa, Sammy Hagar, sauces, seafood, self-conscious about singing, singing, singing in car, singing in kitchen, Son Cubano, Soundgarden, soy-free, spaghetti, spareribs, The Cult, Twisted Sister, Van Halen, wailing, We Want The Funk, We're Not Gonna Take It, Weird Al on April 7, 2011 | 4 Comments »
HEEEREE WE ARE! BORN TO BE CHEFS WE MAKE SAUCES OF THE UNIVERSE (duh dun, dun dun, dun dun) Here WE belong Fighting for the rice milk– We have to make prosciutto for you all! In the privacy of my own car and kitchen, I am a rock star. Aren’t you? This culinary take on [...]
Woodkash? Normir?
Posted in Music, tagged Aaron English, Aaron English Band, Beatles, heart out with a spoon, Kashmir, Led Zeppelin, medley, Norwegian Wood, Sheriff of Nottingham, spoon, Two Sticks on February 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1e_0cF6whM The Aaron English Band has released its latest video, a medley of The Beatles’ Norwegian Wood and Led Zeppelin’s Kashmir. It was recorded in Seattle’s Two Sticks studio. Admittedly, I am not a big fan of the Beatles’ music after they met Bob Dylan. He introduced them to Puff the Magic Dragon (wink, wink). [...]
English’s Language
Posted in Music, Pop Culture, tagged Aaron English, Aaron English Band, All the Waters of This World, American music, American [fever] Dream, Believe, Cheb Mami, damp basement, David Byrne, Deep Blue Quiet Places, Emerald City, folk, God Bless You and Your Man, grunge, introspection, lactose intolerance, local music, piano man from Seattle, pop, reflection, rhododendrons, Salish, salt water, Seattle artist, Seattle music, songs from the rain, Space Needle, Starbucks, The Marriage of the Sun and the Moon, world beat on January 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ah, Seattle, home of Starbucks, the Space Needle, and grunge. Since its inception more than 20 years ago, the Emerald City has been associated with the angst-saturated sounds of modern rock’s wrong turn down a dark alley. Thankfully there is a new generation of musical artists who are helping our area become known for more [...]
Rob McCoy on Fire
Posted in Faith, Music, tagged Can You Hear Me?, CD, Christian artist, firefighter, Haiti, mission work, My Hero, orphanage, paramedic, relief, Rob McCoy, Rob McCoy on Fire on November 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Isn’t it funny when you assume that someone’s talents and interests are somehow limited to their job description? Only recently I learned that a longtime family friend, a firefighter/paramedic, is also the musical director at his church and has recorded several CDs. On that note (pun intended), I’d like to introduce readers to Rob McCoy [...]
