New stories and articles starting this week

I have been working on several new gig stories and music-related articles this summer, and I will be putting out the next part in my series Basses, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles tomorrow. I will basically be putting out a new article or story each week, and...

Crisis in American newspaper arts coverage

The Rest is Noise alerted me to a recent Wall Street Journal column by About Last Night blogger Terry Teachout. He writes: “We’re the last generation of newspaper critics, you know,” a New York drama critic told me the other day. “After us,...

Read the bass blog in jive talk

John Floeter sent me a link to an insanely funny service called Gizoogle which allows you to read my blog in glorious Snoop Dog jive talk. You can click here to read the whole site in jive (warning–lots of profanity if you try it) , or check out this version of...

Bass shot of the day

Has anyone out there done much playing on these “chopped off” tour basses? I wonder if they are much easier to get on a plane and how closely the sound resembles that of a standard bass.Related Posts:Maggini exhibition photobeautiful Millennium Park...