Scott Rosenthal and Jason goof off before interview

Last week I put out some fun Photo Booth photos of Elgin Symphony bassists Tim Shaffer and Scott Rosenthal.  Well, I got in on the action earlier this year as well, just before interviewing Scott for Contrabass Conversations: I love Photo Booth!

Story Time with Contrabass Conversations launching this week

Ever since I got into podcasting, I have been itching to do what I’m launching this week.  My original idea for starting a podcast was something like a combination of Digital Flotsam (if you haven’t heard this show, stop what you’re doing and check...

Bob Dylan’s incomprehensible rants

New York Magazine did a very amusing spread last week about The Most Incomprehensible Bob Dylan Interviews of All Time. One of my personal favorites is this clip from 1965 chastising Time reporter Horace Judson (who looks horribly uncomfortable)...

Dean Ferrell – Captain Tobias video

This video defies description. It is an hour long double bass performance/speech/dramatization featuring double bassist Dean Ferrell as Captain Tobias. This is a one person show of epic proportions–strange, compelling, and totally hilarious. Dean Ferrell went to...

The MC Hammer school of English

It’s video Friday here on the blog this week! I found this adorable and amazing performance of a Taiwanese English class through a recent Boing Boing post. Although utterly hilarious from a native English speaker perspective (especially given the MC Hammer...