Gabe & Max’s Internet Thing
Here’s a little Friday levity for blog readers. As I continue to develop the Bass Blog Music Store and other online ventures, I begin to feel a little bit like these guys. This video is definitely one of the funniest things I’ve seen in recent months. I especially like the bit [...]
My cats wake me up this way every single day (!)
Not even a whiff of double bass in this post, aside from the fact that so many bassists seem to have cats. My wife Courtney sent me a copy of this extremely cute video last week, and after also getting a copy from Holly Mulcahy, I decided that it just had to go on [...]
Vote Bass! photo from Madeleine Crouch
Madeleine Crouch, the metaphorical glue that holds together the International Society of Bassists, sent out this excellent photo reminding bassists where they should place their upcoming votes:
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Crazy street people also love music…
While taking care of business in residential Chicago today, I happened to find myself following a homeless guy who was carrying a white radio with suction cups (the kind that people mount in their showers). He was blasting Barry White on this little thing and singing along–pretty decently, I might add–as he did a little [...]
Orca the cat goes to work on the toilet paper
Bass blog contributor Benjy sent me a link to this video of Orca the cat demolishing a roll of toilet paper. I’ve definitely seen my cats do this kind of thing, although not to this extent!
Incidentally, I checked the archives before putting this video out on the blog, and the last time I put out [...]
Story Time: Cabs - Video Episode
This is the video version of my recent Story Time with Contrabass Conversations episode about cabs. It’s…well…..sort of a video, anyway. Check it out and see. I have taken various photos and put them together in a kind of slideshow/documentary/video podcast episode. If you’re a podcast subscriber (and if you’re not, [...]
Hilarious Van Halen video - what happens when the synthesizer is wrong?
I stumbled upon this blog post over the weekend, discovering a very funny Van Halen video from early October, 2007. Apparently, the synthesizer in the opening of the classic Van Halen tune ‘Jump’ started playing at 48K instead of 44.1 K, causing a….bit of a problem when the other instruments came in. Eddie Van Halen [...]
Story Time with Contrabass Conversations: Cabs
Welcome to Story Time with the Contrabass Conversations podcast! This new venture was inspired by the great podcast Digital Flotsam (along with a healthy dose of This American Life), and it features me narrating my story about fitting basses in cabs, along with topical songs, sound effects, and more.
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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 it out–it’s fantastic) and This American Life–in other words, I wanted [...]
