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Weekly Wrap-Up

This is my first real week of vacation in over six months, and it is a humongous relief to finally have come time to kick back and relax. As a result of all this discretionary time, I have made some big behind-the-scenes changes to the blog and the podcast–the...

Orchestra of basses plays Mozart Piano Concerto

You’ll love it or you’ll hate it–check out this double bass nonet recording of a Mozart Piano Concerto slow movement, complete with piano soloist! This group has also been featured on the blog in a recording of Miloslav Gajdos Christmas tunes:More...

2004 Gagnon double bass for sale

I just put out a new listing on the bass blog For Sale page that I’d like to call to people’s attention. Milwaukee-area bassist Mike Britz is selling a 2004 Gagnon double bass which is a really excellent instrument. I’ve played on several of these in...

Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace

I stumbled upon a fascinating essay recently through Dana Boyd’s blog about how class differences manifest themselves in whether a teen chooses to use Facebook or MySpace. In it, she hypothesizes that the ‘preps’ go for Facebook while the...