A Sort of Homecoming

MP3: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - an unofficial soundtrack

2010-04-01T09:28:00.003-04:00

On the Sunny Side of the Street - Sidney Bechet
I’m Through With Love - Arthur Prysock
Them There Eyes - Billie Holiday
Dreamsville - Brad Mehldau
When I Fall in Love - Nat King Cole
Perdido - The Quintet (Live at Massey Hall)
Blues in the Night - Kansas City Band
My Man’s Gone Now - Sarah Vaughan
If - Jane Monheit
And So it Goes - Karrin Allyson
Whatever Possessed Me - Chet Baker
My One and Only Love - Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane
Remembering Chet - Chris Botti

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MP3: Life - A Soundtrack

2010-04-01T09:04:00.001-04:00

An hour and 40 minutes of movie music from the 90's -
http://twinfires.podomatic.com/enclosure/2010-03-31T10_06_12-07_00.mp3.

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WMA: On the Sunny Side of the Street by Sidney Bechet

2010-03-30T13:18:00.001-04:00

Download now or listen on posterous

Bechet Sunnyside.wma (2965 KB)

My favorite piece of music, first heard on the JFK soundtrack.

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Photo: Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland

2010-03-30T10:49:00.001-04:00

a favorite place

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The Problem of Possible Redemption

2010-03-30T10:42:00.001-04:00

Fletcher Harrell The Problem Of Possible Redemption 2003 by Fletcher Harrell
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Ulysses_Redemption.mp3 (12884 KB)

An MP3 rip of the Fletcher Harrell video based on Ulysses -
http://www.harrellfletcher.com/videos/redemption.html.>

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Love Action Luvs

2010-03-19T15:50:00.001-04:00

I'm excited to discover this, weekly music mixes from an old podcasting friend. That blog sho is stylin'.

Amnesia by Blu

2010-03-19T15:03:00.002-04:00

I like this - great Billie Holiday sample:

You can hear more on his myspace.

Josh Groban - Vincent (Stary, Stary Night) - Live

2010-03-19T13:50:00.001-04:00

My favorite songs at a recent concert

2010-03-08T12:10:00.002-05:00

They sounded better live - Muruch wrote this review.

Hello World - Lady Antebellum

Still - Tim McGraw

Send in the Clowns by Carmen McRae

2010-03-05T09:20:00.001-05:00

Loving this song lately:

Send In The Clowns - Carmen Mc...

Anais Mitchell - Hadestown: The Wall

2010-02-05T11:41:00.001-05:00

Loving this album - out next month, review forthcoming at http://muruch.com.

I've Been Crushing on Lana Turner

2010-02-03T10:22:00.001-05:00

Elsewhere

2010-01-11T10:28:00.001-05:00

I recently reviewed 'Up in the Air' for muruch.com, and introduced a favorite song from last year for Contrast Podcast.

Last Night at the Lobster

2009-12-16T10:34:00.001-05:00

This Stewart O'Nan book has been on my mind a lot lately, along with other favorite "literature of the working class" - The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland and Brendan Wolf by Brian Malloy.

One of my most memorable music moments of the year.

2009-12-16T10:27:00.001-05:00

"Babylon" by David Carbonara from 'Mad Men'.

Bitz of Brin #78 - Please Say Something

2009-11-21T12:09:00.001-05:00

Another of my favorite songs lately

fix you

2009-11-21T12:08:00.001-05:00

One of my favorite movie moments this year

Of Time and the City

2009-11-14T14:46:00.001-05:00

The reason 'Consolation in D Major' is my favorite piece of music this month.

Consolation in D Flat Major; Franz Liszt 1811-1886, played by Annette Servadei.

2009-11-14T14:40:00.000-05:00

My favorite piece of music this month.

Beethoven 9th Symphony: Ode to Joy 3 • Volker Hartung, conductor

2009-10-27T10:43:00.001-04:00

Oh friends, not these tones!
Rather, let us raise our voices in more pleasing
And more joyful sounds!
Joy! Joy!
[...]
Whoever has had the great fortune
To be a friend's friend,
Whoever has won a devoted wife,
Join in our jubilation!
Indeed, whoever can call even one soul,
His own on this earth!
And whoever was never able to, must creep
Tearfully away from this band!
[...]
Be embraced, millions!
This kiss for the whole world!
Brothers, above the starry canopy
Must a loving Father dwell.
Do you bow down, millions?
Do you sense the Creator, world?
Seek Him beyond the starry canopy!
Beyond the stars must He dwell.

Mahler 3rd - Finale - Dudamel

2009-10-27T10:32:00.001-04:00

Kinda obsessed with Mahler right now.

Bring It On Home To Me

2009-10-27T10:22:00.001-04:00

Great cover of a great song.

Finnegans Wake

2009-07-11T11:28:00.008-04:00

I started reading this complex but rewarding Joyce book a couple of weeks ago, and then noticed some twitter activity between Rian Johnson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt about adapting a page of the book into a short film. I decided to upload an MP3 of my narration of the page, and it was used in this.

Thanks to Clara Aranovich for putting my voice in a short film!

The Page 439 project coincides with my first trip back to Ireland in four years and has deepened my obsession with Joyce and his work. This clip from archive.org incorporates the language of Finnegans Wake and is my favorite MP3 of the year so far.

Gary Moore with Phil Lynott - Parisienne Walkways (live)

2009-06-22T11:04:00.001-04:00

Buddy Guy

2009-06-22T09:09:00.004-04:00

On Friday evening, I witnessed the greatest live music event of my life. I’ve been to around twenty Mountain Stage shows during my nine years in West Virginia – many were good, some were great, but none prepared me for the raw energy, the electrification of a crown, the transformative experience that was Buddy Guy.

Buddy Guy is noble, a nobility few artists have earned. Buddy Guy is playful, in a way few artists are brave enough to be, taunting the audience with his artistry. He created a unique musical event, flitting between songs he has known intimately for decades, mimicking the playing styles of Clapton, Hendrix and more, calling out to his bandmated and taking joy in their responses. He played his guitar as if it were part of himself, one-handed, or behind his back, or with his teeth. Yet, none of it seemed ostentatious. He was simply sharing his gift. My wife reviewed the entire Mountain Stage show for the Charleston Gazette, and here are some YouTube clips that attempt to capture the magic of Buddy Guy: