Posts Categorized: music, the internet, and life

My first interesting online acquaintance

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I just met someone through last.fm. I liked her crazy wild gypsy music and I sent her a message about it. Now we’ve been getting acquainted. Her parents had to leave Chile during the dictatorship. She’s a big traveler, a musician, and helps her aunt teach school in Chile sometimes though she lives stateside otherwise…. Read more »

Old instruments, modern technology

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I would never have dreamed just a few years ago that I could get great world/roots music from the Internet. iTunes is great if you want American pop, but Calabash is the place to go for more variety. Like Magnatune, they give a big chunk of their profit to the artists themselves. They don’t use… Read more »

It’s a good day when

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Like some people have an insatiable hunger for thrills, I crave peace and quiet and lack of stimulation. It’s a good day when I wake up later than 4:30 am, and I have the energy to answer nature when it calls, not a couple of hours later. I’m having a good day so far. I’m… Read more »