Archive for August, 2009
Guitar man
How different would our world be if Les Paul had not electrified the world with his classic electric guitar, the Gibson Les Paul? Here’s CNN’s report on the death of the patron saint of electric guitar devotees: Les Paul, whose innovations with the electric guitar and studio technology made him one of the most important [...]
Filed under: Les Paul, Music, Three chords and the truth | Leave a Comment
Tags: electric guitar, Gibson guitars, Les Paul, rock guitars
Songbird
OK. Say what you will. I don’t care. I like this song, “Songbird,” by the late Eva Cassidy: OK. I’ll give you this. If I start posting songs by John Denver, say, or Barry Manilow, or — God save me — Neil Diamond, then call the attendants from Wingdale, tell them where I am, and [...]
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Tags: Eva Cassidy
American smooth
The title of this posting, “American Smooth,” is a clue and a description. Back in 1998, I got involved with a poetry program at my local high school and had the nerve to ask one of our nation’s greatest poets — Robert Pinsky, who had just been named U.S. Poet Laureate — to take part [...]
Filed under: Book talk, books, Delaware Valley Poetry Festival, New Jersey, Poetry, Robert Pinsky, writing | 1 Comment
Tags: "Sonata Mulattica", Delaware Valley Poetry Festival, Diane Wakoski, Gerald Stern, Louise Gluck, New Jersey poetry, Nicholas DiGiovanni, Paul Muldoon, Poetry, Rita Dove
