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Comment on Jim Cramer of CNBC suggests illegally manipulating the market. by Our illuminating jester. | Josh McNeill

Our illuminating jester. | Josh McNeill — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:39:41 +0000

[...] here’s a follow up to the last blog I posted, having to do with Jim Cramer of CNBC suggesting that hedge fund managers should manipulate the [...]

Comment on George Hurd Ensemble at Hotel Utah SF with Harlan Otter and William S Braintree by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:21:22 +0000

Well, I’m always up for injecting a little criticism. Having no first hand experience with any of these composers, outside of taking advantage of a few sample songs, I have little reserves to pull from, but to me, it seems like none of their rhythmic styles really compliment the others. With the exception of Philip Glass, many of the others operate pretty far outside any specific genre of music as it is, to the point where, if an infusion of their styles/sound were attempted, it would only provoke a cacophonous battle for dominance. George Hurd’s rain-drop, “pizzicato” style sounds a bit similar to the work of Thomas Newman, who scored American Beauty. And, I can easily see the influential ‘roots’ of Aphex Twin in William S. Brain’tree’ (to indulge in mediocre paronomasia), quite dominantly so in Phalanx Fisticuffs. Alan Hovhaness’s pieces seem far too “shy” to be mixed in with the rest of that crowd. Jason McChristian & Doug Michael seem, on paper, to be appropriate choices to this end, but I was unable to find samples of their music. Philip Glass’s compositions, while much more traditional, are also more fluid and easily interpreted by the listener, which appear to leave him with the sole ability to bridge a musical nexus with the other artists. However, without actually experiencing how this ‘crossing of the streams’ was coordinated and observing the end result, I fear BS can only carry my critique so far…

Comment on Singing about bombs. by Olechka-persik

Olechka-persik — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:58:48 +0000

Thanks for post. Nice to see such good ideas.

Comment on It’s already different. by Vicki

Vicki — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:11:27 +0000

Thanks for the link, it looks like something I should bookmark and check up on regularly.

Comment on Awesomest crazy man ever. by Prue

Prue — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:10:52 +0000

You write very well.

Comment on Why do you care if big banks go under? by Allen Taylor

Allen Taylor — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:01:27 +0000

Nice writing. You are on my RSS reader now so I can read more from you down the road.

Allen Taylor

Comment on Why do you care if big banks go under? by Stacey Derbinshire

Stacey Derbinshire — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:00:37 +0000

I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.

Comment on Palin, an incoherent, babbling fool. by Chris Shumate

Chris Shumate — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:01:45 +0000

I agree entirely, she is not qualified in any way for the task at hand, she is simply being used as public image. unfortunatly she has added a lot of momentum to the mccain campaign…

Comment on LHC spin off? by Rick Boyer

Rick Boyer — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:01:11 +0000

I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you down the road!