We all know (and many of us dislike) that in some countries there is a different Internet: the Chinese, for example, or Iranians don’t see what we see, and if they search…
Category: Chicagoan
Dynamite Woman
Koko Taylor (1928 – 2009)
Sweet Home Chicago Blues
It’s finally time to go, leave Chicago and head back to Europe. I’m sad: I loved it here, I had fun, I met great people, I learned a whole lot of stuff,…
Typephase a go go
More music (less talk! was the slogan of Kiss FM NYC in the 80s: kind of hard knowing me). This time I’ve rechewed Johannes Brahms’ Hungarian Dance #5 using a slightly different…
My kind of party
Here are the lyrics to Wang Dang Doodle, a song written by Willie Dixon for Howlin’ Wolf (and subsequently covered by just about everyone, including PJ Harvey, ZZ Top and the sublime…
Boleros statement
I wrote a statement for Boleros, about reclaiming musicology. It’s here.