Dem Convention Music, Day 2: Tuesday Night Grab-Bag

The music for Tuesday night was kind of a grab-bag — a bit of a let down from Monday night’s funk-fest, if you ask me. There were many fills that I didn’t recognize, and most of the ones I did know didn’t really seem thematically related to the speaker they introduced (or to the one [...]

Your Questions Answered, vol. 2!

Ian from Australia wrote in asking about a popular song based on a melody from an organ concerto by Camille Saint-Saëns. He had heard the pop song before he heard the classical work it was based on, and was trying to find out who recorded the song.
I’m happy to report that Miss Music Nerd’s Musical [...]

Et tu, CBC?

One of the nice things about living in Detroit (yes, there are some!) is that we’re close enough to Canada to pick up the CBC radio stations. I cannot stand commercial radio — the ads are so obnoxious, I can rarely wait to see if there’ll even be any music scattered among them, let alone [...]

A Nerdy Playlist for New Year’s Eve

The end of 2007 is upon us! Hard to believe, isn’t it?
You can find plenty of New Year’s Eve playlists if you search online, and many of them are compilations of the best and/or most popular songs of 2007. (Not necessarily the same thing! )
I wanted to do something more, shall we say, [...]

Barry. Freakin’. Manilow!!!

I’ve been to see Barry Manilow, Live, in Concert, and I have the glow-stick to prove it!

One of the perks of working for a large organization is that once in awhile, you get something for free. McDoc occasionally gets emails from his department administrator offering tickets for various sporting events to the first resident who [...]