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Category Archives: Music
Tuesday Tunes: Out-of-this-world rock band names
Listed below are band names (primarily from rock) that are out-of-this-world in nature. The most common terms are star (17), star (13), moon (13), sun (13), and space (7). Meanwhile Mars (8), Venus (6), Mercury (2), Jupiter (2), and Pluto … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, entertainment, fun, history, Language, Music, music reviews, Outer Space, Science, solar
Tagged astronomy, band names, fun, history, Moon, music, outer space, planets, rock, rock 'n'roll, satellites, space, stars, sun
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Three superb and fresh reads about Los Angeles
“These three books will certainly introduce readers to the width and breadth of mighty Los Angeles. If that entity, however you define it, resists a simple explanation, then so be it. For that may be one of the LA’s most endearing and enduring qualities.” Continue reading
Posted in art, book reviews, books, business, Cars, cities, culture, diversity, downtown, economics, entertainment, environment, fun, geography, government, Highway displacement, highways, hiking, historic preservation, history, homelessness, Housing, humanity, immigration, inclusiveness, industry, infrastructure, injustice, land use, literature, mountains, movies, Music, natural history, nature, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, pollution, racism, rail, recreation, Renewable Energy, revitalization, skylines, social equity, songs, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, technology, Television, third places, topography, tourism, Trade, traffic, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, trucking, urban design, urban planning, walking, weather, Wildlife, writing, zoning
Tagged arts, book reviews, books, Califronia, fresh, LA, literature, Los Angeles, new publications, reading, writing
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Finding “Los Angeles” amid the aura of “LA”
Downtown Los Angeles with the San Gabriel Mountains in the background – Source: unsplash.com Every city is unique unto itself. Just like human beings, cities have their own character, appearance, identity, flaws, attributes, and aesthetics. As a result, no single … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, architecture, art, bicycling, Biking, books, branding, business, Cars, cities, civics, commerce, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, engineering, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, film, fun, geography, highways, hiking, historic preservation, history, homelessness, Housing, humanity, inclusiveness, land use, literature, Love, mountains, movies, Music, nature, new urbanism, Passenger rail, pictures, place names, placemaking, planning, politics, rail, Railroads, recreation, skylines, skyscrapers, songs, spatial design, sprawl, technology, Television, theaters, third places, topography, toponymy, tourism, Trade, traffic, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, walking, writing, zoning
Tagged book reviews, books, California, cities, freeways, geography, history, LA, La La Land, land use, literature, Los Angeles, megacity, movies, planning, shows, Southern California, writing
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Tuesday tunes – Three part band names of the rock era
Not including band names that start with “The” or duos with “and” between their names. Members of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame are shown in bold and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in bold italics. Ace of … Continue reading
Posted in art, branding, Communications, entertainment, fun, Music, music reviews, songs, video
Tagged band names, music, rock
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Tuesday tunes: Favorite cover songs
SONG COVER ARTIST ORIGINAL ARTIST Gold Day The Joy Formidable Sparklehorse Enter Sandman Weezer Metallica Don’t Be Cruel Cheap Trick Elvis Presley Stairway to Heaven Heart Led Zeppelin (Oh) Pretty Woman Van Halen Roy Orbison Mr. Tamborine Man The Byrds … Continue reading
Posted in art, entertainment, Music, music reviews, video
Tagged art, entertainment, music, music covers, video
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Tuesday Tunes: Favorite studio album by year since 1970
As a follow-up to last weeks’ list, here are my favorite albums by year since 1970. The list identifies only studio albums, not greatest hits, live, compilation, or similar types of albums. For only two years (1990 and 1999), I … Continue reading
Posted in art, culture, entertainment, fun, history, Music, music reviews, product design, video, writing
Tagged album covers, albums, entertainment, fun, lyrics, music
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Tuesday Tunes: Chronology of my favorite music artists
Below is a table identifying my favorite musical artists over the years. As can be seen, they vary from time to time, with some appearing more than once. Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Weezer, The Stills, and Wolf Alice have all accomplished … Continue reading
Posted in art, Canada, Communications, culture, entertainment, fun, history, Ireland, Music, music reviews, pictures, Radio, UK, video, writing
Tagged Aerosmith, artists, Canada, Carole King, chronology, DCFC, Def Leppard, entertainment, Fleetwood Mac, fun, Ireland, Metric, music, Pat Benatar, Pearl Jam, Phoebe Bridgers, Radiohead, Scandal, The Beatles, The Cars, The Monkees, The Stills, U2, UK, USA, Weezer, Wolf Alice
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Tardy Tuesday Tunes: Weezer’s best cover art & great music
I named this post “Tardy Tuesday Tunes” for two reasons. One, I missed getting it published by Tuesday and second, I was late to the party reviewing Weever’s newest album entitled, OK Human. Released in late January, OK Human is … Continue reading
Posted in art, entertainment, fun, Music, music reviews, product design, shopping, Uncategorized, video, writing
Tagged album covers, album reviews, albums, music, new releases, Ok Human, rock, songs, tracks, tunes, Weezer
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Tuesday Tunes: Motown reborn by Silk Sonic & more Greta VF!
In case you missed the Grammys, superstars Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak have teamed up to create Silk Sonic. Their first single sounds like something straight out of Barry Gordy’s Motown’s “Hitsville, USA.” Smooth, soulful lyrics and melodies permeate this … Continue reading
Posted in art, diversity, entertainment, fun, Music, music reviews, video, writing
Tagged Anderson .Paak, Bruno Mars, Grammy's, Greta Van Fleet, Greta VF, GVF, Motown, Silk Sonic, The Battle at Garden's Gate
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