Sun, 30 Apr 2006

Howe, Now

One of the great shifts in popular music over the last 35 years has been the decline in the importance of individual musicianship. Today, popular groups are rarely noted for their instrumental skills. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, the most influential rock groups tended to be so because they had the most skilled instrumentalists. The primary instrument in rock is the guitar, and the master guitarists of that era often made the reputation of the groups for which they played.

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Posted Apr 30, 2006 at 18:46 UTC, 3224 words,  [/rich]  Permalink

Last Call

In his blog, Bruce Schneier is holding a Movie-Plot Threat Contest with entries due by the 30'th. I figured I'd kill two birds with one stone, making my monthly IronWriter contribution a movie plot with a terror threat.

On her sixteenth birthday Olivia got her first cell phone. It was a present from Mom and Dad.

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Posted Apr 30, 2006 at 17:14 UTC, 3433 words,  [/dan]  Permalink