Category Archives: Music

Little Drummer Cat

Posted on 5 April 2025 by Larry Russwurm

My pretty black cat, Bast, died two weeks ago. So I looked over all the posts under the tag “cats” in my blog. It was a nice walk through memory lane. My favourite fact about Bast was that she used … Continue reading →

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Fight, Flight or Freeze

Posted on 22 March 2025 by Larry Russwurm

It may have been Jewel’s song, Standing Still, where I first had an inkling that a fight or flight response might be too simplistic. Here’s her relevant lyrics, “Between fight and flight is the blind man’s sight and a choice … Continue reading →

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Rantacular

Posted on 25 January 2025 by Larry Russwurm

The first thing I’d like to rant about is the idiocy of YouTube in placing advertisements in the middle of music videos. They’ve done this both for a Yes song and for a couple of songs by Jon Anderson and … Continue reading →

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Gordon

Posted on 4 January 2025 by Larry Russwurm

In the realm of music, Gordie Tapp was the first Canadian Gordon who made it big. He was in the country field. Indeed, he was a regular on the country show, Hee Haw. He only had a couple hits because … Continue reading →

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Guitar Slinging

Posted on 5 October 2024 by Larry Russwurm

There are two schools of thought in regards to how your rock guitar, bass or keytar is slung. The first school says that to be as cool as possible, the guitar should be slung as low as possible while the … Continue reading →

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Oasis Fees

Posted on 14 September 2024 by Larry Russwurm

The Gallagher brothers are back together and thus the band Oasis has been reunited. Often known more for their fiery fights than the music, Oasis will make a boatload of money for the reunion tour. But Ticketmaster took heat for … Continue reading →

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Help From Beyond the Grave

Posted on 6 July 2024 by Larry Russwurm

When I first began writing regularly, many years ago, I used to play my favourite songs to get me in the right frame of mind to tell stories. Initially, it did get me going for my first painful years of … Continue reading →

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Simple Rock vs Prog Rock

Posted on 2 June 2024 by Larry Russwurm

Gene Simmons, a stalwart of simplicity, via his band Kiss, has pronounced his brand of simple rock as being harder to come up with than the more complex stylings of prog rock. He says it’s harder to come up with … Continue reading →

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EGO

Posted on 25 May 2024 by Larry Russwurm

I never heard of the EGOT till the TV show 30 Rock. But I’ve heard of it multiple places since so I think it snuck into the vernacular since then. It is an acronym of the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and … Continue reading →

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Manufactured Battle of the Bands

Posted on 2 March 2024 by Larry Russwurm

I don’t know of any big feuds involving any bands at the moment. However that doesn’t mean I can’t manufacture one. So we at Many Rants, would like to introduce The Who- Dire Straits feud to the world. A long, … Continue reading →

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