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Why Artists Seem to Love the San Andreas Fault

Posted on 3 August 2019 by Larry Russwurm

It must have begun with some of the earliest plays out California way. Actors and other artists know it is their bread and butter to cause some reaction in people. So after the earthquake/play they were delighted to hear the … Continue reading →

Posted in Geography, Humour, Music, Stage and Screen | Tagged actors, artists, California, earth shaking, earth shatterings, earthquake, evacuate the building, fault, Hollywood, Los Angeles, moving performance, moving picture, musicians, nuclear weapon, San Andreas Fault, shake as far as Las Vegas, shook me to my core, stirred something, Superman Movie | Leave a comment

A Few Thoughts

Posted on 29 June 2019 by Larry Russwurm

A good guy with a gun is the answer to a bad guy with a gun. I believe we will be surprised at just how often this is the case, when each school has a good guy with a gun. … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Music, Politics | Tagged 5 accidents with LRT in a month, bad guy with a gun, bassist, country band, drummer, elephant trumpeting, for proof - stop shooting, good guy with a gun, guitarist, gun, keyboard/pedal steel guitar, lead guitar/banjo, light and airy jingle sound, lion roaring, LRT light rail transit, rock band core is same in rock and country, school protector, sharp shooting trickster gets to write history, shool protectees, singer, ukelele/mandolin, violin/fiddle, Waterloo Region, we need a foghorn | Leave a comment

Traits of the Successful DJ

Posted on 22 June 2019 by Larry Russwurm

First of all a DJ should have some competence with electronics. It might only be for connecting things with wires but there is that base competence. And mostly a DJ should be competent enough that they don’t manage to electrocute … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Music | Tagged a slider for volume, beat matching, competence with electronics, disc jockey, DJ, DJs write songs too, how a song becomes an oldie, impeccable taste, key matching is almost impossible if beat matching, middling or average taste, money not talent, musician, newer music, requests, smooth transitions between songs, two music machines | Leave a comment

On Singing Like Stevie Nicks

Posted on 19 January 2019 by Larry Russwurm

Stevie Nicks is probably the biggest talent that Fleetwood Mac is known for. As well as penning and singing many hits for Fleetwood Mac, she was, to my mind, the one with the most successful solo career. She is also … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Music | Tagged baa, bleat like a sheep, carry a tune, copyright holders, Don Henley, enunciating words, Fleetwood Mac, Greta van Fleet, Kenny Logins, keyboard, Leather and Lace, Led Zeppelin, making a sheep a good singer, mechanical mouth and tongue and teeth and lips, queen, sampler, Stevie Nicks, Struts, vibrato | 3 Comments

TOP isn’t Top Anymore

Posted on 3 November 2018 by Larry Russwurm

Twenty-One Pilots is of course TOP and with their new album Trench they are no longer the top rock band to watch. Do not be fooled by Stressed Out from the last album and Heathens from the soundtrack for Suicide … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Wee Bit O' Humour | Tagged bassist, Blurryface, Coldplay, Goner, Heathens, Imagine Dragons, Jumpsuit, keyboardist, singer, songwriter, Stressed Out, TOP, Trench, Twenty One Pilots, Tyler Joseph, ukeleleer, Vessel, YouTube | Leave a comment

L. A. Losers

Posted on 20 October 2018 by Larry Russwurm

There are three big centres for music in the English speaking world. They are London, New York and Los Angeles. London bands sound like the clear winners of all the bands of the world. ‘Let’s see, should I stay in … Continue reading →

Posted in Geography, Humour, Music | Tagged drought, dryness leads to more sunny days, finger exercise, Guns and Roses, London, London is rainy and foggy, Los Angeles, Los Angeles weather is largely phenomenal, losers, mudslides, New York, New York has cold winters, New York is sometimes said to be the centre of the world, No Doubt, proximity to the ocean leads to moderations of the tempereature, surfing culture, Sweet Child O' Mine, the Beach Boys, touring, vegetation fires | Leave a comment

What Do You Call Someone Who Hangs Around Musicians?

Posted on 13 October 2018 by Larry Russwurm

The real answer is Mike. The eighties answer to this – (the one that everyone knew) was a drummer. Everybody knew that drummers were on the way out in the eighties. Drum machines were the oft pointed at pieces of … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Wee Bit O' Humour | Tagged Bass, bowed string instruments need a section for chords, chord enabled instrument, Coldplay, DJ equipment, drum machines, drummers, drummers were on their way out, drums, drums now thrive, eighties, guitar synthesizers, guitarists, guitars, guitars on the outs, Imagine Dragons, keyboards, programming, randomness in beats to sound like a live drummer, super accurate beats, Twenty One Pilots, ukelele, White Stripes, wind instruments need a section for chords | Leave a comment

The Bird is the Word

Posted on 15 September 2018 by Larry Russwurm

“Flipping the bird” means to give someone the finger. Of course the “flipping” part means to put your hand into the proper position and the “bird” means either F—, or F— Y– or F— O–. For the purpose of this … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion, Humour, Music, Stage and Screen | Tagged Big Bird, bird, bird means f---, censors, ear worm, Family Guy, Family Guy is racist, flipping is positioning, flipping the bird, Jim Henson, muppets, radio, Sesame Street, surfin' bird, swear words, television, The Trashmen, word | Leave a comment

Pop Music Naming Schemes

Posted on 21 April 2018 by Larry Russwurm

Cardi B has 13 songs in the top 100 on Billboard so let’s look at her name and where she got it from. Apparently her nickname in the hood was Bacardi but she couldn’t use this for trademark reasons. So … Continue reading →

Posted in Language, Music, Stage and Screen | Tagged actors, Alan Ladd, Bacardi, Canadian Club, Cardi B, flipping the bird, gut flora, innards, J Law, J Lo, Jack Daniels, Jennifer Lawrence, Jennifer Lopez, knighting, naming schemes, pressure wash, Prince Igor, rinse, Robert Redford, singers, Sir Peter Ustinov | Leave a comment

The Moon is Not an All Night Nightlight

Posted on 25 November 2017 by Larry Russwurm

Poets, songwriters and prose makers beware that if you don’t observe carefully enough, you might be taken to task for sloppy writing. In this case I’d like to call out songwriter Jason Mraz for his song “Shine”. There was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Language, Music, Science, Wry | Tagged crescent shaped moon, daylight sky, farmers, first quarter, full moon, Harvest Moon, harvesting, Jason Mraz, Moon, new moon, nightlight, poets, prose writers, Shine, songwriters, stars are far away suns, Sun, the stars, the zodiac, third quarter, Yes | Leave a comment

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Why Artists Seem to Love the San Andreas Fault

A Few Thoughts

Traits of the Successful DJ

On Singing Like Stevie Nicks

TOP isn’t Top Anymore

L. A. Losers

What Do You Call Someone Who Hangs Around Musicians?

The Bird is the Word

Pop Music Naming Schemes

The Moon is Not an All Night Nightlight

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