Category Archives: Music

Double Dipping?

Posted on 4 July 2015 by Larry Russwurm

For Canada Day (July 1) I attended a music festival with a small fireworks show in downtown Kitchener. The show featured Canadian acts, two of which I suspected were not Canadian acts. Those two bands were Treble Charger and Hollerado. … Continue reading →

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Number of Musicians and Time

Posted on 27 June 2015 by Larry Russwurm

In the 1800s, symphony orchestras were all the rage. Cities prided themselves if they had one of these musical groups and a large hall for them to play in. One of these orchestras could easily contain 80 members. With so … Continue reading →

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Are ‘Twenty One Pilots’ ‘Green Day’ Fan Boys?

Posted on 30 May 2015 by Larry Russwurm

On the surface the band Twenty One Pilots are light years different from pop punk Green Day. First of all Twenty One Pilots are a keyboard centric band as opposed to the guitar centred music of Green Day. (This is … Continue reading →

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Beautiful yet Horrific Lyrics

Posted on 2 May 2015 by Larry Russwurm

The song Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder has such a nice sentiment in its lyrics that I’m a bit hesitant in pointing out its flaws. The main lyrical hook of the song goes like this: Ebony … Continue reading →

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Female Song Names

Posted on 11 April 2015 by Larry Russwurm

Only this week did I hear that Barry Manilow married his manager. His manager is a male which leads me to suspect that he’s been gay all his life. Barry Manilow has kept his private life close to his chest. … Continue reading →

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CEOs as DJs of the Business World

Posted on 21 February 2015 by Larry Russwurm

A “successful” CEO will try to limit her lowest level employees to less-than-inflation wage increases. After all these employees should have gotten better education and skills. It’s their fault that no one at the top speaks for them. Then the … Continue reading →

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Parody of The Trees

Posted on 6 December 2014 by Larry Russwurm

Rush has written some great songs over the years. The Trees starts out with good musical parts. Indeed the music stays good right to the end. And the cutesy idea of using the forest for its lessons is quite enamouring. … Continue reading →

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Replacing the Few With the Many

Posted on 11 October 2014 by Larry Russwurm

A couple albums ago, the band Yes was faced with the prospect of not having a keyboardist. Big things are expected of a Yes keyboardist because such people as Rick Wakeman, Tony Kaye, Geoff Downes, Patrick Moraz and Igor Khoroshev … Continue reading →

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Did Bastille Have a Lapse or an Inspiration

Posted on 19 April 2014 by Larry Russwurm

I love the album Bad Blood by the new band Bastille. It’s definitely retro. To me each song sounds like an eighties hit. But whereas those old eighties bands would have maybe one or two hits on their album, Bastille … Continue reading →

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F U Floyd

Posted on 1 March 2014 by Larry Russwurm

I apologize profusely for that title if your name actually is Floyd. I mean it for someone whose last name is Floyd and whose first name is Pink. That’s right, Pink Floyd, I mean you. I think you’ll need some … Continue reading →

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