here’s my latest huffington post piece (yeah, i’m busting them out!):
jay-z reminds me of republicans ( Read more )
Category: music
Jan
20
jay-z reminds me of republicans
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Jul
24
what amy winehouse’s life, addiction and death mean to me
I heard today that Amy Winehouse died. When I first heard about Amy Winehouse was when she’d made a rendition of ‘Moody’s Mood for Love’. So I grew up with that song, ‘F**k Me Pumps’, and more. Then, a little later I hear this new album, ‘Back to Black’, where she’s doing a song called ‘Rehab.’
By this time, I’d already heard about her rehab issues. ( Read more )
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May
31
God bless the broken road
i’m feeling pretty raw right now. a couple days ago, i wrote a piece that’s now live on huffington post:
remembering jay on memorial day
today is memorial day and i just watched ‘the view’. 
the last segment of today’s show featured 4troops, a group of veterans who formed a singing group. they performed rascall flatt’s “bless the broken road”.
i don’t know when i first heard that song, but that was one of my jay songs. so between writing my latest huffington post piece (which i hadn’t planned on doing) and then today being memorial day and then hearing veterans sing “bless the broken road”, i was feeling pretty overwhelmed with emotions.
all the best on memorial day.
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May
29
rondo alla turca
you classical musicians have probably heard of it. rondo alla turca is one of mozart’s songs. I used to fly through it. in fact, I used to think I played it pretty damn well.
‘used to’ are the operative words. I just tried to play it for the first time in years. wow. it’s crazy and defintely humbling to hear myself clunking through the notes – slowly, riddled with errors, sometimes trying to instinctively remember what I used to play. ( Read more )
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Oct
04
notorious
i just spoke to my dad on the phone and he told me two movies he recently watched and really liked. one was notorious.
my dad mentioned that, as notorious was executive produced by diddy/ p. diddy/ puff daddy/ mr.-changes-his-name-more-than-prince, it of course put biggie in a good light and not surprisingly put west coast rappers in a negative light.
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