Isn’t it amazing how music has evolved from a purely aural experience to one where the visual aspects of a song often seem just as important as the music? “Have you seen that new song by…?” Music videos are so important that millions can be spent on one (although finding a video on VH1 or MTV is nearly impossible). The …
V is for Video
Yes, music is, indeed, for the soul. That’s why we post something musical here every Vth day of the week (5th for all you non-Roman-numeral users out there). What would life be without music? Granted, this looks easy, but few people realize what a challenge it is to find something that will appeal to the widest possible audience here. With …
V is for Music
Like music therapy. We do music every Thursday, right here. Like the following. WARNING: do NOT try this at home.
V is for Video
On every Vth day of the week (5th for you non-Roman numeral types) we present for your spiritual, mental, and physical health a sublime music video of one kind or another, each completely different from the ones which preceded it. This one fits that mold. And at the same time breaks it. That’s how it’s done. Understand Music from finally. …
Thursday: Music Video Day
If this doesn’t prove once and for all that Christmas honors the baby Jesus, nothing does. Note: for legal reasons, the rapper you have just witnessed now goes by the name Froggy Fresh. Now go buy a donut.
V is for Video
Normally Thursdays in this spot are reserved for music videos. Well, this is a video, and it does have music – beautiful music. It’s also a travelogue to a unique and beautiful monument to grief, loss, and how some deal with death and memorialize those who have died. Some of these statues are so lifelike they make you think they’re …
Take two words. . .
…mix them together and make beautiful music. Because Thursday is music therapy day. V (for Day 5) is for video. The two words: • Land, and • Philharmonic, as in orchestra. Side note: If you haven’t noticed, ’tis the season for wretched excess, for conspicuous consumption, for massive credit card debt, for buying, buying, and more buying. Our two chosen …
Vursday equals Video Day
Wherein this time we combine music and exercise and dance and why people hate mall cops. I have to say, to do this takes something I don’t have. Think you could do it? Incidentally, the adage “dance like nobody’s watching”? It would seem that no one is.
V=Video
What is it about humans and music? No other creatures on earth come close to the human ability to create music of seemingly infinite variety, from soothing classical and ambient music to ear-splitting classical and industrial music. Why do we make music? Here are some answers, provided in part by someone Augustans know quite well.
V-Day
As regular visitors to this blog know, V is for five, the fifth day of the week, and V is also for Video. Today’s video? A no-brainer. If you missed Joe Bonamassa last night at the Bell, you missed a great show. Here’s one of the songs played. This could be the city’s official song: we know all about slow …