Happy Birthday Herb Alpert!

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Cover of Definitive Hits A very happy birthday to legendary musician and recording industry executive Herb Alpert, founder of the Tijuana Brass Brand, the “A” in A&M Records, and composer of “Spanish Flea”, which many people also call the theme to the Chuck Barris game show, “The Dating Game”. One internet chronicler put it best [...]

In Memoriam: Jeff Healey

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Cover of See the Light Jeff Healey was born on this day in 1966. Born in Toronto, Canada, he lost his eyesight at the age of eight months due to a rare form of cancer. He persevered to become an acclaimed musician, sharing his beautiful talent with the world. Healey actually started playing the guitar [...]

The revolution will not be digitized

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Image via Wikipedia I like the premise of Joe Trippi’s book, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything“; but I like the lyrics of the original song even more: You will not be able to stay home, brother. You will not be able to plug in, turn on [...]