TheCapitalClinic

Thank you all for your public comments and PMs in response to my various ramblings over the course of 2007. Also, thank you for your contributions during the year to the Nightschool For Entrepreneurs, a place we have jointly established here at fuzz to give artists and fans yet more perspectives about this wondrous thing called music, through sound-bite, storm, and fury. Though flattering, many of you have been too kind about the value of my "mentorship" or role-playing as sensei...

John Tooker, a web-savvy musician himself, sent me a Wired magazine interview with Trent Reznor that you should check out. There is much to reflect on in Reznor's discursive train of thought; and, for now, too little time to write a more considered piece about where he wants to take NIN. I will try to do so when I have more time to breathe. In the meantime, here are some quick take-aways that I glean from the interview: 1. What Reznor says about the comparison to Lost, a favorite...

[Note: this blog was revised on January 30 at 7:30 am to expand upon the importance of "heads within tails" in the Long Tail era and on January 31 at 9:00 to incorporate and link to Chris Molla's excellent points in rebuttal] There is a Sunday kinda Op-Ed written by David Brooks in the NY Times on Music and The Segmented Society] which I think represents a challenge to Fuzz and the Fuzz community of artists and passionate believers in the power of music. Here are some quick...

Holy smoke! As usual, tibii* [cc: 2serenity and any one else interested in this important subject] raises a whole boatload of multi-faceted issues in his short comment to me at my profile page on November 25, 2:25 AM regarding hip hop and use of the N word. I haven’t read Beverly Tatum’s work, “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria”, that tibii cites; but I often observe, as we all have, to this day the same-race “cafeteria phenomenon” which is, not...

While site surfing I came across a song called, "baibaba bimba", by Tenniscoats [an experimental Japanese group] just uploaded at Fuzz with a melody and lilting quality that will worm its way into your brain and, ultimately, your minds-ear and heart. After a few listens, you'll start to hum, bai...ba-ba, bim...ba, yourself and feel happy. Watch out, it's catchy. Baibaba bimba is a novel combination of nostalgic Japanese "schooldaze", pop, and jazz with a hynotic...