PODCAST: TRANSCRIPT: Strange Beautiful Music is the title of Joe Satriani’s “musical memoir” which was published in 2017, a book I read recently and highly recommend. It’s also the title of his record of 2002 and the […]
Category: Art and Music
Where Have All the Songwriters Gone?
Podcast: Transcript: If you grew up in the 1960s or ‘70s, you grew up with music on the radio that’s now called classic rock. We didn’t know there was anything classic about it at the […]
Artists: Stop Trying to Shock Us Podcast
Is Shock Art dead? Is it still relevant and should it be? What purpose, if any, does it serve in today’s world? Can we still be shocked? In this podcast, Paul Fairfield discusses his views […]
Artists: Stop Trying To Shock Us
Crush #20 Much of the art of the last century or so did more than surprise their audiences. It shocked them, usually by design. You can think of any number of examples: Pablo Picasso, Salvador […]
Random Riffs: A Conversation with Brian Hayman
I am pleased to present you with our inaugural Conversations Podcast, Random Riffs with Brian Hayman. In this podcast we explore the links between jazz improvisation, the culture of organizations and philosophy. Brian is jazz […]
Rush Crush Podcast
What is it about this highly unusual rock band that gets them nominated for the list of the greatest of all time? After a career which lasted almost 50 years, why do they belong in […]
Rush Crush
Crush #12 Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins had this to say about the Canadian rock trio, Rush: “I believe when people step back and actually really look at who the great bands were, they […]
Why is Bob Dylan The Greatest Songwriter? Podcast
Bob Dylan has been called everything from a genius to an enigma, the original singer-songwriter, “the Shakespeare of songwriting,” and “the poet of our time.” Saying someone is the greatest in their field is hardly […]
Why is Bob Dylan The Greatest Songwriter?
Crush #6 Bob Dylan has been called everything from a genius to an enigma, the original singer-songwriter, “the Shakespeare of songwriting,” and “the poet of our time.” Enormous legend has surrounded this artist for over […]
Philosophy Crush 