"Alice in Wonderland" by Lorna Clymer
Here's a special guest post by c60 friend Lorna Clymer. She was kind enough to submit this look at "Alice in Wonderland" when c60 was more slothlike than a hookah smoking caterpillar.p.MsoNormal,...
View Articlec60 Rekindle
Bob Burnett: When Kim and I started this blog back in 2007 the music landscape was vastly different. At that time we thought the idea of a blog was to expand our nearly 30 year dialogue about music...
View ArticleErstwhile Records box
Bob Burnett: Jon Abbey of Erstwhile Records made my day and subsequently my evening. Earlier in the week I received an email announcing the annual Erstwhile February sale. I sent back a reply, some...
View ArticleSarasota Modern
Bob Burnett: I recently bought Andrew Weaving's Sarasota Modern, published by Rizzoli. The sticker price is now a very approachable $17.95. The book nicely presents the mid-century modern residential...
View ArticleToday's MOG: Bennie Maupin
Bob Burnett: I've recently jumped to the world of cloud audio via both Spotify and MOG. While far from the be-all and end-all of music listening, I'm pleased since for roughly $10 per month per account...
View ArticleErstwhile Update: Keith Rowe-Sachiko M "Contact"
Bob Burnett: I've spent time with Contact in two different settings; once in the middle of the night with headphones and yesterday during a gray afternoon via my stereo system speakers. I found the...
View ArticleSpotify: "No Ads for Awhile" list by Ulyssestone
Bob Burnett: there's a blogger somehow connected to Spotify who goes by the name Ulyssestone. Thank you whomever you are. Ulyssestone has a blog titled Spotify Classical Playlists. In addition to the...
View ArticlePaul Reed Smith P-22
Kim Kirkpatrick:In February of 2012 Paul Reed Smith released an electric guitar that I think may be the most innovative instrument they have ever produced. The model is the P-22, equipped with two...
View ArticleJacksonville Pulses and Places
Bob Burnett: Work this week took me to Jacksonville, Florida. I had the opportunity to take a few long walks (with headphones) in the evening through the downtown. Like many places in the USA,...
View ArticleThe Monkees, People's Drugstore and a Day in 1966
Bob Burnett: Davy Jones of The Monkees died today. He was 66. Thanks goes out to his circa 1966 acting along with Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork and Mickey Dolenz for the portrayed whimsy on the TV show The...
View ArticleECM Records I'd Own (If I Owned Records) for Kim
Bob Burnett: I got a text from my C60 friend Kim the other day. "Hey-if it crosses your mind please sendme ECM recordings you would own. (if you did such)". The (if you did such) comment is in...
View ArticleWhile Walking in Austin with Drape
I just spent a few days in Austin, Texas. I'd never been to Austin before this week and was fortunate to discover it at the neighborhood level where local taco shacks, quaint homes and nice transitions...
View ArticleWithin (and now) Without You
Bob Burnett: I sold what remained of my Beatles CDs this weekend. For the first time since 1973 I'm completely without any Beatles media. I started with the Yellow Submarine soundtrack and ended with...
View ArticleThe Berlin Philharmonic: Inside Instruments
A little visual something to share that's been floating around on design and advertising blogs. This print campaign for the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra uses macro photographs taken inside the...
View ArticleOllie Halsall
Bob Burnett: Ollie Halsall, the most interesting guitarist you probably never heard, had a birthday on March 14. Unfortunately, Ollie died due to a heroin overdose in May of 1992 so while he didn't...
View ArticleCharles Gayle Trio: Streets
Bob Burnett: There's an excellent article by Dan Spicer in this month's The Wire magazine about saxophonist-pianist Charles Gayle. Charles was part of the '60s music movement called "The New Thing" or...
View ArticleGerald Cleaver's Detroit
Bob Burnett: This morning is a case where, for once, MOG's "Just For You" selection process worked. It told me since I listened to Tim Berne's Snakeoil I'd like Gerald Cleaver's Detroit. I didn't...
View Article"John & Beatrice"
Bob Burnett: I'm tooting my own horn with today's post. I recently produced a video for Fairfax, Va.- based The Hub Theatre about their upcoming play " John & Beatrice". The production of the video...
View ArticleThe Coordinates Are Entered by Dksoundguy
The Coordinates Are Entered by DksoundguyBob Burnett: DC musician and friend of C60 Dennis Kane has been going down the road of analog synthesizer acquisition, composition and recording. I've linked...
View ArticleChristopher Willits+ Friends Remixes Now Online
Bob Burnett: A nice compilation is now available online. Christopher Willits publicly shared 121 recordings used to create the album "Tiger Flower Circle Sun", encouraging other artists to "have fun...
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