The Black Swan Theory or Theory of Black Swan Events is a metaphor that encapsulates the concept that The event is a surprise (to the observer) and has a major impact. After the fact, the event is rationalized by hindsight.-…
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Jul 13 2011
#73 South California Revisited – St. Cajetan.
South California as proposed by secessionists.
I was browsing the web last night and came across this NY Times article about the Inland Empire and 10 other counties wanting to secede from the state of California. The…
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Jan 30 2011
#72- Marigold- A small fragment of a much longer story.
Did I dream this?
Listen to Marigold. 07 Marigold
I awoke from a strange dream just before dawn. It was Nov 3rd 2005. I know this because I wrote the dream down in much detail using my laptop. I can…
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Jan 30 2011
#71 The Palace Guards- A Superhero In Need of a Restraining Order.
Listen to 02 The Palace Guards
I am totally hijacking the 300 songs blog for a few days to blatantly promote my new album solo album The Palace Guards.
It comes out Feb 1st 2011 and you can buy the…
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Jan 26 2011
#70 I Sold the Arabs the Moon- When we fly we all become philosophers.
First of all let me openly acknowledge I am hijacking my blog for a few days to talk about the songs on my upcoming solo album The Palace Guards. Available everywhere Feb 1st…
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Jan 23 2011
#69 Deep Oblivion- A Victorian Love Song.
The Doubtful Guest. By Edward Gorey. Eventually I’ll get around to explaining what this has to do with the song.
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Deep Oblivion is a track from my first solo…
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Jan 10 2011
# 68 The Long Plastic Hallway-Playing on a Flying Saucer with The Talking Heads.
“The music business is cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway, where thieves and pimps run free, where good men die like dogs. And then there is a negative side.”-attributed to Hunter S.…
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Jan 7 2011
#67-Turquoise Jewelry- Grace Slick Where Art Thou?
come down from that condominium treehouse
stop driving around in that station wagon with the wood on the side
take off that jumpsuit you look like grace slick
staying up all night drinking that 7-11 coffee
Funny…
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Jan 5 2011
#66 -Raise ‘Em Up On Honey. Notes on the etymology of the word cracker
The word Cracker has an interesting history one that I felt worthy of further elaboration. It’s origination is widely disputed. Was it from the ’crack’ of the whip of the white vaqueros that herded Spanish cattle in Georgia and Florida…
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Jan 2 2011
#65 This is Crackersoul- Reflections on race and music. Also were the Flinstones black?
Cracker Soul. Perfect song to come up next in the cue. Especially after the previous two posts touched upon race and ethnic identity in the music business.
I think there is a misconception that the…
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Dec 1 2010
300 Songs on Vacation until New Year.
Bob Lefsetz is a smart and entertaining music business theorist and writer. Yesterday he was comparing the level of innovation and risk taking in the tech world versus the music business. As an object lesson Google and Groupon. Here is…
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Oct 14 2010
Don Smith Photo Addendum
Hey all. Jill Smith daughter of Don Smith was kind enough to send this gallery of photos to me. You may want to go back and read post #61 that is largely about Don Smith. I’ve updated it with these…
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