Posts Tagged ‘memory’
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Trisha Comstock, a high school Senior from Two Rivers, Wisconsin reportedly told her best friend Sawyer? - named after Rushs famous song Tom Sawyer? - that shes totally freaking? about Sawyers Dads insistence that she sit through all twenty minutes and thirty-three seconds of Rushs 2112 because it will change her life forever?
Nieder’s wife Sissy backs his claim saying “it was what set Wally apart from the other guys in Two Rivers. He could really do it like it sounds, like he’s really playing the drums.” Sissy added,…

Tags: air, dad, friend, hero, home, insistence, life, matt williams, memory, nieder, rivers, rush, sissy, walter
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Well, in the world of album cover art flattery occurs more often than you would think. Oftentimes its manifested as parody. In other instances, the imitations are paying homage to the original artist.
Soul Asylum (Clam Dip and Other Delights, 1988): The Minneapolis quartet swap hot model with bassist Karl Mueller and whipped cream with clam dip in a take off of Herb Alpert’s Whipped Cream and Other Delights. Mmmmm, tasty!

Tags: album, art, art parodies, beatles, biolog, bon, elvis, gene, jamsbio, jovi, king, memory, part, sgt. pepper
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Saturday, June 7th, 2008
… the people who were given sugar-coated dummy pills in the large study in the United Kingdom noticed often an immediate improvement in their moods simply because they felt their “problem” was being addressed…
I have tried different methods with students. Usually fast virtuoso pieces are the least problematic as one doesn't have the time to think about the notes and one uses an automatic muscle memory. Slower works are another story, especially ones…

Tags: , bill clinton, brain, controlling, depression, health, illness, life, lifestyle, madeline albright, memory, men, music, time, treatment
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