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| What you're about to read is a collection of pointers to some of the music I've discovered on the iTunes Music Store, music I like enough that I want to share it. If you're an iPod owner and an iTunes fan (and if you aren't, what are you doing here?), maybe you'll find something new. Click on any of the CD covers to bounce over to the store and sample a few tracks. And then maybe stop by my other blog for a few well chosen words (and maybe a random snark or two). | 
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| Have some music to recommend? I can always use a few pointers. Use the comments link at the bottom of the page. | ||||||
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Thu, 04 Nov 2004 |
| The Very Best of the Grimethorpe Colliery (UK Coal) Band | |
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Do you miss the early days of the web? The web was a different place
back in '95 or so, before ecommerce and the dotcom boom and bust. It
was a place to enjoy; not very useful but a whole lot of fun. I
remember my daily visits to Mirsky's Worst of the Web, where
primitive and incompetent websites were skewered and made fun of.
Okay, that part hasn't changed, although what qualifies as primitive
certainly has.
Anyway, I miss the pure joy of discovery, of not knowing what new amusement lay beyond the next link. I miss the randomness. And it's with that in mind that I occasionally type a word or phrase into iTMS and see what pops out. Like typing James Bond and discovering the architype for the brass band in the quirky British film Brassed Off. The Grimethorpe Colliery (UK Coal) Band has been performing since 1917, so they've had time to get their act together. And although I found them through a James Bond Medley, their repertoire includes both classical and contemporary selections. From William Tell to the Lone Ranger, as it were. I like brass bands. And I like movie music. And I like at least some classical. So I'm feeling pretty happy about this particular search. Wonder how the next one'll go. |
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