Comments for Ben Ryer's Rock/Soul/Progressive Blog http://bryer.umwblogs.org Just another UMW Blogs.org weblog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:09:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on More Captain Beefheart by More Captain Beefheart http://bryer.umwblogs.org/2007/12/01/more-captain-beefheart/#comment-116 More Captain Beefheart Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:27:57 +0000 http://bryer.umwblogs.org/2007/12/01/more-captain-beefheart/#comment-116 [...] More Captain Beefheart If anyone’s interested in hearing anything else by Captain Beefheart, check out this video I just came across. For anyone who thought Zig Zag Wanderer was a bit odd, prepare to have your mind blown. This is Captain Beefheart and the … [...] [...] More Captain Beefheart If anyone’s interested in hearing anything else by Captain Beefheart, check out this video I just came across. For anyone who thought Zig Zag Wanderer was a bit odd, prepare to have your mind blown. This is Captain Beefheart and the … [...]

]]> Comment on More Captain Beefheart by » More Captain Beefheart Rock/Soul/Progressive http://bryer.umwblogs.org/2007/12/01/more-captain-beefheart/#comment-78 » More Captain Beefheart Rock/Soul/Progressive Sun, 02 Dec 2007 02:22:18 +0000 http://bryer.umwblogs.org/2007/12/01/more-captain-beefheart/#comment-78 [...] Original post by bryer [...] [...] Original post by bryer [...]

]]> Comment on Blogging by Dr. C. http://bryer.umwblogs.org/2007/11/28/blogging/#comment-76 Dr. C. Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:49:22 +0000 http://bryer.umwblogs.org/2007/11/28/blogging/#comment-76 "I do think a lot about music (pretty much constantly) but I often feel that spur-of-the-moment thoughts would be too random and erratic, unless that’s what we’re going for…" Well, why not? It's a blog. For maximum interactivity and feedback, there's nothing like a good mix of real deliberate stuff and random, erratic, spur-of-the-moment thoughts. Have fun, think aloud, get a dynamite conversation going with fellow music lovers. What's not to like? :) “I do think a lot about music (pretty much constantly) but I often feel that spur-of-the-moment thoughts would be too random and erratic, unless that’s what we’re going for…”

Well, why not? It’s a blog. For maximum interactivity and feedback, there’s nothing like a good mix of real deliberate stuff and random, erratic, spur-of-the-moment thoughts. Have fun, think aloud, get a dynamite conversation going with fellow music lovers. What’s not to like? :)

]]> Comment on Blogging by » Blogging Rock/Soul/Progressive http://bryer.umwblogs.org/2007/11/28/blogging/#comment-75 » Blogging Rock/Soul/Progressive Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:50:20 +0000 http://bryer.umwblogs.org/2007/11/28/blogging/#comment-75 [...] Original post by bryer [...] [...] Original post by bryer [...]

]]> Comment on Instrumentals by Dr. C. http://bryer.umwblogs.org/2007/11/18/instrumentals/#comment-65 Dr. C. Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:30:28 +0000 http://bryer.umwblogs.org/2007/11/18/instrumentals/#comment-65 Not just you, Ben--those two instrumentals from "Tommy" are favorites of mine as well. I used to do a late-night FM rock show back in the late 80's. The day the shuttle Challenger blew up, I decided to do an all-instrumental show that night as a memorial tribute. It was tough to fill three hours with instrumentals, but I did it, and the absence of vocals lent a kind of dignity to the show that I don't think it would have had otherwise. Not just you, Ben–those two instrumentals from “Tommy” are favorites of mine as well.

I used to do a late-night FM rock show back in the late 80’s. The day the shuttle Challenger blew up, I decided to do an all-instrumental show that night as a memorial tribute. It was tough to fill three hours with instrumentals, but I did it, and the absence of vocals lent a kind of dignity to the show that I don’t think it would have had otherwise.

]]> Comment on Steve Cropper by Dr. C. http://bryer.umwblogs.org/2007/10/21/steve-cropper/#comment-18 Dr. C. Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:19:49 +0000 http://bryer.umwblogs.org/2007/10/21/steve-cropper/#comment-18 Wow. Very cool indeed. Great live performance. And those dancers just take it to the next level. :) Thanks for sharing this. Wow. Very cool indeed. Great live performance. And those dancers just take it to the next level. :)

Thanks for sharing this.

]]> Comment on Discussing Rock by pianovar http://bryer.umwblogs.org/2007/10/06/9/#comment-9 pianovar Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:43:51 +0000 http://bryer.umwblogs.org/2007/10/06/9/#comment-9 you have so many insightful things to say when Dr. C calls on you. Don't be afraid to speak up! I'm impressed my your musical knowledge. you have so many insightful things to say when Dr. C calls on you. Don’t be afraid to speak up! I’m impressed my your musical knowledge.

]]> Comment on What Has Rock Become? by Dr. C. http://bryer.umwblogs.org/2007/09/10/what-has-rock-become/#comment-5 Dr. C. Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:32:31 +0000 http://bryer.umwblogs.org/2007/09/10/what-has-rock-become/#comment-5 You've hit the nail on the head, Ben. Is all popular music somehow "rock," making the name all but meaningless? Maybe we should come up with a definition of rock, though even Nik Cohn can't do much better than "the very pulse of life itself," quoting Larry Williams.... The value of these questions is the way they lead to deeper, richer questions. And, occasionally, to answers. :) You’ve hit the nail on the head, Ben. Is all popular music somehow “rock,” making the name all but meaningless?

Maybe we should come up with a definition of rock, though even Nik Cohn can’t do much better than “the very pulse of life itself,” quoting Larry Williams….

The value of these questions is the way they lead to deeper, richer questions. And, occasionally, to answers. :)

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