Browsing the ‘Music’ Category
The Sound of White | 3rd Jan 2010
My first encounter with singer-songwriter Missy Higgins was so positive that I had to check out her debut album, The Sound Of White. I have been eying this album for a while now, and I finally got it for Christmas this year.
I was turned on to this album after hearing All For Believing, Higgins’ [...]
Honeysuckle Weeks | 31st Dec 2009
I discovered The Submarines as many people did, even if they did not realize it. Their music plays in nearly every iPhone commercial, namely the songs You Me and the Bourgeoisie and Submarine Symphonika. I went in search of other music by The Submarines only to find that I liked a lot of [...]
Hype album, Vol. 1 | 18th Dec 2009
It’s been a while since I discovered The Hype Machine. I’ve been enjoying their monthly “radio show” podcast a lot. The site itself is really useful, especially if you know what you’re looking for. It can be a little unwieldy to browse at times, but it’s a decent way to find some [...]
On A Clear Night Review | 28th Mar 2009
Every week Amazon MP3 offers up the Friday Five. They sell 5 popular MP3 albums for $5 each. I grabbed Missy Higgins‘ album On A Clear Night on the Friday Five two weeks ago. I had actually been thinking about buying the album after hearing the song Steer on the music blog [...]
Vampire Weekend Review | 25th Mar 2009
I discovered the band Vampire Weekend on The Hype Machine Zeitgeist 2008, where their self-titled album came in as the #3 album of the year according to hundreds of music bloggers. I sat down and listened to it all the way through using their lovely built-in player, and I found myself pleasantly surprised. [...]
The Hype Machine rocks my world | 24th Mar 2009
I recently discovered The Hype Machine when browsing Ryan’s Smashing Life. I didn’t exactly understand what it was at first, but it’s actually really cool.
So people have these music blogs all over the Internet. They review albums and usually post free promotional mp3s in their reviews. Record labels give out these promotional [...]
My Back Pages | 8th Jan 2009
YouTube – My Back Pages – The 30th Bob Dylan Anniversary. This is a great lyrical song by Bob Dylan as performed by Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, and George Harrison. Sadie and I saw a clip of this when we went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [...]
Review: John Mayer’s Where The Light Is | 23rd Dec 2008
I’ve been listening to a copy of Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles for a couple of weeks, and I’m really enjoying it. The album is live in front of a crowd of about 7,000 in L.A. John plays a set of 5 acoustic songs, including an interesting cover [...]
Working Class Hero | 8th May 2008
Powerful music from John Lennon. Why is it that every time I hear a great song like this, the first thing that pops into my head is “why can’t stuff like this be made today?”
As soon as your born they make you feel small,
By giving you no time instead of it all,
Till the pain [...]
The Day The Music Died | 7th May 2008
This is so incredibly frustrating. On one hand, I want to rub people’s faces in it. But on the other, I see a ton of people every day buying songs from iTunes, and they’re in the same boat. They just don’t think it could happen to them, or they don’t care because [...]
I'm Jonathan Blackhall, a 3rd year medical student at RMC. This is my blog, where I ramble about technology, medicine, free software, and other random stuff. 
