Archive for March, 2011

March 27th, 2011 by alephnaught

Patti Smith’s Horses and the Remaking of Rock ‘n’ Roll (review)

Title: Patti Smith’s Horses and the Remaking of Rock ‘n’ Roll Author: Mark Paytress Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Piatkus Books; Reprint edition (January 4, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0749940263 ISBN-13: 978-0749940263 This book was not what I expected. I saw it while browsing in Book Soup, a nice independent bookstore in LA. I had hoped […]

March 8th, 2011 by alephnaught

Zen and the Art of Mixing (review)

Title: Zen and the Art of Mixing (Technical Reference) Author: Mixerman Paperback: 350 pages Publisher: Hal Leonard (October 15, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1423491505 ISBN-13: 978-1423491507 If you’re into making music you need to read this book. Mixerman knows what he’s writing about – he claims extensive mixing experience and it shows. His/her writing style […]

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Palm Desert (with pics and a video of course!)

March 7th, 2011 by alephnaught

Palm Desert (with pics and a video of course!)

We visited Aviva’s mom and her boyfriend; we figured we were due a long weekend away from the valley. So we bundled up Iggy and Jett, loaded the Prius and took off. The drive was easy – we left on Saturday and hit no traffic – what a nice change for LA… We had a […]