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[usernamenumber]

Just got back from the Music store. I bought:

George Gershwin
Mojo Nixon
Dropkick Murphys

I love my music collection. =:)

The Gershwin CD is especially interesting. They took recordings of him playing his own music on the old Edison-style "rolls". You know, those tube thingies that came before records? They converted the recordings into instructions for the modern equivalent of a player piano, except that this player piano was a yamaha grand in a real recording studio so the quality is modern and yet, technically, it's George Gershwin playing. Too cool!

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[slyviolet.livejournal.com]

They played the old Woody Allen movie "Manhattan" on BS2 a few nights ago- the one in black and white with an entirely Gershwin soundtrack... Ohhh, it made me happy. Especially the little ironic bit where one character talks about needing to catch her plane, and they timed the soundtrack so that the bit of swelling music is the Gershwin number that United has been using as their theme song? It always cracks me up. I am not sure if it was intentional but I sincerely hope so, because it always makes me laugh.

Did you see the new Fantasia, where they animated a whole bunch of new classical songs? Gershwin was one of them. It was fab.

[usernamenumber.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Saw it in the theater with Lizbeth and her family. Rhapsody in Blue and the Firebird Suite were my favorites.

[dfn-doe.livejournal.com]

Which drop kick murphy's album? I really dig the energy on a few of their albums it's real good for rockin' out :)

[usernamenumber.livejournal.com]

We have a really great little record store near the apartment and the guy who runs it knows everything about every genre I'm into. He recommended "Sing Loud, Sing Proud", which I got. Haven't listened to it yet, though.