Weaponized Music
A Canadian industrial rock band called Skinny Puppy has sent an invoice for $660,000 to the U. S. Department of Defense. The band says its music has been played at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center...
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I can’t sing, but I know how to, which is quite different. —Noel Coward
View ArticleTeam Kimberlin Post of the Day
You know, there may be a limit to how low the Cabin Boy™ is willing to stoop. So far as I can tell, he’s never played any of Brett Kimberlin’s “music” on any of his Internet radio feeds. BTW, Amazon...
View ArticleMrs. Hoge Goes Gold
In December, 1977, Mrs. Hoge received the first B.A. degree in Audio Production awarded by Indiana University. She moved to Nashville in the autumn of 1978 and began working as a recording engineer. I...
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Science cannot tell us a word about why music delights us, of why and how an old song can move us to tears. —Erwin Schrödinger
View ArticleBlues in the Night
Back in the late ’60s when I was working the midnight to 6 am shift on an FM station, I sometimes suspected that I only had a dozen or so listeners.A worrisome thing who’ll leave ya to sing The blues...
View ArticleTeam Kimberlin Post of the Day
The Cabin Boy™ must be longing for the olden days …Of course, the new anthem is Comrade Brett. I’m sure he cherishes the official version recorded by Op-Crtical.
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A Beethoven symphony should be rehearsed like chamber music, only for a lot more people. —Andre Previn
View ArticleTeam Kimberlin Post of the Day
Brett Kimberlin has wanted a successful music career for decades. The Gentle Reader can find his music videos lurking on YouTube and see why success has eluded him. On page 354 of Citizen K: The Deeply...
View ArticleTeam Kimberlin Post of the Day
The Dread Pro-Se Kimberlin alleges in his proposed second amended complaint for his Kimberlin v. The Universe, et al. RICO Madness that the coverage of his antics by my codefendants and me has...
View ArticleTeam Kimberlin Post of the Day
The Dread Pro-Se Kimberlin tries to claim that my 21 codefendants and I did all sorts of mean things to him to ruin his business. This is from paragraph 265 of his second amended complaint in the...
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One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. —Bob Marley
View ArticleHow Smart Is Your Music?
Someone had done a study of musical tastes versus SAT scores. Here’s a bit clipped out of the published chart.If it were to include my tastes, Bach, Mozart, and Weird Al would be shown in an area off...
View ArticleTeam Kimberlin Post of the Day
Gentle Reader, do you ever wonder what the Dread Pro-Se Kimberlin does when he isn’t involved in vexatious lawsuit? He’s got himself a rock-and-roll band called Op-Critical. One of the sca … uh …...
View ArticleThe Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Last night, I was running iTunes in random mode when The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Paul Dukas came up. The first time I can remember hearing that piece was when I saw the movie Fantasia at the Tennessee...
View ArticleTeam Kimberlin Post of the Day
The Dread Pro-Se Kimberlin alleges that the coverage he receives here at Hogewash! is bad for his business. This is from his second amended complaint in the Kimberlin v. The Universe, et al. RICO...
View ArticleSecond-Rate People Hire Third-Rate Employees
That’s a principle of personnel management that I’ve seen demonstrated many times during my business career. It explains a lot about Team Kimberlin. Consider, for example, the choice of someone like...
View ArticleTeam Kimberlin Post of the Day
Here’s an interesting claim from one of Exhibit 7 of The Dread Pro-Se Kimberlin’s omnibus opposition to the motions to dismiss his Kimberlin v. The Universe, et al. RICO Madness. The SAC (that’s the...
View ArticleYours Truly, Johnny Atsign
ANNOUNCER: From Westminster, it’s time for— SOUND: Skype rings once. JOHNNY: Johnny Atsign. RULE 5 GIRL: (Telephone Filter) Good morning, Johnny. JOHNNY: Good morning. It’ been a while since you...
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