Author: David Schwarm

  • Album vs Record vs Song

    The award for Album of the Year is the most prestigious award category at the Grammys. The difference between Record of the Year and Album of the Year is that while Record of the Year is awarded for a single or for one track from an album, Album of the Year is awarded for an entire album.

    Simply put, Record Of The Year deals with a specific recording of a song and recognizes the artists, producers and engineers who contribute to that recording, while Song Of The Year deals with the composition of a song and recognizes the songwriters who wrote the song. That’s it in a nutshell!

  • Frogs

    • 3/23 Film Festival
    • Anti-Hero
    • Councilmen + Mayer
    • Diary of a Mss. have whiff
    • Fargo
    • Five straight Fridays attendance was nineteen
    • Levin 32
    • Measure D
    • Measure M
    • Mike @ Measure D
    • Monotheist (show)
    • Muskrat Love Alan Wallace Ramsey
    • Muskrat Love – America
    • Muskrat Love – Captain and Tenielle
    • Muskrat Love – original
    • Off the reservation
    • Ones rep from each district
    • Oppenheimer (movie)
    • Paul McCartney needs John Lennon
    • Propeller Head
    • Richard Benjamin
    • Sings suck
    • Squares
    • Top Gun
    • Top Gun II
    • Treat him like Yoda
    • User
    • Usher
    • Valentines Day – Ignore it
    • Valentines Day – Nothing
    • Valentines Day – Andrei’s in Irvine
    • Valentines Day – Healthy Dysfunctional
    • Valentines Day – no plans
    • Valentines Day – sees candy
    • Valentines Day – Something
    • Valentines Day – Son’s birthday
    • Valentines Day – vs Daily Romance
  • Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music by Alex Ross

    Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of MusicWagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music by Alex Ross
    My rating: 4 of 5 stars

    This is a great book. A sprawling review of the influence of Wagner. Sensitive, well-written, balanced, and primarily brilliant in its observations. Honestly, it is one of the top five books on “classical” music that I have read. It is strongly recommended for lovers of Opera (obviously), history of ideas folks, and anyone that fights with art impact on society. It was a relatively slow read for me- there are a lot of details, and it covers many areas that I am not familiar with, but overall, it is strongly recommended.

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  • Y’all All Are

    Recap

    Phandalin and Below: The Shattered Obelisk live from Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA, continues this week with the Game Show party heading off to the abandoned duergar lair, which the goblins have moved into. Along the way, we encountered our old Green Dragon friend!

    Characters

    Brian – Calypso – Fairy Druid/Barbarian
    Cody – Zachtos the Wizard/Cleric
    David – Garner – Gnome Bard (lexicographer and logographer)
    Dylan – Ramen the Wizard
    Glenn – Tiefling Warlock
    Henry – Elf scum
    Mike – Half-Orc Stork Paladin
    Taylor – Mushroom Fighter riding an Owl Bear