Steven’s Notebook

Maybe this is old news and I’m just the last to notice it, but Google’s got a Music Search application.
So there’s a great way to check out all the artists in today’s LIVE EARTH event, those artists and groups you’re listening to but maybe aren’t yet familiar with.

Good news for Atlanta-area audio book lovers: the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System has announced the upcoming availability of downloadable audiobooks.
Bad news though: the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System has chosen a system that ignores the huge percentage of portable audio device owners, as it requires “any desktop or portable device supporting Windows Media Player version 9.0 […]

This week’s lyric was posted while we were packing, as many are, to travel “over the river and through the woods” for the Christmas holiday.
Truckin, Im a goin home. whoa whoa baby, back where I belong,Back home, sit down and patch my bones,and get back truckin on.

The Grateful Dead’s Truckin’ hits the some of […]

Thursday again, time for our Song Lyric of the Week. Surely you know the “rules” by now, Are you ready?
You’re sick of hangin around and youd like to travel
Get tired of travelin’ and you want to settle down.

Quick, know what song that’s from? Send your guesses here. Be sure to include your URL and city.

And in our world of plentywe can spread a smile of joyThrow your arms around the worldat Christmas time.

The lyric this in this week’s Song Lyric of the Week was of course from Bob Geldof’s fund-raising project, Do They Know It’s Christmas? [iTunes] sung by a whole host of musicians coming together under the name […]

Thursday, one day left in the work week and - more importantly as far as this blog is concerned - time for the Song Lyric of the Week. Surely you know the “rules” by now, Are you ready?
Tonight thank God it’s them instead of you

Quick, know what song that’s from? Send your guesses here. Be […]

Two guys were quick on the lyric-trigger finger this week. Both Geren, in (Columbia?) Maryland (and best man at my wedding twenty years ago) and Tommy, from Bellview Washginton, sent in the right answer and were only minutes apart. Yesterday’s song lyric was of course from Elvis Costello’s What’s So Funny (’Bout Peace, Love and […]

Boy, is it Thursday already? It sure is, and that means it’s time for the Song Lyric of the Week. Same as usual, the rules are simple: I post a lyric, you guess (without using Google or other search tools) what song it’s from. Are you ready?
Drop a dime in the box play the song […]

And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day,I said
fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice’s Restaurant and
walking out. And friends they may thinks it’s a movement.

That’s right, yesterday’s Song Lyric of the Week was from none other than Arlo Guthrie’s lengthy anti-war song Alice’s Restaurant Massacree. [Wikipedia entry]
Why […]

Well, I started thinking about today’s Song Lyric of the Week posting and quickly realized that there was only one song that would do on Thanksgiving. This one should be super-obvious for those of you who’ve heard it, and for those who haven’t… you need to find a copy, sit down and listen for a […]

Wow, I didn’t think last week’s Song Lyric of the Week was that obscure, but apparently not many people have listened carefully to U2’s latest CD, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, or the lyrics of Crumbs From Your Table. Drew knew it was U2 but couldn’t place the song, but his email was […]

I know, it’s late - I’ve been off the net most of the day - but here’s this week’s Song Lyric of the Week. It’s another one that should be fairly easy for regular readers here, let’s see how you do. As before, the rules are simple: I post a lyric, you guess what song […]

We had a couple of answers to yesterday’s Song Lyric of the Week question. I know that the first one used Google (he admitted so on the phone), so no points to Mike. Sorry ’bout that. Tommy knew the artist from this weblog, wasn’t sure of the song - but I appreciate him dropping me […]

Ok, here’s a tip for teens. Let’s say you’re at a concert, having fun with your friends, and Panic! At The Disco does something really awesome. They bring in a bunch of strings and does a great cover of Eleanor Rigby. It’s just so cool you’ve got to tell your music-loving father about it.
Good […]

Just about every Thursday, Rob gives us a cinematic memory challenge with his Movie Line of the Week contest. Beginning today, I’m also going to tweek those memory cells with a new weekly challenge: Song Lyric of the Week. The rules are simple: I post a lyric, you guess what song it’s from.
Please, no […]

Let’s hear it for the “6-year-old son of a constituent,” getting his voice heard by his congressman and perhaps giving Hawaii a ’state fish’ once again.
Everybody sing along with Eric Stone [mp3]… “The Humuhumunukunukuapua’ is the fish that I Aloha / He likes to swim at the top of the reef near the beaches at […]

I was watching the Vertigo concert DVD (thank you, Brennan) the other night, and at one point Bono puts on a bandana with some graffiti. As I transcribed his comments (yea, I do strange things sometimes), I wasn’t able to hear completely and missed one or more words - see the quote below. When I […]

1. Read through John Gruber’s latest, Rhymes With Ditty
2. Laugh out loud, snorting milk out your nose.
Meanwhile… the Dogcow lives, though only in the archives of the web. Why would Apple remove the original from their knowledgebase? I’ll have to ask Joe to see if he can discover the rationale.

We may have our differences of opinion but Dave’s still the Blogfather, having gotten many of us - including me - interested in weblogging with his writing, his offer of EditThisPage, the development of Radio and his enthusiasm in general.
His writing also inspired me to give the Grateful Dead a listen. I’d heard of them […]

Tab: Put Your Lights On, from Santana’s Supernatural (rythm guitar only, no solos)

Chords (and changes) used for most of the song Am C G F7 E -|—0-0——-0-0-0-0—-3-0—0—0——— -|—1-0——-1-3-1-0—-3-3—1—0——— […]

Steve McQueen, from Sheryl Crow’s album C’mon, C’mon (track #1)
Drop the A string down to G
Main
e——————————————————————-
B——————————————————————-
G——————————————————————-
D—0–0-0–0-0-0–3–3-2-2-0–0-0–0—–0-0-0-0——————-
G—0–3-4–0-0-0–0–0-0-0-0–3-4–0—–0-0-3-0——————-
E————————————-1-2—————————

Chords throughout song
Arpegio chords between “Main” G F C
e—————-3—————— e—3—1—8—————–
B——-1————————— B—3—1—5—————–
G—–0——–0——————– G—0—2—5—————–
D—2——–3———————- D—0—3—5—————–
G———————————– G—0——-5—————–
E———————————– E—3——-5—————–
For personal, educational use only of course.