Spinning The Vinyl

Duke Ellington is one of those prolific musicians of an era of music that we’ll never experience again. Ellington, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Red Garland, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, and Charlie Parker… These cats made the music scene of the 40s, 50s, and 60s. Of course, with the exception of Rollins and a few of…

10 Songs of Melancholy and Love

“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.” ― Albert Einstein Music has the power to evoke a flurry of emotions: joy, sadness, anger, hope, despair, contentment, bliss, and on and on.…

Inside of Love by Nada Surf

(*note. this was taken from a failed Tumblr I started. Not much meat in here.) [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3Ac3Pc8etA&w=560&h=315] I distinctly remember hearing “Inside of Love” from Nada Surf’s album Let Go on a snowy day in the fall of ‘06. I was sitting in my car, killing time before a class started. The night before, my…