by jess | Apr 20, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Ear Candy
How fitting that “R” should fall on April 20th, as it happens to be the 6th Annual Record Store Day! I couldn’t imagine the A to Z Music-Fan Connection being complete without a mention of record stores. CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS? If so, you undoubtedly...
by jess | Apr 15, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Ear Candy
Throwing a big ‘horns up’ today to Neda Draupadi Honarvar. While I don’t know Neda personally, nor have I visited her Tough Love Yoga Studio in Atlanta (yet), I *can* say know metal. And I know yoga. And I’ve been so excited to write about her...
by jess | Apr 11, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Ear Candy, Eye Candy
Ah, the Big Apple. So many sights to see and things to do. You could hop on a double-decker red bus to see the traditional tourist must-sees: Times Square, Central Park, Empire State Building. Or… you can head downtown and let a certain red – and pink and purple...
by jess | Apr 8, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Ear Candy
Taking my A to Z theme The Music-Fan Connection in literal terms: GIVING fans the chance to come on stage and perform with the band. GREEN DAY GIVES GUITAR, GRATIS Three years ago, I took my teenage niece to see Green Day and was pretty wowed by their level of...
by jess | Apr 5, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Ear Candy
Ah, the earworm: a horribly catchy jingle that wiggles its way between your ears and latches permanently to your brain. Kind of a weird phenomena that certainly falls into my A to Z theme of the Music-Fan Connection. Spongebob – “Musical...
by jess | Apr 1, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Ear Candy
Kicking off the A to Z Challenge and my Music-Fan Connection theme with…rock up on the auction block: music auctions! What do you think of when you hear the word ‘auction’? Do you think of stern-faced muckety-mucks silently holding up signs on sticks at Sotheby’s, or...