Yes, it’s an election year; and no, I won’t add to the glut of punditry.  It’s not that I have nothing to say on the subject – I too can yakety yak till twilight falls — but this site is devoted to the other part, and that’s what I’ll stick to.
I would like to mention, however, […]

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The idea is a simple one: if you have trouble learning the notes on your ukulele, simply paste this chart onto the fingerboard.

As someone who has played and taught uke for many years, however, I’d like to point out that this is not a good idea.  First of all, you don’t really want to play while staring […]

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As we gape at the continuity and chaos of the world, a chance meeting draws our attention. One way to approach the ineffable is to consider the mismatched pairs that time and space have thrown together. Here’s one.
ERIK SATIE AND LE PÉTOMANE
Satie is sometimes depicted as a sort of musical monk, writing his radically simple pieces in […]

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