Breaking Dawn: From the eyes of a 30 something year old dad

Finally got to read Breaking Dawn. Here’s my three sentence review. Starts slow. Waxes triumphant. Ends with a fizzle (kind of). Yep. That’s about it. There are times in the book when I thought: This is the best book I have ever read. There are others when I thought, “That’s it?” It doesn’t take anything [...]

Twilight Review OR 150 Screaming Teenage Girls

I took the Indie Girl on a date to see Twilight last night, and I think we broke rule number one 1. Never go to a serious movie with 150 hormone-crazed teenage girls. Then again, maybe I broke rule number two, as well: 2. 30 something year old dads should not be going to chick [...]

Twilight Music

Anyone who has read the Twilight Book series by Stephenie Meyer knows that a major part of each book is the soundtracks Stephenie listens to while writing (Muse usually gets top billing). I have to admit, it’s been one of the draws of the books because the power of the music is written into each [...]

Canon Rebel Piano Music

I’ve always been fascinated by how TV commercials and advertising, of all things, have now become a legitimate outlet for launching music.  Dare I say, I’ve actually started to enjoy some TV commercials because of the music that they feature…one such commercial is the Cannon Rebel commercial with the enrapturing piano piece. Every time I [...]

A Fine Day

We Won! More than anything, I think the passing of Proposition 8 in California signals that the Supreme Court can’t overthrow the will of the people. And in spite of arguments to the contrary, I think THAT is democracy at work.

Keane: Going downhill fast

When Keane hit it big a few years ago, I thought they redefined what Indie could be. In fact, if I had a blog then, I would have said: “Keane is redefining what Indie can be”…I think I even said it to a few friends. The piano riffs and moving melodies were a refreshing departure [...]