Lately I’ve been going to karaoke periodically at the Downtown Capital Ale House. The bar isn’t very smokey, and they have an excellent selection of beers. Aside from the amenities, the karaoke generally features people who can really sing and/or people who are great entertainers, regardless of their musical ability. One of the good singers [...]
Entries Tagged as 'music'
karaoke regulars
July 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: music
thinking like a user, not a librarian
July 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
I should have know that this would be the slippery slope that lead to… a wishlist.
Tags: library · music · musings
hangin by a string
May 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Earlier this week, I saw that my friends Kiya & Miriam had a gig up in Germantown, Maryland, last night. I noted that they didn’t have anything else booked on the day before or after, so I emailed them to see if they would have time to stop and visit, since their route would take [...]
Tags: it's all about me · music
Learning 2008: Copywrong - Web 2.0 and Collaborative Multimedia Resources
May 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Presenters: Paul Porterfield, Allison Czapracki, & Linda Fairtile
Fair use is not a right, it is a legal defense. That is something to keep in mind when using copyrighted materials in the classroom. Make sure you understand the circumstances and restrictions that allow for fair use before you do anything with copyrighted material.
PD Info is [...]
Tags: education · music · technology
and am I born to die?*
March 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment
My father recently attended the 2008 Ohio State Sacred Harp Convention. Over the past nine years or so, he’s become one of the shape note (Sacred Harp in particular) fanatics who will travel all over the region to attend big singings. He loves it, but I find those types of singings to be terrifying.
When I [...]




