Gheorghe: The Blog

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Thursday, April 30, 2020

Music Documentary Project: Late April Update

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. . . because you all cared. Here's the latest in my COVID-caused quest to watch 100 music documentaries. Or at least "a bunch,...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Staff Member Guestie

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Not-all-that-grumpy old man Dave Fairbank has been made an official member of the G:TB staff, but he professes not to understand this newfan...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Home Is Where the Studio Is

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In between your binge-watching completism and maybe working on your novel, you've probably watched some musicians of varying celebrity r...
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Monday, April 27, 2020

Pod Report

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Our man with the Sentences has recommended some excellent podcastery over the past several months, and I'm certain I would've learne...
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Saturday, April 25, 2020

POTUS: Doctor & Lifestyle Consultant

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While the president has caught a lot of shit for suggesting that folks mainline bleach into their systems, maybe....just maybe, he was on to...
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Friday, April 24, 2020

Going Back to New Orleans

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A goodly number of gheorghies are NOLA fans.  You know, the Northernmost Caribbean City. I'm talkin' New Orleans, boys and girls. Na...
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Thursday, April 23, 2020

Porcupine Racetrack

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When they write the history of Gheorghe: The Blog, I hope they spell my name right. I also hope they describe us as a mix of Sports Illustra...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020

This Is Not An Album Review

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There's a school of thought that music, and any form of artistic expression like it, should be unencumbered from linear measurement. It ...
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Monday, April 20, 2020

4/20 4:20 Open Thread

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Why yes, that is my dog enjoying a blunt on this most auspicious of days. Feel free to add your high-quality content.
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Sunday, April 19, 2020

Music Documentary Project: The Origin Story

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I've already had productive and fun conversations with you cats about my quest to watch way too many music documentaries this quarantine...
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Friday, April 17, 2020

Sample This

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In these times of quarantine, stay-at-home, lockdown, house arrest, or whatever you're calling this downtime from the world, it sure hel...
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Thursday, April 16, 2020

Cool Human Tricks

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Starting about a week ago, my team started a ritual in which one team member has to start each day by sharing a song via our Microsoft Teams...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Thinking of a Master Plan Gives Us Something to Believe in

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Eric B & Rakim, Poison and Israel are helping me frame thoughts as I think about when we can get ourselves out of quarantine. News ...
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Monday, April 13, 2020

COVID-757: The Musical

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Picking up where Zman and then Rob left off, it's time to highlight a few musical selections whose theme can be summarized by a decade...
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Saturday, April 11, 2020

I Am A Pretty Big Deal

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Here's a question for you to ponder (for a few seconds - I'm gonna answer it in the next paragraph): what do I have in common with S...
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Friday, April 10, 2020

30 Years of Fear

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Public Enemy released their masterpiece "Fear of a Black Planet" 30 years ago today. This makes me feel very old, and like postin...
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Tuesday, April 07, 2020

A Close Shave on Mill Mountain: A Very Special GTB Guestie

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From the Star City comes a tale of heroism and facial topiary. Enjoy, and says thanks that our man Rootsy is still with us. Those of you w...
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Sunday, April 05, 2020

Pandemic Party FTW

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Massive thanks to Team Gheorghe and all my friends who decided to celebrate this decrepit old man's birthday on a Zoom call yesterday. I...
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Friday, April 03, 2020

The N-U-C Playlists

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Zman Whit recently gifted me a few months’ worth of Spotify. He’s a mensch, to be sure, and famously generous . But the cynical Yankee j...
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Wednesday, April 01, 2020

The Last Guestie (?)

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We have extended our man in the OBX an invitation to join the paid staff here at G:TB (Note: "paid" is just four letters I include...
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