I stumbled upon this ancient Talking Heads footage from the spring of 1976, before Jerry Harrison was even involved.
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Musical Break
Seems appropriate today…….
Blue Honky
It’s surprising to me how much of my musical taste has been shaped by movies. I discovered Beethoven through Clockwork Orange. I discovered Prokofiev through Love and Death. And I discovered Honky Tonk from Blue Velvet.
Constructing a Masterpiece
A fascinating breakdown of how my favorite twenty minutes of music was put together:
The Ultimate Test of Cerebral Fitness
A cool new take on a classic 80s song:
