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Music in the Dark

Posted on August 8, 2011, 12:08 am, by Jack L. B. Gohn, under The Close Up, Theme Songs.

Sometimes darkness makes the music more intense, especially music about things you can only see in the dark. This one is about that experience.

Tags: 1968, A&M Records, Alan Bergman, Ampex tape decks, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brasil '65, Brasil '66, Brasileiro, Capricorn, Casino Royale, Charles K. Feldman, Cosmic Sounds, Counter Culture, Counterculture, Cyrus Faryar, Dean Martin, drugs, Dusty Springfield, Frank Sinatra, Graudens, Lani Hall, Look Around, Marilyn Bergman, Mateus Rose, music in the dark, Natalie Cole, psychedelia, psychedelic, Richie Unterberger, Sara Vaughn, Sergio Mendes, sharing music, So Many Stars, student tenement housing, Tamba 4, TEAC tape decks, Terri Gross, The Look of Love, The Making of a Counter Culture, The Zodia, Theodore Roszak, Thunderball, Uncapricious Climber, What's New Pussycat, Woodstock Music Festival
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Sharing: Comin’ Home, Baby and The Hill (O Morro)

Posted on May 28, 2011, 4:28 pm, by Jack L. B. Gohn, under The Close Up, Theme Songs.

All over my dorm I was hearing new things, or hearing old things in a new way. One of the most dramatic discoveries for me was courtesy of a guy a dorm block or two over who played the flute really, really well. I’m guessing I heard the sound of his instrument coming from his window, then traced it to the dorm room it came from, and, if memory serves, invited myself into his room.

Tags: 1965, A Man and a Woman, Antonio Carlos Jobim, ars longa, Art Tatum, Ben Tucker, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Blow-Up, Bob Dylan, Burt Bacharach, Byrds, CDs, Chick Corea, Claude Debussy, college life, Comin' Home Baby, Cream, Creed Taylor, CTI imprint, Daily Pennsylvanian, David Hemmings, Debussy, dormitories, downloads, Draft, draft card burning, draft cards, Ella Fitzgerald, George Gershwin, George T. Simon, Gershwin, Hal David, Herbie Mann, Jerry's Records, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Luiz Eca, lute, Mamas and Papas, Maurice Ravel, Newport Jazz Festival, O Morro, playlists, Ravel, Reach Out, recorder, records, Sharing, Standing Ovation at Newport, Steve Morris, Swingin' Shepherd Blues, Tamba 4, tapes, The Beat Goes ON, the Byrds, the Draft, The Hill (O Morro), the Mamas and the Papas, Vinicius deMoraes, vita brevis, Walk On By, Wax, We and the Sea, Wives and Lovers
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