Category Archives: music

Blood and tears

Posted on December 2, 2010 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

I started trying to learn how to play guitar in the late 1990s. It hurt. Not my ears so much (that was more of a problem when I tried to learn the banjo). It was my fingers. The calluses weren’t … Continue reading →

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This Little Piggy

Posted on August 24, 2010 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Today is release day for Laurel Snyder’s Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher. I’m excited about this book for a number of reasons. One, of course, is that it’s a wonderful book. (Humor + heart + Judaism – … Continue reading →

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Another musical welcome…

Posted on August 10, 2010 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Clearly this blog went on vacation along with me, but I had to come back this week to welcome two new books. Today is the official release date for If Trouble Don’t Kill Me, the true story of musical brothers … Continue reading →

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Rock bottom

Posted on April 22, 2010 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

I went to see The Rock Bottom Remainders this week, figuring that my standing as a writing geek would be revoked unless I saw these people play live. The band of writing luminaries started jamming together in 1992 and for … Continue reading →

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Alex Chilton, RIP

Posted on March 17, 2010 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

There have been a number of celebrity-type people who have died recently that I’ve wanted to write about. John Hughes, the man who directed the movies that became both the text and the soundtrack for my coming of age. Michael … Continue reading →

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