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	<link>http://andrewlienhard.com</link>
	<description>on albums, digital music, and automats</description>
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		<title>Absurd Eclectica, a new mix</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I made this mix for my puppeteer friends to accompany their late night pre-show tech frenzy. This music is suitable for other activities too; it&#8217;s not exclusive to the manufacture of puppets and puppet-related accessories. 
Lots of worldly, winsome, and weird music here. Note that the 27 tracks listed are in Song, Band format (because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andrewlienhard.com&blog=11605371&post=1344&subd=alienintheheights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://andrewlienhard.com/2010/03/10/absurd-eclectica-a-new-mix/</link>
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		<title>Mark Linkous, RIP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am quite bummed to hear the news that Mark Linkous, frontman for Sparklehorse, committed suicide yesterday in Knoxville.
The Sparklehorse debut &#8220;Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot&#8221; set a new standard for opiate melancholy, as did the ironically titled follow-up &#8220;It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life&#8221;. Linkous was a master at using gorgeous atmospheric textures to amplify heart-wrenching lyrics. No better example of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andrewlienhard.com&blog=11605371&post=1331&subd=alienintheheights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://andrewlienhard.com/2010/03/09/mark-linkous-rip/</link>
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		<title>43 Essential Controls for Web Applications</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An excellent summary by Theresa Neil
http://www.uxbooth.com/blog/essential-controls-for-web-applications/
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		<link>http://andrewlienhard.com/2010/03/09/43-essential-controls-for-web-applications/</link>
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		<title>A Lucky Find</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Steph FOUND this album sitting next to a garbage can along with about 20 others including &#8220;Songs in the Key of Life&#8221; and Les McCann &#38; Eddie Harris &#8220;Live at Montreux&#8221;. Someone didn&#8217;t love the vinyl. Our gain. Even crackly and old, Miles at the Blackhawk sounds amazing.
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		<link>http://andrewlienhard.com/2010/03/09/a-lucky-find/</link>
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		<title>Goodnight, Oscar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I enjoyed the hosts. I did not enjoy the opening number. Couldn&#8217;t they get a real singer for this sort of thing?
The John Hughes tribute was interesting. So weird to see the brat-pack, weary and weathered&#8230;. I once walked past Ally Sheedy in the Upper West Side. We made eye contact, she sneered back. Whatever. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andrewlienhard.com&blog=11605371&post=1312&subd=alienintheheights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://andrewlienhard.com/2010/03/07/goodnight-oscar/</link>
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		<title>Benny Green Transcription, Cottontail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Benny Green trading choruses with a guitarist on the Ellington rhythm changes &#8220;Cottontail&#8221; from the Ray Brown CD Seven Steps To Heaven. Note the tempo &#8212; a scorching 300 bpm! I got this up to 80% speed, but after that I fall apart! Again, pure textbook rhythm change bebop construction here. Note the fluidity of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andrewlienhard.com&blog=11605371&post=1294&subd=alienintheheights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://andrewlienhard.com/2010/03/05/benny-green-transcription-cottontail/</link>
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		<title>Oscar 2010 Predictions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2010 Predictions<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andrewlienhard.com&blog=11605371&post=1289&subd=alienintheheights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://andrewlienhard.com/2010/03/05/oscar-2010-predictions/</link>
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		<title>Benny Green Transcription, The Song Is You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the first chorus of a Benny Green solo on The Song Is You from his debut CD &#8220;Prelude&#8221; (1989, Criss Cross). The thing that&#8217;s impressive about this solo is the shear velocity and precision of it all. When you look closer you realize that he&#8217;s constantly repeating himself, sometimes by whole measures. However, it&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andrewlienhard.com&blog=11605371&post=1260&subd=alienintheheights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://andrewlienhard.com/2010/03/03/benny-green-transcription/</link>
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		<title>Mulgrew Miller Transcription</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two choruses of a Mulgrew Miller piano solo on &#8220;If I Should Lose You&#8221;, from the album Getting To Know You.
Here&#8217;s a recording of the transcribed excerpt:

And here&#8217;s the PDF of the solo:
Mulgrew Miller Solo on &#8220;If I Should Lose You&#8221;

I&#8217;ll try to finish this solo at some point because there&#8217;s more good stuff in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andrewlienhard.com&blog=11605371&post=1211&subd=alienintheheights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://andrewlienhard.com/2010/02/28/mulgrew-miller-transcription/</link>
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		<title>Vulgarities of the Piano</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Josef Hofmann&#8217;s 1907 treatise &#8220;Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered&#8221; is chock-full of useful factoids on the proper study of the pianoforte. One hundred years after its first printing, this classic book continues to garner praise, including numerous five-star ratings on Amazon; clearly it has endured the test of time.
I saw it on the shelves [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andrewlienhard.com&blog=11605371&post=1219&subd=alienintheheights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://andrewlienhard.com/2010/02/28/piano-playing-with-piano-questions-answered/</link>
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		<title>Roger Ebert: Hero</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Roger Ebert&#8217;s battle with throat cancer has been an unattended background story for many years. News that the disease cost him his jaw and the ability to speak emerged far less subtly though. This month’s Esquire magazine features an up-close photo of the famed film critic, jawless and almost unrecognizable; his face poking up from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andrewlienhard.com&blog=11605371&post=1101&subd=alienintheheights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://andrewlienhard.com/2010/02/20/roger-ebert-hero/</link>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s Music Discoveries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few bands I discovered today while trolling 8tracks.com playlists.
Angus &#38; Julia, details here:
&#8220;Siblings Julia and Angus Stone come from Newport, Australia. Angus and Julia’s decision to collaborate was taken at the beginning of 2006. Prior to that, both had performed as solo artists at open mic nights but utilised the other as a backing partner. Ultimately [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andrewlienhard.com&blog=11605371&post=1079&subd=alienintheheights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://andrewlienhard.com/2010/02/15/new-bands/</link>
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		<title>Love Gone Wrong, a new mix</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s our annual Anti-Valentine&#8217;s Mix CD, the online version!
Otis Redding &#8220;Don&#8217;t Mess With Cupid&#8221;
The Beatles &#8220;You Can&#8217;t Do That&#8221;
Nouvelle Vague &#8220;Love Will Tear Us Apart&#8221;
Soft Cell &#8220;Tainted Love&#8221;
Black Eyed Peas &#8220;Shut Up&#8221;
Nancy Sinatra &#8220;Bang Bang&#8221;
Nina Simone &#8220;I Put A Spell On You&#8221;
Deee-Lite &#8220;Try Me On&#8230;I&#8217;m Very You&#8221;
The Bird And The Bee &#8220;You&#8217;re A Cad&#8221;
The Pretenders [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andrewlienhard.com&blog=11605371&post=1071&subd=alienintheheights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://andrewlienhard.com/2010/02/14/love-gone-mix-a-new-mix/</link>
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		<title>Hipster Proto Bands</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Band name-dropping is a tried and true technique for making yourself appear knowledgeable and cool. The more obscure the band, the better. The smaller their output, the better. If one of the band members met an untimely end, even better. All good rules. However, unless your gravity-influenced band of everlasting unclaimed zeitgeist boasts a &#8220;proto&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andrewlienhard.com&blog=11605371&post=957&subd=alienintheheights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://andrewlienhard.com/2010/02/11/10-hipster-70s-proto-bands/</link>
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		<title>An Apple for an Apple</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A brief history of the Battle of the Beatle, the legendary band's enduring conflicts with Apple Computers, EMI, and their future in the digital musicsphere.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andrewlienhard.com&blog=11605371&post=834&subd=alienintheheights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://andrewlienhard.com/2010/02/07/an-apple-for-an-apple/</link>
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