Scooter Chronicles

One of my favorite science fiction authors, the one who’s work introduced me to the possibilities that can be had with the power of imagination, Arthur C. Clarke passed away early this morning in Sri Lanka.

Even those that don’t read science fiction may be familiar with Clarke’s most famous work, “2001: A Space Odyssey”. He wrote the book at the same time he was writing the movie script with Stanley Kubrick.

It is strange, because just last week I was thinking about him. I had been reading some write-ups about both the book and movie, along with it’s sequels,...

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Sometime last week I stumbled across Blender Magazine’s “50 Worst Things Ever to Happen to Music” list. I found one of them very amusing.

31. Jazz fusion
It’s a rule of thumb that any music that uses “jazz” as a prefix will make you want to saw your head off in boredom (see also: jazz-funk, jazz rap, jazz house). But none is as wearying as the genre that thought what rock really needed was month-long bass solos and time signatures Stephen Hawking wouldn’t understand.

Yes sir! Very funny. But I still like jazz fusion.