Drop the Needle - Music That Matters
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The Active Past: Part IV
The Original Klingon
Una Chin-Riley is intoxicated, holding a microphone, and committed well beyond prudence. The first officer of the Enterprise is singing karaoke in Klingon, attacking every guttural consonant with the conviction of...
The Active Past: Part III
The Accusation
In 1993, several kinds of ground moved beneath my feet.
It was my first year marching in The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps Color Guard. I transferred from USL to USM, left home, and became a smaller fish in larger ponds...
The Active Past: Part II
The Chooser’s Chooser
An old song is playing in a young room. This time, I don’t look at the person nearest the speaker and begin subtracting. I look at the speaker.
At the salon in Peachtree City, the music came through an Amazon Ech...
The Active Past: Part I
The Arithmetic
I was getting my hair cut at an Aveda salon in Peachtree City when an Amazon Echo Dot played an *NSYNC hit.
The stylist stood behind me, working around my head with the concentration of someone holding sharp objects nea...
The Things We Make to Make Music
Lessons from the World’s Largest Collection of Musical Instruments
Humans Will Make Music Out of Anything
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David A. Benoît has a Bachelors in Music Education from the University of Southern Mississippi where he played principal oboe.
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