Lawrance M. Bernabo

Less is more--a lot more--with these earphones., April 23, 2012

I do not like to use earphones because they keep falling out of my ears. In recent years the only times I have used them is at Vikings cames to listen to the radio broadcast while watching the game, which means the sound is cranked up as high as it can go and still you cannot hear everything, but I am not about to resort to headphones in that situation. But this semester my office mate and I are in the office at the same time and I like to listen to music a lot, not just for the background but because I am always listening to new albums to pick songs for my radio show, whereas he prefers things to be quiet. So I needed earphones if I was going to listen to must as often as I want without… Read more

The Smothers Brothers offer new versions of several classic routines, August 19, 2011

Of course, there is no "Golden Hits of the Smothers Brothers, Volume I," so do not both time trying to find it. That is because the idea behind this particular comedy collection was not to pull the best routines from the first nine albums put out by the Smothers Brothers during the previous five years of touring and performing, but rather to include new versions of of those routines. Consequently, with the exception of "Intermission Bit," every bit you find on this album (finally released on CD this summer!) has was done previously on an earlier album. You have to admit, this is a rather unique approach to a "greatest hits" album.

The piece de resistance is the 10-minute… Read more

Singer-songwriter Rachael Kilgour sings about relationships, May 3, 2011

I have now seen Rachael Kilgour in concert more often than any other artist; she moved ahead of Sarah McLachlan in that regard last year. So it will not surprise anybody that I am also a big fan of her second album, "Will You Marry Me?" The title track strikes me as being the quintessential Rachael Kilgour song, and for a while I was thinking it was my favorite song off of her first album since it debuted at the CD release party and I have heard her sing it at all of her concerts. Of course, it is not on that first album, but it remains a favorite because there is something so endearing in Kilgour's voice on this one, especially in the chorus when she sings, "You're my favorite after all,… Read more