links for 2007-03-20

• Petzold Book Blog - Daffy “Times” Article on Amazon and Classical Music
  Reasons why ArkivMusic is superior to Amazon.
• Dial "M" for Musicology: La-Z-Blog
  "Then there is the curse of Dylanology, such a blight on pop criticism: worship of lyrics as ‘poetry’, modelled on pop’s least representative major figure."
• Kenneth Woods- a view from the podium » Archivio » Fire fallout
  "Oregon East Symphony Fire Recovery Fund 424 S Main Pendleton, Oregon 97801 -- It will take at least a year for the orchestra to recover its prospects, but first we must survive for the next few months."
• Kenneth Woods- a view from the podium » Archivio » More on the Elgar fiasco
  "Then I realized that all my Stephen King novels burned on Thursday anyway."
• neomarxisme: An Odd Thing about Airplane Movies
  "Is American culture critical beyond the functional value of criticism? Or was this just a misplaced filler segment?"
• Rifftides: Doug Ramsey on jazz and other matters
  'there is a gem of an Armstrong solo, and another by Earl Hines, on the piece called "Knee Drops," which is less often played or discussed' :: with link to RealAudio track