Today the ol’ blog turns three years old. It’s really incredible how much my life has changed since I started writing about it in this format, and I think largely that it’s a good thing. Life has to go somewhere, right? Still, the consistency of the blog has been a really cool thing for me. SO. To celebrate the birthday and to thank you for reading, besides the fact that I gave the blog its obligatory yearly facelift, this year I’m also giving away a special, one of a kind, entirely unique…
Stick figure drawing.
You guessed it. And you know you want it.
It will be drawn on fancy paper and will also come with a good old-fashioned, hand-written letter or postcard. Sent to you through the good old-fashioned postal service.
Maybe you can frame the stick figure and put it next to your Ellington bust. Maybe you can sell it on eBay in order to pay for that new pink melodica you’ve been wanting. The possibilities are endless with art of this caliber:
Uniball Vision on American Airlines Napkin. (This is not the one I'm giving away...)
To enter the contest, tell me (and everyone else) what one record from 2010/11 they must own. Post it in the comments section, and one winner (or maybe two) will be randomly selected a week from today.
On a more serious note, the readership for my blog continues to be comprised of a small and basically consistent group. I really enjoy writing about music, and I’m thankful that I can be a part of this small community. Keep reading, keep working, keep sharing, and let’s go forward.
P.S. If you need more reading, here are some popular posts from the past year:
- No One Understands: A Rebuttal
- Thoughts On Jazz Education
- Angel City Jazz Fest
- On Improvisation
- The Benefits Of A Bad Music Education (Josh Bryant Guest Post)
- Books For Your (My) Identity Crisis
- No Cowboys
- The Question Of New York/Friday Links
- On Working Musicians
- The Student Of The Day Is: Chad Spencer
mary halvorson – electric fruit
with weasel walter on drums
and peter evans on trumpet
Posted by jake Rosenzweig | 05/10/2011, 12:14 pmHidden by These New Puritans
Posted by Sam | 05/11/2011, 2:01 amBuke and Gass – Riposte
Is this too square for Tuneblog? … probably, but I want to win SO BADLY. I can never get enough of those stick figures!
Posted by Joshua Bryant | 05/11/2011, 12:52 pmThis is probably too obvious, but I’m going to go with The Bad Plus- Never Stop.
Posted by Jeff Laser | 05/15/2011, 3:01 pmmust have album:
Punch Brothers, Antifogmatic
Posted by Mollie Haughn | 05/15/2011, 3:02 pmLittle Women: Throat
Brutal
Posted by theatrociousspeller | 05/15/2011, 3:39 pmSince I’m late:
Deerhunter- Halcyon Digest
Tame Impala- Innerspeaker
LCD Soundsystem- This is Happening
Posted by akshaisingh | 06/05/2011, 11:25 am