I hate watching the news. Sure it’s great for giving you a quick 5 minute viewpoint of the news, but that’s the problem. It’s a viewpoint. Every new source is biased in some ways. Last weekend, I was waiting to check into my hotel and PandoraCon when I heard some statement. It was about the […]
Author Archives: Marc Gunn
Daniel the Tiger
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood was a love/hate thing for me. I think Mr. Rogers was delightful. I LOVED the intro and outro of the show. So warm and comfortable. I have beautiful memories of him. But the puppets… They always weirded me out. Yet, I was still blown away with delight when I heard the Mr. Rogers […]
Relearning to Jam
One of the great joys of being a musician is the jam session. There’s nothing like getting into a groove and just having fun with it. The song can go on for ten minutes and continues to be a blast to play. If you’re really lucky, it’s also a blast to be heard. I had […]
Replication vs. Duplication
I hate CD printing terminology. It’s so bloody counter intuitive. Here’s the definitions from the Discmakers website. CD Replication includes the creation of a glass master from a client’s original master, a nickel stamper created from that glass master, and the injection molding of clear optical-grade polycarbonate substrates (clear discs) from the nickel stamper. The process […]
Grateful for Adventure (and Adventurers)
In 1989, I moved to Italy to live with my mom for my senior year of high school. We traveled a lot. In fact, while the rest of my senior class went to Rimini to get drunk over Spring Break, my mom and I went on a pilgrimage following the artwork of Piero della Francesca. […]
Pub Songs #125: Changing the Way You Hear Celtic Music News
I’m very pleased to bring you an extra interesting show today. I have some big news for the week, but to some degree it feels like repetition of news I’ve already shared. Yes, it is a progress report, and I made a lot of progress, but I need something different. So this week, I decided […]
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Celtic Geek Manifesto
Do you love Celtic music and culture? Do you love science fiction and fantasy? You are a Celtic Geek. Welcome to the family! For those new or uncertain about this small, but growing group of individuals, let me lay down some details about Celtic music and culture. Celtic is defined as anything from the seven […]
Healthcare and States Rights
Today, I have a political rant. I’m gonna try and keep it bipartisan, because I think the ideas fit both parties… or at least the moderates of both parties. Before I start, a simple letter to all politicians in Washington–SHAME ON YOU! To shut down the government. You are all criminals in my mind. I […]
Irish Song Lyrics Updated
With all the attacks on my wordpress pages, I decided it was time to go back to standard HTML. To that end, I am updating my Irish Song Lyrics website and making the site new and fresh with all the lyrics I currently have up. It’s gonna take a while before I dispose of the […]
“A Celtic Christmas” Is Coming Early This Year
Have you been naughty or nice? Either way, I’m expecting lots of Christmas Celtic knotwork snowflakes falling from the sky thanks to your generous donation on Kickstarter. My next compilation CD A Celtic Christmas is already at 150% of its funding with six days to go. I’m getting kinda hopeful that we will meet our […]
