Paige Maguire's blog

Maria from Her Jazz has written a nice account of her experience at SCMX, and it includes her tale about landing on stage during the Flaming Lips' set.

Kristy Parker from Vintage Rock recently wrote an interesting piece about "Jeremy", the Pearl Jam video we probably all remember. Young boy in a classroom, young boy wrapped in an American flag against the flaming backdrop - those images are part of our collective memories thanks to the visual impact of the video and Eddie Vedder's poignant lyrics.

Whenever I have days that drain me or overwhelm, I turn to Janet Timmons. Her music blog, Out the Other, is a really impressive collection of mp3s, reviews, thoughts and good old fashion information. She updates us on upcoming events, gives us sneak peeks at her radio show (wrvu.org) and even takes the time to round up interesting material on other sites to point us in some good directions.

After discovering that the Houston Grand Opera will finish the fiscal year with a 2 million dollar deficit, Cindy Hotpoint takes some time to raise the question, "Where are all the 20 and 30-something opera fans?

Paige Maguire also blogs at her personal site. Mallory O'Donnell is discussing a subject near and dear to my heart: the problem of music collecting in the digital age. For most of us nearing the end of our 20's or slipping quietly into our 30's, there are memories of vinyl collections, dusty crates and boxes of Maxells lingering around to remind us of the days when our experience was music actually involved some sort of physical interaction with it as a product.