Really Redding - Part 110

Fun | Music

Red Bluff synth-pop by Craig Padilla

BySkip@RR October 16, 2008March 14, 2012

Click on the play button to listen while you read. If you don’t see the Player, you may need to refresh the browser page. This piece was recorded live at the State Theater in Red Bluff a few years back, and is titled Trance Formation. The event was a fund raiser for the State Theater,…

Ambient music piece

BySkip@RR October 15, 2008March 14, 2012

Ambient music, as defined by me, is music that sets a mood of some sort, and is interesting, but not so interesting as to be distracting or serve as a central focus of concentration. It’s good background music for mental activities or other such abstract endeavors. I like to think of it as music that…

Fun | Music

New music player

BySkip@RR October 14, 2008March 14, 2012

Clicking on the widget above plays a 17 minute piece, tentatively titled Sobriquet, that Craig Padilla and I whipped up a while back. Not really sure where it was going, or if it would ever be finished and released. It’s more of a sketch, like a painter might sketch out a piece that ends up…

Articles in print | Informational | Opinion

I’m quoted in the RS

BySkip@RR October 13, 2008March 14, 2012

A good article about buying foreclosures by David Benda appeared in the RS on Sunday. It was thoughtful and accurate. Read it HERE. Mother doesn’t go out anymore Just sits at home and rolls her spastic eyes But every weekend through the door Come words of wisdom from the world outside Sunday papers don’t ask…

For Realtors only | Opinion | Uncategorized

A cold wind blows through the Homeshow

BySkip@RR October 12, 2008March 14, 2012

We’ve had a booth at the Homeshow in Anderson for several years now. This Fall show was very lightly attended, coming on the heels of the stock market problems. In the past, it’s been a decent way to meet people in a non-threatening environment. We give out schwag (free promotional items like Custom Water bottles)….

Informational | Opinion

Candidates answer questions.

BySkip@RR October 8, 2008March 14, 2012

I attended the Shasta Board of Realtors meeting today October 8 2008 for their candidate’s forum. The lineup from left to right is Russell Hunt, Missy McArthur, Norma Comnick, Melissa Hunt, Dick Dickerson, John Wood, Ken Murray, Terry Oxley, Jim McDilda, and Gary Cadd. Norma and Melissa are running for council in Anderson, and the…

Photography

First day of fall -last day of Summer

BySkip@RR September 22, 2008March 14, 2012

The photo tells it all. This is Centimudi at Shasta lake at the usual end of the season. Water level is particularly low this year, and fires danced on the hills beyond. I hope for a wet winter to put some of this behind us.

Music | Photography

17th annual Blues by the River

BySkip@RR September 21, 2008March 14, 2012

Music

Shoegaze

BySkip@RR September 20, 2008

Hre’s a link to the MySpace page of Chico shoegazer the Soul’s Release. I love the name of this genre, shoegaze. I imagine young emo’s staring at their shoes earnestly. http://www.myspace.com/thesoulsrelease Anyway I like the music. There are a few tunes availalble on the page and you can download it from iTunes if you are…

Music

Rich Wright 1943-2005

BySkip@RR September 17, 2008March 14, 2012

“I know we’ve made some great songs and great music,” … “but I can’t tell you why we’re so popular” Richard Wright, keyboard player for Pink Floyd. 1943-2008 Fellow keyboard player Craig Padilla called me and told me the news. It made me terribly melancholy all day yesterday. As a musician, one is influenced by…