Archive for September, 2006

If a tree falls in Manhattan…

Friday, September 29th, 2006

…does anybody hear?

Anyone who knows me at all knows that I am a huge Bruce Cockburn fan.  It’s because of this fact that I decided to buy a couple of tickets to his show in Manhattan last weekend and make the drive.

Bruce Cockburn Plays Guitar!

I’m going to try this cool new feature that Word Press has which allows me to continue this post on a separate page…

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ThirdRail Productions Gets a Facelift

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

Hello friends,

Thanks for stopping by the home of ThirdRail Productions. If you’ve been by before, you will of course notice that our look has changed significantly. We’re still doing the same stuff: creating quality audio and visual content . . . however, the new blog format will give us the ability to post more cool stuff in a more readily accessible format.

Trying to keep it simple,

Rich Blatt

What’s So Funny….

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

…about Elvis Costello and Alan Toussaint?


Well…actually…that they don’t make great music together. Which may not be all that shocking of a revelation, given that EC is famous for angry brit-punk flavored tunes from the 70s, and Alan Toussaint is known for New Orleans flavored jazz music.

Elvis Costello opened up the set with his trademark “(What’s So Funny ’bout) Peace Love and Understanding” and was then (more…)

Legends

Friday, September 8th, 2006

More from Buddy Guy’s set. Lookit that smile…! Gotta admit, the man has charisma…


Corporations talk about team. Blue in the face from all the talk of team. Well, I got news. Check out this (more…)