October 5, 2009 by Bruce Hembd
Archived under: General, Random, Technology & Digital Culture
Random Monday: RSS Update and Horn Geekdom
RSS Update
The Horn Matters RSS feed has been updated to now include full articles instead of excerpts only. If you are new or unfamiliar to feed readers, it is a great way to keep track of your favorite web sites in one, simple interface.
- Another celebrity French horn geek
So apparently the Comedy Network’s Daily Show front man Jon Stewart played French horn in high school.
- Leader of the pack?
The leader of the brass section is the French horn. But when it was first made nobody used it indoors because it sound [sic] harsh.
Horndog wonders if anyone told the trumpet players about this. It was found here.
- This week from Horndog
More Photoshop shenanigans, a few site reviews and thoughts on artistry and virtuosity.
- Other items to check out
For more tidbits in recent music-related news, take a look at my Shared RSS Reading page. I subscribe to over 80 different blogs and sites and this page tracks some of the more interesting reading.
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