# linda (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover linda. Page: Feed: --- ## [In Ten Tracks: Cowboy Junkies](https://newdirectionsinmusic.substack.com/p/in-ten-tracks-cowboy-junkies) _2026-08-19 · Marshall Bowden · New Directions In Music_ In Ten Tracks is not a best of or greatest hits or even necessarily a list of favorites. They're songs by an artist that stuck with me for various reasons through the years. Mix tape/playlist staples ## [You cannot escape your past](https://agoodreedreview.com/2026/08/16/book-the-hidden-one/) _2026-08-16 · A Good Reed Review · A Good Reed Review_ By Ande Jacobson The Hidden One, is the fourteenth Kate Burkholder thriller. Once again Kate’s past is the reason she’s sought. Three Amish men (a bishop, a deacon, and a minister) from a small Pennsylvania village show up in her office asking for her help for one of their flock. Jonas Bowman has been arrested … Continue reading You cannot escape your past ## [David Axelrod: Drums, Strings, and a Lotta Soul](https://newdirectionsinmusic.substack.com/p/david-axelrod-drums-strings-and-a) _2026-08-12 · Marshall Bowden · New Directions In Music_ Cannonball Adderley said his music contained a 'layer of violence' regardless of its surface beauty ## [Following your dreams can be rough](https://agoodreedreview.com/2026/08/10/book-fallen/) _2026-08-10 · A Good Reed Review · A Good Reed Review_ By Ande Jacobson Fallen, is the thirteenth Kate Burkholder thriller, this time exploring the dangers of following one’s dreams. Kate isn’t the only one who left the Amish community when she approached the critical decision point of whether or not to be baptized. In Kate’s case, she never was. Rachael Schwartz was another young woman Continue reading Following your dreams can be rough ## [The past matters](https://agoodreedreview.com/2026/07/28/book-outsider/) _2026-07-29 · A Good Reed Review · A Good Reed Review_ By Ande Jacobson The twelfth Kate Burkholder novel, Outsider, delves into Kate’s more recent past. The Prologue starts with a deadly and graphic raid where the target, Gina Colorosa, barely escapes. Gina is the person who helped Kate the most when she first left the plain life. At present though, Gina has troubles, and she Continue reading The past matters ## ["Ode To Billie Joe" and "Clothesline Saga"](https://newdirectionsinmusic.substack.com/p/ode-to-billie-joe-and-clothesline) _2026-07-28 · Marshall Bowden · New Directions In Music_ Did Bobbie Gentry's 1967 hit influence Bob Dylan more than he let on in his Basement Tapes parody? ## [Writing can be therapeutic](https://agoodreedreview.com/2026/07/23/writing-can-be-therapeutic/) _2026-07-23 · A Good Reed Review · A Good Reed Review_ By Ande Jacobson I’ve kept a journal since I was a child, although in recent years I’ve not made many entries. In some ways, the essays I write have taken its place helping me delve into things that I’m thinking about. Sometimes that means writing up thoughts on books I’ve just read or delving into Continue reading Writing can be therapeutic ## [Bebel Gilberto + Rough Guide to Brazilian Electronica](https://newdirectionsinmusic.substack.com/p/bebel-gilberto-rough-guide-to-brazilian) _2026-07-21 · Marshall Bowden · New Directions In Music_ I’ve long been a fan of Brazilian music, particularly bossa nova. ## [Gossip and faulty assumptions can backfire](https://agoodreedreview.com/2026/07/20/book-shamed/) _2026-07-20 · A Good Reed Review · A Good Reed Review_ By Ande Jacobson In Linda Castillo’s eleventh Kate Burkholder novel, Shamed, the Amish don’t always get it right even when their intentions are noble. Seven years before the main story takes place, something happened in the middle of the night that would later haunt a family in Painters Mill although the story doesn’t start there. Continue reading Gossip and faulty assumptions can backfire ## [Magical Mystery Tour Is My Favorite Beatles Album](https://newdirectionsinmusic.substack.com/p/magical-mystery-tour-is-my-favorite) _2026-07-13 · Marshall Bowden · New Directions In Music_ More fun than Sgt. Pepper's, it might be the Beatles' psychedelic masterpiece ## [Ship everywhere from one CLI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jbPLOxtX4k06) _2026-07-13 · **Sponsored**_ One codebase, hosted runners, encrypted credentials, and automated submissions across stores ## [Vigilantism is not the way to go](https://agoodreedreview.com/2026/07/11/book-a-gathering-of-secrets/) _2026-07-11 · A Good Reed Review · A Good Reed Review_ By Ande Jacobson Linda Castillo’s tenth Kate Burkholder novel is A Gathering of Secrets. This time the Amish community goes full vigilante trying to right a horrible wrong. The prologue begins with the suicide of a young woman on the cusp of adulthood with her whole life ahead of her, though it takes some time Continue reading Vigilantism is not the way to go ## [In Ten Tracks: Herbie Hancock](https://newdirectionsinmusic.substack.com/p/in-ten-tracks-herbie-hancock) _2026-07-08 · Marshall Bowden · New Directions In Music_ In Ten Tracks is not a best of or greatest hits or even necessarily a list of favorites. They're songs by an artist that stuck with me for various reasons through the years. Mix tape/playlist staples ## [Childhood impressions stick around](https://agoodreedreview.com/2026/07/03/book-down-a-dark-road/) _2026-07-04 · A Good Reed Review · A Good Reed Review_ By Ande Jacobson Linda Castillo’s ninth Kate Burkholder novel is Down a Dark Road. This time, Kate finds herself face-to-face with an old childhood friend in a desperate situation. The Prologue starts out two years earlier detailing the commission of a horrific crime. Kate’s childhood friend, Joseph King, was tried, convicted, and sent to prison Continue reading Childhood impressions stick around ## [Susheela Raman/Ghost Gamelan (2018)](https://newdirectionsinmusic.substack.com/p/susheela-ramanghost-gamelan-2018) _2026-06-30 · New Directions In Music_ Susheela Raman doesn’t think much of borders. ## [The US at 250](https://agoodreedreview.com/2026/06/29/the-us-at-250/) _2026-06-30 · A Good Reed Review · A Good Reed Review_ By Ande Jacobson We are quickly approaching the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. That should be cause for celebration. 250 years ago, the fledgling colonies did something momentous. They threw off the bonds of tyranny and royal rule and emphatically declared that they were to be self-governing. They weren’t without discord, Continue reading The US at 250 ## [Clive Davis, Arista, and Some Thoughts on the Music Business](https://newdirectionsinmusic.substack.com/p/clive-davis-arista-and-some-thoughts) _2026-06-25 · Marshall Bowden · New Directions In Music_ When I write about Clive Davis, who passed this week, I am writing not as an industry insider, but really as a music fan and sometime musician who has followed the man’s life and career from the perspective of the people he has signed and championed, and the music he promoted. ## [The dangers of being on the inside](https://agoodreedreview.com/2026/06/21/book-among-the-wicked/) _2026-06-21 · A Good Reed Review · A Good Reed Review_ By Ande Jacobson Linda Castillo’s eighth Kate Burkholder novel is Among the Wicked. This time, Kate goes undercover back into the plain life. After Rachel Esh, a fifteen-year-old Amish girl, is found frozen to death in the woods near a small rural New York town, Ohio BCI agents John Tomasetti and Lawrence Bates along with Continue reading The dangers of being on the inside ## [Why be good?](https://agoodreedreview.com/2026/06/19/why-be-good/) _2026-06-20 · A Good Reed Review · A Good Reed Review_ By Ande Jacobson I’ve long held that it doesn’t take faith for somebody to be good, or more to the point, to be a good person. What exactly is a good person though? Realistically a good person is one who treats others with respect and who sees beyond their own nose striving to do what Continue reading Why be good? ## [Two Sweet Records For a Sizzling Summer](https://newdirectionsinmusic.substack.com/p/two-sweet-records-for-a-sizzling) _2026-06-19 · Marshall Bowden · New Directions In Music_ Candi Staton/Music Speaks Louder Than Words (1976) Candy Dulfer/Candy Store (2007) ## [Dangers abound from nature and from man](https://agoodreedreview.com/2026/06/15/book-after-the-storm/) _2026-06-15 · A Good Reed Review · A Good Reed Review_ By Ande Jacobson Linda Castillo’s seventh Kate Burkholder novel is After the Storm. In a sense, this book feels like a brief respite from the shocking crimes that Castillo has brought forth in the series so far, at least early on. Of course, when Kate Burkholder is involved things get complicated rather quickly. The book Continue reading Dangers abound from nature and from man ## [Pirate.io on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/F3fGzD0LHX8t) _2026-06-15 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Pirate.io listing on Google Play to view the app’s details. ## [James Blood Ulmer](https://newdirectionsinmusic.substack.com/p/james-blood-ulmer) _2026-06-14 · Marshall Bowden · New Directions In Music_ One of the best, most original post-Hendrix electric guitarists passes away ## [Pioneering Multimedia Top Ten Insights, a 1995 main stage TEDTalk by Linda Stone](https://lindastone.net/2025/06/22/pioneering-multimedia-top-ten-insights-a-1995-main-stage-tedtalk-by-linda-stone/) _2025-06-22 · Linda Stone · Linda Stone_ My 1995 main stage TEDTalk from 1995 was on a cassette tape. In those days, only audio was recorded. A friend digitized it and I thought it would be fun to post here. When David Letterman had a late night show in the 90’s, he always featured a Top Ten list. In 1995, the technology Continue reading "Pioneering Multimedia Top Ten Insights, a 1995 main stage TEDTalk by Linda Stone" [Listen](https://stonelinda.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/linda-speaking.mp3) ## [Does Constant Multitasking Lead to Digital Dementia?](https://lindastone.net/2025/01/02/does-constant-multitasking-lead-to-digital-dementia/) _2025-01-03 · Linda Stone · Linda Stone_ In 1996, I was working at Microsoft in Seattle and teaching a graduate student seminar at NYU in the Interactive Telecommunications Program. I noticed that at Microsoft, some of my colleagues had two screens, but each screen only had one thing running; either email, a spreadsheet, or a word processor. At NYU, students had one Continue reading "Does Constant Multitasking Lead to Digital Dementia?"