Good Coordination

People keep calling Bumpspark* a reality show. I can accept that. The spark I’m looking for is similar to the energy the ABC producers of Dancing With The Stars or Wifeswap hope to find in strange bedfellows. I just want, rather than another wardrobe malfunction or a catfight between a young Republican and a Wiccan, something a little more enriching. Congratulations to Kristi Yamaguchi though. Who would have thought that a graceful Olympic Gold Medalist could also dance?

Giants

Do you remember all those comparisons between Lincoln and JFK? Oswald fired from a warehouse and hid in a theater; Booth fired in the theater and ran to a warehouse. Will coincidences never cease? Well it turns out Lincoln is also a good foil for Darwin. To start, they were both born on the same day. Author David Contosta examines what would have been one ‘ell of a bumpspark in his new book Rebel Giants this Tuesday.

Hahn + Ritter

There are more clips of these two on YouTube.

Crossing Over

Wasn’t I right? Raising Sands turned out to be one of the best albums last year. Well, call it crossover, call it a mashup, or call it a bumpspark, two more of our chart toppers, from completely different sections of the music store, are seeing what 1+1 gets you. Folk rocker Josh Ritter has been appearing in public with gentile classical violinist Hilary Hahn.

By the way, are there any more music stores? Strawberries? Sam Goody? Tower? Damn. Talk about a revolution.