Portrait of Eric Satie — Santiago Rusinol
Tagged: Art, Books, Erik Satie, men reading, Music, Portrait of Eric Satie, Readers, Santiago Rusinol
View ArticleStop Making Sense — Talking Heads
Tagged: Art, David Byrne, Film, Jonathan Demme, Music, Talking Heads
View Article“Thoreau”— Charles Ives
“Thoreau” — Charles Ives Thoreau was a great musician, not because he played the flute but because he did not have to go to Boston to hear “the Symphony.” The rhythm of his prose, were there nothing...
View ArticleRIP Lou Reed
RIP Lou Reed, 1942-2013 I imagine other folks will put together overviews of Lou Reed’s career that contextualize his dramatic importance to contemporary music—to rock n’ roll—so I’m not gonna bother...
View ArticleSerge Gainsbourg’s Histoire de Melody Nelson Gets the 33 1/3 Treatment (Book...
Things I am a fan of: Serge Gainsbourg, Darran Anderson, and the 33 1/3 series. The 33 1/3 imprint focuses on specific albums, and the results are usually far more engaging than standard biographical...
View ArticleA Short Riff on They Might Be Giants’ Album Flood (Book Acquired, 11.18.2013)
In the seventh grade, my friend Tilford gave me a copy of They Might Be Giant’s album Flood. This was in 1991, back when “alternative” music was far more varied than it is now. What I mean by this is...
View ArticleKeith Carradine on the Music of Altman’s Nashville
Tagged: Film, Keith Carradine, Music, Nashville, Robert Altman
View ArticleEnnio Morricone Disucsses Scoring Petri’s Investigation of a Citizen Above...
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View Article“All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music”
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View Article“All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music”
Tagged: All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music, Art, Music
View Article“All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music”
Tagged: Art, Incapacitants, Music, noise
View ArticleElizabeth Cotten Plays a Bunch of Songs
Tagged: Elizabeth Cotten, fingerpicking, folk, Guitar, Music
View Article“All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music”
Tagged: All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music, Music, The Rott Childs
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