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Monthly Music Monday: “I Will Possess Your Heart” by Death Cab for Cutie
Unlike Justice’s video for “Stress,” the video for Death Cab for Cutie’s “I Will Possess Your Heart” doesn’t really pretend to be a film, at least not a cinema-vérité documentary. Instead, it might actually be an account of one singer’s … Continue reading
Monthly Music Monday: “Stress” by Justice
I want to point out that this video is a mini-movie, and one that I find very, very disturbing. The first dozen times I watched it I found myself crying–it’s such a perfect distillation of people’s inhumanity to one another, … Continue reading
Monthly Music Monday: “Secular Haze” by Ghost B.C.
One of the posters on Absolute Write has a picture of Ghost B.C.’s lead singer as their avatar, and eventually I tracked down who the crazy guy dressed in bishop robes was. I have to say, I love all things … Continue reading
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Monthly Music Monday: “Reagan” by Killer Mike
I don’t remember where I found this, but what captured my mind was the combination of the music and the animation. It’s a beautiful, disturbing video even without the rap laying out a horrifying view of the world. The quotes … Continue reading
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Tagged Experiments Recorded, Killer Mike, Musical Variations, Reagan
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Monthly Music Monday: “Guillotine” by The Coup
Tracy Jo Barnwell introduced me to this video, though I’d already heard of The Coup and been entranced by Boots Riley’s lyrics and the music infusing them. The social consciousness of the lyrics appeals to me–artists making political statements–though of … Continue reading
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Tagged Experiments Recorded, Guillotine, Musical Variations, The Coup
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Monthly Music Monday: “Food Glorious Food” by Homeboy Sandman
In this very occasional and random series (as is true for pretty much everything on this blog), I’ll present music which has wormed itself into my brain. In this case, it’s the bass line and the very subject of this … Continue reading
Music You Should Be Listening To (Not an Opinion)
I just learned about Janelle Monáe. As with many things in popular culture, I imagine I am far, far behind the times and that all of you are already converts to her awesomeness. If not, then here you go, thank … Continue reading
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Tagged Experimental Reviews, Experiments Recorded, Janelle Monáe, The Electric Lady, What I'm Hearing
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Blammity Blam!
So I’ve been going through the blog archives of Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! and have been finding some awesome stuff. Awesome, in this case, means funny. Also, horrifying. See below: The reason I showed you that was to show … Continue reading
So I’ve given up all hope
of saying anything really important anymore on this blog. If I think too much about it — whether “it” is writing, thoughts about a book, movie, etc., or people (you know who you are) — then I write nothing. Instead, … Continue reading
I want your soul, and so does everyone else
There’s a show called Off the Air. You should watch it. Watching it is quite easy. All the episodes are available in ten-minute chunks on YouTube. Ten-minute chunks because that is how long they are. The episodes. I’m not sure … Continue reading