December 2011
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“Ashes to Ashes” coming from the empty living room as my parents wrap presents in their bedroom.
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PLANET ENO
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Been listening to Brian Eno a lot lately and thinking about how “Eno” sounds like it could be the name of an alien planet; it’s rather befitting that his name sounds so cosmic because so does much of his music.
In the whale, there is a man without his raincoat.
PLANET ENO TATTOOS!
Not really. But also maybe just to freak out my Mom.
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One Week // One Band: Great opportunity blinks. →
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R.E.M. – Airportman
A deep blue keyboard hum. Flourescent chimes. Blasts of static. A low purr of feedback. A bleary, early A.M. airport. Conveyor belts. Michael Stipe’s voice, deep in the mix, singing of moving sidewalks, sallow-skinned travelers, traveling with enviable efficiency beyond…
Oh gosh I’m quoted in this. I feel the need, though, to clarify that I...
One Week // One Band: Have I missed the big... →
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Next up: 2001’s Reveal.
Reveal is Up’s friendlier, more approachable kid sister. An attempt to marry the band’s recent electronic direction with elements that are more recognizably R.E.M.,Reveal is hit or miss; less ambitious and less sonically unified than its predecessor, it…
No, but seriously I am so excited that someone else actually likes Reveal.
I mean, it might...
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R.E.M. – Why Not Smile
Belying its title and upbeat album art, Up is downcast, a set of songs about depression and trauma that sounds like it was recorded in the aftermath of depression and trauma. Michael often sings from either the point of view of someone in crisis or of someone offering…
This song, this song. Generally, I abhor such things as “switching the...
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bowiesongs:
“God Only Knows,” Ava Cherry and the...
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One Week // One Band: Coming up: R.E.M. (post-Bill... →
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Thanks a lot to Karin for a fantastic series of posts!
For our last regular week of coverage in this year, we’ll once again turn to the godfathers of indie rock and the biggest break-up of 2011 — R.E.M.
We’ve previously covered the I.R.S.-era of the band’s early years and will (for now) skip…
YYYESSSSSS
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My Father & I, on "Video Games."
Dad: The whole Chateau Marmont thing is weird, especially since there's a shot of the balcony we had when Gran was visiting.
Me: well sure. but it's a nice song, no? also WHEN DID RACHEL WEISZ MARRY DANIEL CRAIG?
Dad: Really haunting. And when are they going to come out with a sex tape? (Did I say that?)
Me: LOL.
Dad: It's really kind of incredible that 11 million people have seen that video. There's no big hook, it's simply evocative and emotional.
Me: I think you just summed it up better than The Internet ever could.
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One Week // One Band: Coming up: Delia Derbyshire... →
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Thank you, Ian!
Now for next week, we’ll cover a topic I’m really looking forward to (and know very little about…)
Karin Kross (who blogs at hangingfire.tumblr.com) will talk about English composer and electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire and her work (and those of her contemporaries) at…
ooooh that is EXCITING
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