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R.I.P: Chris Reimer of Women
(Originally posted on Tympanogram.com on February 22, 2012) The Calgary Herald has reported that Chris Reimer, guitarist for Women has died. As of right now there is no information, as you can read in the short article, beyond that he … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, miscellaneous, music, news, thoughts, tympanogram
Tagged calgary, christopher reimer, flemish eye, jagjaguwar, music, women
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An Open Letter to Newsweek and TheDailyBeast.com
I really never thought that it would come to this. I have been a subscriber to your magazine for several years now. Each time that I was offered the opportunity to re-subscribe I did so. I’m currently paid up to … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, action, miscellaneous, personal, philosophy, politics, thoughts, writing
Tagged college, daily beast, dailybeast.com, degree, music, newsweek, school, university, useless
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The meaning of Quartertonality
I’ve had this blog for a few years now, but only really been seriously writing for it for just under a year. The real beginning was in July 2010 when I began writing for groovemine.com. Mark, the owner of that … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, action, miscellaneous, music, personal, philosophy, thoughts, writing
Tagged classical, concert music, ives, musicology, pop, quartertonality, reviewing, serious, thoughts
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Record Store Day, 2011
Record Store Day this year is April 16th, this coming Saturday. In case you aren’t aware, it is the annual celebration of independent music stores. If I remember correctly it started out as a pretty small endeavor with only a … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums, miscellaneous, music, news, personal, thoughts, Uncategorized
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Album review: Radiohead – “The King of Limbs”
We can always count on Radiohead to change the game from album to album. Because of this I feel that their latest album, “The King of Limbs”, deserves something beyond the usual track by track review. Everything that Radiohead does, … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums, music, news, reviews, thoughts, writing
Tagged 2011, albums, in depth, jonny greenwood, king of limbs, phil selway, radiohead, thom yorke, thoughts, vinyl, writing
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Sonic Youth Exegesis 1: “Hey Joni”
I started doing this on twitter where periodically I would take a line from a Sonic Youth tune and expound upon it. The idea just came out of me being goofy and bored while listening to Daydream Nation one night. … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, miscellaneous, music, songs, thoughts, writing
Tagged classic, creative reworking, daydream nation, exegesis, expounding, hey joni, music, sonic youth
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A by no means complete list of emotionally devastating lyrics
Musicians are of that breed of individual that wear their emotions on their sleeve. They seem to feel them more intensely than others, or are at least worse at hiding their emotions than everyone else. So many musicians, that didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, miscellaneous, music, songs, thoughts
Tagged andrew bird, depressing, honesty, hurricane bells, lyrics, pain, songs, steve schiltz, titus andronicus, tom waits
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Song in too much detail: The Burning Hell – “It Happens in Florida”
I just want to write something, hopefully brief, about a single song. The song in question is by a band from Peterborough, Ontario, Canada that goes by the name The Burning Hell. The band’s personnel changes from album to album … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, music, songs, thoughts
Tagged canada, love, Mathias Kom, peterborough, songs, The Burning Hell
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Object Permanence Pt. 2: Crowd Control
How much control does an artist have then is another question. The painter can fill up the canvas and decide how the work is going to be framed. How much control does an artist have over how the work is … Continue reading