Category Archives: thoughts

An Open Letter to Newsweek and TheDailyBeast.com

Posted on May 13, 2011 by quartertonality

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 →

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The meaning of Quartertonality

Posted on April 26, 2011 by 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 →

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Record Store Day, 2011

Posted on April 14, 2011 by quartertonality

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 →

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Album review: Radiohead – “The King of Limbs”

Posted on March 29, 2011 by quartertonality

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 →

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Sonic Youth Exegesis 1: “Hey Joni”

Posted on November 22, 2010 by quartertonality

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 →

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A by no means complete list of emotionally devastating lyrics

Posted on September 21, 2010 by quartertonality

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 →

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Song in too much detail: The Burning Hell – “It Happens in Florida”

Posted on August 16, 2010 by quartertonality

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 →

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Object Permanence Pt. 2: Crowd Control

Posted on July 23, 2009 by quartertonality

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 →

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Object Permanence

Posted on July 22, 2009 by quartertonality

This past week I was in Chicago, a giant cultural leap forward from the small town that I currently occupy. This trip not only afforded me the opportunity to spend time with my brother and sister in law, but also … Continue reading →

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Inspiration v. Motivation

Posted on June 7, 2009 by quartertonality

I don’t know if I believe in something called inspiration. It seems that creative people are thought of as being “inspired” at all times. Maybe it is just a matter of syntax, but I don’t think there is such a … Continue reading →

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