Don't think the Stranglers could cross the road without consulting some obscure biblical lore about road crossing, developing a conspiracy theory about traffic management, offending some random passer by, etc.
Presentemanía
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In November last year, Kieran and I joined Argentine critics *Pablo
Schanton* and *Antonia Kon* to discuss music writing and music's future as
part o...
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
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Absolutely *fascinating* current affairs programme from 1972 looking at
advice columnists - Dr Stephen Black talks to Marjorie Proops of the *Daily
Mir...
Letter to a Young Music Critic
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The easy answer: if you want your writing to be more passionate, write
about things you feel passionate about
Otherwise it can feel a bit forced
If you ...
Fuck Art, Let's Dance / Fuck Dance, Let's Art
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*(a talk I gave at Harvard in 2012 at a conference on Art + Rock) *
“When 'art' walks through the door, it's got 15 suitcases full of very
smelly washi...
don't B ridiculous
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Made me mad? Sent me to sleep more like!
It's nearly always the case that the things that are touted for their
supposedly superior musicality, are a...
faves of the 2010s
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(Tracks not full lengths)
Ke$ha – “We R Who We R”
Ke$ha - “Backstabber”
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, "Round and Round"
Rangers – “Golden Triangles”...
Visual Music - a lecture, by me
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*Visual Music - a talk at the Tate Modern, July 27 2018*
*Presented by 4:3 as part of the Uniqlo Tate Late series*
There is a subset of experimental ani...
angel delights
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https://rada-ve.bandcamp.com/track/saturn-rings-songs
*Go on* - listen to that gorgeous bubble bath of synthtronica!
Another vintage release, with a vi...
Absolutely could not do anything in a straightforward manner.
ReplyDeleteThere's a rather amusing interview with them in Canada here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7IO1--F-hM
I did this post for you Phil.
DeleteIt is funny, JJ's squeamishness about being judgmental.
Don't think the Stranglers could cross the road without consulting some obscure biblical lore about road crossing, developing a conspiracy theory about traffic management, offending some random passer by, etc.
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