“A Change Is Gonna Come” might be my all-time favorite song. I clearly remember being a child, driving with my dad and this song coming on the radio. It was 1990 maybe. My dad told me about the civil rights movement and I remember tearing up as I made the connection between Sam Cooke’s desperation [...]
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Posted 28 April 2010
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I’m reading Anthony Elms’ take on the Chicago art scene, which is definitely worth reading. I’m also simultaneously watching/swooning over this studio take of The Low Anthem’s “Charlie Darwin.” Low Anthem “Charle Darwin” from Lake Fever Sessions on Vimeo.
I enjoy art blogs that also post music recommendations. I used to do this more, so I decided to pick it back up again. Fall is a season that’s celebrated in an odd combination of ways. Both the afflicting SAD and the aesthetic experience of sweater-wearing, coffee-drinking earth-dwellers makes this season perfect for slow methodical [...]
I’ve been talking to a new friend a lot about dance lately, and subsequently have become increasingly interested in the history. Like every other art student, I learned about Merce Cunningham in school, who of course did some famous collaborations with John Cage. Did you know John Cage was an “avid amateur mycologist?” Anyways, while [...]
Grant Willing from Outer Space By far, this is the coolest thing I’ve discovered in a long time.
This is interesting. A little too much “complaining” and a little overly sentimental, but interesting nonetheless.
Whenever the holidays start, I tend to sit at my computer for 20 hour marathon’s of music downloading. I’m sure Lars will agree. So here are two gifts I give you, readers, to satiate your music cravings for awhile. First up, I have a link to a message board that has download links to every [...]
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