Which Side Are You On?
Last year we watched Barbara Kopple’s landmark documentary Harlan County, USA from 1976 and ever since “Which Side Are You On?” has been stuck in my head. A pro-union folk song written by… Continue reading
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We Built This Kitty
My husband has a new favorite song. I’ve discussed his taste in music on this blog before as *refers to notes* “late night art college radio youtube mashup supercut lyric-less catchy nonsense of… Continue reading
The History of Jazz, second edition by Ted Gioia
I decided to kick off the new year (and new decade, I guess!) by reading a new genre of music writing. I am a seasoned jazz listener, since I first started, freshman year… Continue reading
RIP David Crosby
“Awh fuck,” Patrick replied to my text. “:(((((((( It’s starting.” “Major league asshole,” I said. “Oh nightmare fuel. But I’m sad for what it represents. The Laurel Canyon scene is starting to take… Continue reading
The Beautiful Ones by Prince
I came to Prince late, perhaps because of my age but more likely because of my upbringing (meaning: white people, classic rock, just Motown on the soul front, not much funk beyond Stevie… Continue reading
Kraftwerk: Future Music from Germany by Uwe Schütte
Stumbled upon this book from a friend’s recommendation. It piqued my interest because I love learning about music and because I’ve been reading about music, music history, musicians, scenes, publications, journalists, etc. etc.,… Continue reading
Glitter Up The Dark: How Pop Music Broke The Binary by Sasha Geffen
I am always searching for a new lens into music history and music storytelling and I found it with Geffen’s Glitter Up The Dark. The University of Texas Press American Music Series, edited… Continue reading
Disco Is Love: I Love Disco, A Personal History
OK here’s the scene: I can’t stop listening to “Searching For Love” by Crown Heights Affair. I started writing this post three weeks ago but instead of words, my head started to fill… Continue reading
A Radio Tale, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Tell Myself I Can Control The Algorithm
I’ve done a lot of dancing with The Devil. And by The Devil I mean big media. As a former Sirius XM employee (@ me for stories!!!) I know how the sausage gets… Continue reading
¡Hay Un Amigo En Mi!
The other day we re-watched Toy Story 3 (2010) because it’s excellent. This was after re-watching Toy Story 2 (1999), my favorite, and then we watched the original (1995). As an audio engineering… Continue reading