Five Essential Music Ebooks from Hypebot, via Music Press Report and don't forget New Music Strategies manifesto: 'Convergence' is an example of a way of discussing new online technologies by reducing them to a single idea without understanding them in any depth at all. In fact, convergence is the … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2008
Draper Don Does Post-Bop
Live Coltrane was wasted on patrons like Don Draper. … [Read more...]
Social Currencies
...Other institutions do far better jobs at issuing social currency these days. What is Facebook but the Federal Reserve Bank of social currency? And it's all social currency you can use! Like cocktail chatter, a Facebook posting--be it a link, a list, a photo, or travel plans--conveys the message, … [Read more...]
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: Ben Kingsley, Sir
...The real turning point was Sexy Beast. For in that inspired, delirious film, we went from asking ourselves what on earth Ben Kingsley was doing, to praying that he would not stop. It's as if his director, Jonathan Glazer, whispered to him: "Take the film over, inhale it, and roar like its … [Read more...]
Circuitous Route to New Music Social Blogging…
"Snagged by a sour, pinched guitar riff, the song has an acerbic tinge...and Dylan sings the title rejoinders in mock self-pity. It's less an indictment of the system than a coil of imagery that spells out how the system hangs itself with the rope it's so proud of."... (How did this ever get by … [Read more...]
Quote of the Month: Jerry Wexler
"I asked him once," said Mr. Thurman, the filmmaker, " 'What do you want written on your tombstone, Jerry?' He said, 'Two words: More bass.' " … [Read more...]
Big Mention: rockcritics.com
Scott Woods shouts it out. … [Read more...]
Conjunction of the Month: file under
From Harper's Index: "The House Judiciary Committee cited Karl Rove for contempt, and members of the Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute tribes performed a Native American blessing near the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, site of the upcoming Democratic Convention..." … [Read more...]
Buddy Song: McCain’s Limbo dance, cont.
Greil Marcus in the New Yorker: "When it started, I thought, This isn't half bad. I like 'halfway to the stars' instead of 'all the way.' But"--he read the line about the storm--" 'touch the legacy that is ours'? You just can't use 'legacy' in a song. It's like a roadblock." … [Read more...]