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For late 70s to 80s dance, new wave, funk cross-pollinating records that represented genre switch-ups for esteemed rock bands, it wasnāt ever āselling outā, it was conquering nobly.
May 16, 2024
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never underestimate the power of locking into a nice groove and riding it out FFO: Dean Blunt, Pressing Repeat On Durutti Column Songs, Tape Music, TinyMixtapes(R.I.P.), Madchester, Arthur Russell's "Instrumentals"
Sep 27, 2024
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flawless cult fav mysterious record
new wave-y & groovy
not a lot of info exists on the band, but thatās part of the charm
thereās a reissue ep available on streaming, but the full record is well worth the listen. you can only hear it in full on youtube or downloading from a random blog
if you spend anytime on nts or other internet radio station, thereās a good chance youāve heard a song from the recordā¦
Feb 1, 2024
Kind of a random one but it's hard to imagine that this tune āĀ especially the combo of minimalist/funky guitar licks, exuberant drum fills, spacey Prophet 5 synth excursions, and backing vocal chants in the second half of the song āĀ wasn't a big influence on the Speaking on Tongues LP
Sep 21, 2024
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pandoraaaaaa radioooooo
May 28, 2024
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what school? What degree program? how is it being funded? why do you want to go to grad school - professional reasons? Do you want to enter academia?Ā
donāt pay an institution whose investment portfolio you have serious ethical qualms with for a masterās degree - but you probably know that. Ideally you go somewhere where you get a TA or RA-ship and your tuition waived and where graduate student workers are unionized. Having done the PhD app process this past cycle, it involves a lot of cost benefit analysis, self interrogation, and vulnerability - keep stewing on the tension.
Somewhat related, breakdown of Columbiaās finances from earlier this month by Adam Tooze. Maybe a good reminder know that the academyās labor can audit the system?Ā
May 17, 2024
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Itās good to get epically read on your appearance, cadence, and words rather than deeds. Public speaking is an opportunity for critique and ridicule from folks on the other side of the culture war. While you may totally disagree morally & aesthetically (so on the fronts of truth and vanity), an laconic assessment by an account with a Trumpian gift of gab can be inspiring, assigning fresh diction in self-description. For example, in a work video where I agreed to be a talking head buzzing about a policy hypebeast of a topic, I came off vapid and only fractionally educated. I had to mute my displeasure as it was uploaded to socials anyway. Only a couple months later did I revisit the flop of a post and like a light in the dark, found a hidden reply which I eagerly clicked to reveal: an account with a statement against government corruption as its profile pic, calling me a female ākill gatesā - wow, I thought, thatās actually so funny. Now I canāt get it out of my head, looking in the mirror like you got me! maybe youāve seen similar success with conservative/libertarian/conspiracist accounts who revel in glibness, but the real golden bullets will be friendly fire. Iām awaiting a soul-scouring drag from a Maoist letting me know exactly what type of liberal I amā¦. until then,
embrace your epithets, exploit the tilt! It keeps you light on your toes, doubly so if you fancy yourself a prose stylist. Please share any trenchant hate comments youāve received.
Jun 4, 2024