When it was time to repress the disc, John Atkinson (now wearing his audio engineer hat, which is a little like a baseball cap but with more sliders and knobs) decided to give the old songs a listen.
Somewhat surprisingly, he heard a few things that he didn't like, things that he knew could have been done better. After all, it has been over 12 years since the album was originally recorded, and maybe…
KEF's engineers were given complete creative freedom and spent three years toiling over the development of the Blade. If you're thinking of buying it, however, hold your horses. And your checkbooks. And your horses' checkbooks.
The Blade is not for sale!
I guess that…
In fact, I like to see it…
I have always, always, always loved this song, but of all the many excellent versions, I think this has to be my favorite. Can you believe the emotion in the faces and gestures of the children? And isn't it sort of profoundly sad to hear them sing those great, simple lines:
I've been afraid of changing
Because I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
And children get older
I'm getting older, too
Yes, it is heartwarming and…
I would love to hear your thoughts on the new Grizzly Bear record. It strikes me as being an important release. I am tempted to call it "timeless." At the very least, I get the feeling that the band was attempting to create an honest and lasting piece of art.
In fact, it seems to be an album about time. Or about the passing of time. And, of course, love. The futility of time in the face of love. Time is inescapable, except to love. The word "time" appears in several of the songs, and in others, the lyrics seem to suggest…
If you’ve seen the film it’s clear that Bennett had his issues. He talks too much, has an endless capacity for arguing over minutiae and can in general be scattered but insistent. Speaking from personal experience, an interview with both Tweedy and Bennett at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel just after Bennett joined, the man…
Last night, the players were Frank Kimbrough on piano and Ted Nash alternating between flute and tenor…
Music, Levitan argues, functioned as a means to store verbal information long before writing was developed, creates social bonds, and serves, like gaudy plumage, as a means of advertising genetic fitness. His thesis reminds me somewhat of one proposed by ethnomusicologist John Blacking, that primitive man could dance before he…
1. We are now on the east side of the building, which means we no longer face Madison Avenue, which means it is much, much quieter
2. Closely related to number 1: We get morning sunshine, which is nice
3. We share the floor with Soap Opera Digest, which means there are many lovely women floating about in their pretty spring dresses
The bad news is my office is still full of work.
Editor on deadline! Watch out!