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The members of Mappa Mundi all washed ashore one day on this lush and lonely island, each one having followed a very different map toward a new verdant world. Steeling nerve and body against the elements, wild beasts, and blood thirsty cannibals, they continue to cast out into the sea with the strains of their music, hoping one day to be found.
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A cover is a tricky thing. At its worst, an artist attempts to recreate what they love about a song and the cover becomes a cheap facsimile of the original. At its best, the artist takes whatever originally spoke to … Continue reading
Dancing on My Own
I am an unabashed fan of pop music, as I’ve mentioned. Pop is the intersection of many influences and musical traditions, and it’s able to take freely from those roots. In recent years, Robyn has become one of the best … Continue reading
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Tagged beats, dance, distortion, drum machine, electro, Ligeti, minimalism, Philip Glass, pop, Röyksopp, reverb, Robyn, Song of the Fortnight, The Knife, ukulele, violin
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Maybe Stay
“Maybe Stay” is my ode to indecision. As the fellow says, “the life which is unexamined is not worth living.” The problem, of course, is that, in poring too closely over every detail, you can become immobilized by indecision. And … Continue reading
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Tagged 60s, 90s, Beatles, delay, Hamlet, Jaye Tyler, Music, News, Plato, Pulp, radiohead, reverb, Socrates, Song of the Fortnight, trumpet, ukulele, wall of sound, Wonderfalls
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