Discussion: What’re You Listening To?
A few thoughts on Airports, Dolly Parton, and pivoting away from a popular platform. Also: a buncha new tracks. As some of you know, in addition to this here newsletter, I also edit an online music publication. We have a few rules around what is kosher to publish and what’s a no-go. One of our…
Remembering Steely Dan’s Walter Becker
Photo: Variety.com Perfection and precision can be funny things — especially in music, where all you really need are “three chords and the truth.” Rarer still is the group that turns that alchemy into sounds with a unique (that is to say, hard to categorize) but universal appeal. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, aka Steely…
Discussion: What’re You Listening To?
A few thoughts on living with abandon, old cars, and a buncha new tracks. I was supposed to be at the Milwaukee Mile this weekend, but well, there was rain in the forecast, and well, I’m at the point in life where such things are now a dealbreaker. Instead, we wound up at a car…
What’re You Listening To?
A few thoughts on friction and a buncha fresh tracks. I am finally getting around to going through a box of 45s my mom gave me. Ostensibly, this was “payment” for helping her downsize her house a few years ago. Really, I think it was just a face-saving exercise for her. Wherever you fall on…
What’re You Listening To?
It seems like I’ve been here before Note: This first ran on this day in 2024. It was well received, but let’s be real; I’ll take any excuse I can get to yap about New Order. If you’re looking for this week’s playlists, fear not! They’re at the bottom of the page. There’s even a…
Discussion: What’re You Listening To?
Good morning! Hello from Lake Michigan. I’m writing this from somewhere called South Beach (no, not that one): a dispatch from nowhere that somehow feels like everything. One of the best things about Portland was its proximity to the coast. In the span of ~75 miles (and 60-ish minutes, if you timed it right and…
Discussion: What’re You Listening To?
Good morning! This week I spent a good deal of time listening to the earlier part of Heart’s catalog. As I noted last week, my better half came home from a garage sale with quite a haul, and, well, those records weren’t going to play themselves, you know? No one needs to know my take…
From the archive:
“So Grebo was a short-lived genre, and each of these tracks feels very much of that (narrow) place and time. The good news is that it was a thrilling time, and the sound here reflects that; it’s kinetic, busy, and confident. The songs all kinda sound alike, but it’s okay because the song rips.”
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