Persistent Repetition of Phrases: Archive

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Feb 27th

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“We are all dying to give ourselves away to something, maybe. God or Satan,...”

– Hal Incandenza, in Infinite Jest [David Foster Wallace] I’d say “spoiler alert,” but by the time you make it this far in the novel, you’ll likely have forgotten about ever reading this quote on some guy’s Tumblr, anyway. I feel ambivalence towards this passage —...

Feb 22nd

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Feb 21st

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Feb 20th

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Feb 16th

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Feb 13th

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“This is why drivers slow down to gape at accidents, why reporters put mikes in...”

– David Foster Wallace, from Host Yet another example of the late author’s uncanny ability to elegantly articulate the uncomfortable truth. Just finished DFW’s essay collection Consider The Lobster, and highly recommend it to anybody who likes compelling writing. I know, that’s...

Feb 13th

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Ryan Schreiber on M.I.A. →

In which Pitchfork abandons any remaining vestiges of journalistic objectivity. While I agree with Schreiber’s sentiment completely*, it does seem immature for the president of the company to “check in” to the site for the first time in ages, only to fire off a reactionary comment. Music reviews should certainly convey the author’s opinion, but the “News”...

Feb 6th

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Feb 2nd

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Feb 2nd

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Feb 1st

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Jan 31st

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Jan 29th

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Jan 23rd

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Grouper and Tiny Vipers →

… are making an album together as Mirroring. Liz Harris (Grouper) has made some of the most disarmingly beautiful music of recent memory. I’d kind of forgotten about Jesy Fortino (Tiny Vipers), despite really liking portions of her last album, Life on Earth (particularly the title track). The two are so far removed stylistically that it’s difficult to imagine how a collaboration...

Jan 23rd

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“You already know the difference between the size and speed of everything that...”

– David Foster Wallace “Good Old Neon”, from Oblivion. This story, like the best of the author’s work, was profound, poignant, and devastating. It’s told from the perspective of a man who regards himself as a fraud because he feels he has devoted his life to the careful,...

Jan 8th

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Dec 19th

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Dec 19th

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Twin Sister, “Stop” from In Heaven From one of my favorite records of the year. I think instead of a “Best of” proper, I’m just going to post some stuff that I’ve really liked from the year. Due to school, I really fell off with the whole “keeping up with music” thing. Thoughts on this video: A) Wow, this is a really solid performance, the band is...

Dec 13th

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thedizzinessoffreedom: Blue Orchids- Sun Kil...

Dec 7th

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Keith Fullerton Whitman “Pyramid Atlantic” Looks like this is about a year old, but I only saw it for the first time today; another excellent piece for modular synthesizer. He really has an excellent sense of pacing — the piece never stagnates, but also doesn’t feel rushed at all. There’s a constant sense of propulsive momentum here, which is lost in a lot of more...

Dec 5th

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“… he’s still delivering one room-clearing punchline after another...”

– Continuing (slightly) in the vein of Pitchfork Reviews Reviews, I guess — Ian Cohen’s review of the Childish Gambino record was incisive and astute. I haven’t heard the album, but the author makes some pretty strong arguments with the representative lyrical samples he chooses. I...

Dec 3rd

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“Yes, well. Consider El Camino the aural equivalent of one of those Chrysler...”

– Rob Harvilla, from yesterday’s review of the new Black Keys record. I haven’t heard this record, and haven’t listened to The Black Keys much, but I found reading this review actually enjoyable, something I don’t feel from Pitchfork very often. It’s clever, insightful,...

Dec 3rd

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Nov 16th

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Nov 16th

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Nov 15th

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Nov 11th

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Nov 9th

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Nov 7th

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Nov 5th

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Oct 24th

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“… Music is the product of the highest human intelligence, and of the best...”

– -Karlheinz Stockhausen, From Advice to Clever Children, an piece published in The Wire issue #141. BBC Radio 3 sent the composer CDs from several prominent electronic musicians, and subsequently requested his opinion on what he heard (the article also includes letters from the artists discussed,...

Oct 17th

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Liars, “The Other Side of Mt. Heart...

Oct 17th

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Oct 14th

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Oct 10th

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I tend to label things “whimsical” and “quirky” derisively, but nothing about Shara Worden (leader of My Brightest Diamond)’s attitude seems disingenuous to me. I think my biggest issue with “quirky” personalities is that I perceive them to be mostly naïve, superficial affectations (donned for reasons unbeknownst to me), but in interviews and on-stage,...

Oct 10th

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