What You Listen To: Squinting at the Classics
Since I seem to be posting here again, I should take a moment to promote my new website: the What You Listen To project started three months ago as an outlet for my music writing, in which I perform deep-dives into the songs I love and pick apart the deliriously complicated reasons why. I'm proud of all of the pieces I've written so far, but here are a few I'm particularly fond of if you need a place to start:
"Dancers to the Left of Me, Architects to the Right, Here I Am, Stuck in the Middle with You"
-an introduction to the project, the reasons why writing about music is futile, and the reasons why it's necessary
"Blood River 1918," Skye Wallace
-an elegy for 2020, written on the back of a sepia postcard from a century before
"Baby Got Going," Liz Phair
-taking down the patriarchy not by kicking the door in, but by stealing the keys to the clubhouse
"Wolf Like Me," Lera Lynn ft. Shovels and Rope
-the art of the cover song, part I: what happens to subtext if you push the whole operation into the next genre over
"California Dreaming," Lee Moses
-the art of the cover song, part II: when the original gives you the mind and body, and you're left to provide the soul
"Monk Time," The Monks
-the ongoing argument about when punk began, aimed at the '60s band possibly too punk to care
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Give the page a look if you've got a moment to spare. If you want to keep up with future entries, all of the usual social media and RSS feed information is at the bottom of the page. Thanks for reading!
"Dancers to the Left of Me, Architects to the Right, Here I Am, Stuck in the Middle with You"
-an introduction to the project, the reasons why writing about music is futile, and the reasons why it's necessary
"Blood River 1918," Skye Wallace
-an elegy for 2020, written on the back of a sepia postcard from a century before
"Baby Got Going," Liz Phair
-taking down the patriarchy not by kicking the door in, but by stealing the keys to the clubhouse
"Wolf Like Me," Lera Lynn ft. Shovels and Rope
-the art of the cover song, part I: what happens to subtext if you push the whole operation into the next genre over
"California Dreaming," Lee Moses
-the art of the cover song, part II: when the original gives you the mind and body, and you're left to provide the soul
"Monk Time," The Monks
-the ongoing argument about when punk began, aimed at the '60s band possibly too punk to care
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Give the page a look if you've got a moment to spare. If you want to keep up with future entries, all of the usual social media and RSS feed information is at the bottom of the page. Thanks for reading!