My latest column at PopMatters concerns the great band Protomartyr, from its first album to its latest, Relatives in Descent. Here's an excerpt:Relatives in Descent is, musically, a more contemplative and less full-throttle Protomartyr album than the three which precede it. I almost wrote "intellectual", which in some circles -- (some) punk, pop country, the… Continue reading Protomartyr at PopMatters
Catching up with the final two installments of my behind-the-scenes blogging at 33 1/3's great website. Read Day 4, "American Studies," and Day 5, "Alternate Takes and Outtakes." Both cover topics I'll revisit here on the site eventually. Again, many thanks to the Bloomsbury Academic staff for letting me share more about Nothing Has Been… Continue reading 33 1/3 Takeover Days 4 & 5
Many thanks again to the Bloomsbury Academic staff for letting me talk about my book on the 33 1/3 blog. Today's installment: Dylan and the Nobel Prize. Sort of. I reflect on writing the Dylan chapter in Nothing Has Been Done Before, a trip to NYC, interviewing Boris Groys, and wondering how to account for… Continue reading 33 1/3 Takeover Day 3: Dylan
Today's guest post at 33 1/3 Books' blog is an extended timeline of the book's main concerns, starting with Dan Emmett and the Snowdens in 1859 and leapfrogging to the present day. Tomorrow: a little story about Bob Dylan, the Nobel, and a trip to New York City.
With many thanks to Bloomsbury Academic's staff, I'll be guest blogging about Nothing Has Been Done Before at 33 1/3 Books' site 333sound.com this week, starting today with a post about the book and why I wrote it. Today's post also links to the Spotify playlist for the book that I posted here last week.… Continue reading Guest Bloggin’ at 33 1/3 Books
Don't miss tonight's big launch of Nothing Has Been Done Before at Two Dollar Radio HQ. Festivities kick off at 7PM with a reading shortly thereafter, plus plenty of great music, food, drinks, and company. Books will be available for sale.
Here's a Spotify playlist I've put together of key songs from Nothing Has Been Done Before. At some point I may put together an even more inclusive list. Check out the A/V pages for more audio, especially A/V Page 3 for a playlist for Ch. 10, "On the Good Side." https://open.spotify.com/user/12148931890/playlist/6TO3psivTT9TNcUS7Dj74F
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I'm in the new issue of Columbus' alt-weekly Alive for a feature called "Things We Love." It's a brief music-centric list with a little bit of tie-in to the book. I could have made this entire list about Prince. Thanks to Andy Downing and Joel Oliphint.
Many thanks to my employer, CCAD (Columbus College of Art & Design), for running this Q&A about Nothing Has Been Done Before. I discuss how the book came to be, a trip to NYC in October 2016, my writing approach, and how the book has informed a course I teach, American Literature for the New… Continue reading Q&A on CCAD’s Website
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