We live in times of abundance. Too much music available, too many choices to be made. However, abundance doesn’t equal diversity. Most people only listen to what they know already. Not a problem per se, but we also live in times where curiosity is actively being discouraged, not fitting into the business model of the…
Jaki Liebezeit’s Haiku Cycle
Winter (‘Halleluhwah’) Snow flakes like feathers Dance to never touch the ground Superb wind machine Spring (‘Vitamin C’) Steady screen of rain Breaks into rainbow so fine Greenhouse side effect Summer (‘Spray’) One single flower Defies logic of dry spells Brightens the highway Autumn (‘Mary, Mary so Contrary’) Last crop of pumpkin…
No.4 in F Minor
From where she was standing, at that particular angle in front of her bathroom mirror, she could just oversee her full living room. Her apartment was so small the bathroom door was practically an insult to all those tiny house owners using every square millimeter to maximum efficiency. Still, it provided at least a much…
Best Musicians Ever…
‘Three women, four people of colour, one from a continent other than Europe or North-America. It is a beginning, and for now I will accept it, but next year I expect different numbers. Next year I expect at least a 50/50 split in terms of gender and race, and at least four artists from Asia,…
A character analysis in mix tapes
A mix tape, even in its modern playlist equivalent, is a multidimensional carrier of information. It contains information about its creator, the person it is created for, and at least the relationship between those two. Safe to assume that most mix tapes are created by men, to further a romantic cause and on surface level…
Some of 2019’s best
When listing the best albums of 2019 it is difficult to ignore the voice of the critics. Most people will agree to a large extent with the critics, some, like me, with a strong dislike of authority, will take the opposite position, and claim critics only follow each other and are more focused on being…
Music for elevators
It stopped me in my tracks. At first I didn’t know why, but then I realised, the music in the elevator I just came out was an instrumental version of ‘Don’t look back in Anger‘, complete with a sweet, nondescript string section. It stopped me in my tracks for two unrelated reasons. First, the sudden…
Best decade ever…
Ever wondered why 60’s music sounds so much better than music from the current decade? Or why there’s so much more good to excellent music from the 70’s compared to the 90’s? It’s not that complicated. Moving popular, fashionable but otherwise mediocre music to the dustbin of history is a gradual process. The further we…
Killing in the name of
If a man kills himself it’s suicide If a man kills his wife it’s homicide (actually femicide) If a man kills his family it’s a tragedy. Or that’s the way media usually describe such news. The framing hides reality, makes the story palatable, and obscures the fact that (desperate and egoistic) men sometimes decide that…
Sex sells
I’m not very smart. The other day I noticed that two of my videos generated quite some traffic. I didn’t pay too much attention to it. If anything, I was happy that some people still liked #AuPairs and #Japan, or what I had to say about both bands. Then I got suspicious. Don’t know why,…
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