Painting With Sound: Beetlecrab Audio’s Tempera
There is nothing I know that gives a person this kind or amount of creative control over sound so intuitively.
Author: Bryan O'Nolan
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Of Conspiracy Theories and Helene
There’s a conspiracy theory making the rounds that goes thusly: The Biden Administration has, at best, slow walked the recovery efforts to Hurricane Helene’s swath of destruction or, at worst, actively obstructed those efforts...
Music Monday: Happy 30th Birthday To The Greatest Ambient Album Of All Time (Maybe)
Global Communication, along with a slew of other aliases, was the brainchild of English duo Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard.
Music Monday: Metal Songs In Which The Singer Barks Like A Dog
At some point, for reasons no one can explain and few would even attempt to devine, the lead singer for a metal band barked. Barked like a dog.
Waterloo: 50 Years Later
“Waterloo:” a premise so inane as to be borderline stupid, an uncredited musical lifting of a chorus, and a smash hit.
Music Monday: An Introduction to Ambient Dub Music
Ambient Dub music is a genre artists fold themselves into, rather than try to expand and break from. Some definitions and history are in order here.
Music Monday: It’s Spring, Let’s Emerge!
“Let’s Emerge!” is Pye Corner Audio’s – known to his mother and his friends as Martin Jenkins – fifth studio album, and it is indeed a surprise.
Music Monday: A Great, If Flawed, Musical
This past Wednesday my wife and eldest son went into Boston to the Wang theater to catch a performance of Hadestown. I’m told it was excellent. While I haven’t had the in-theater, there is...
Fear and Loathing in Aisle Eight
The following is the harrowing true story of a recent trip to the grocery store. It is a cautionary tale and might be too frightening for some audiences.
Music Monday: World Building, Sound Building
A great example of artists mining an incredibly deep creative vein at a frenetic pace, a sound they were constantly honing both live and in studio
Music Monday: The Strangest Rockumentary Ever Made
“Heavy Metal Parking Lot” contains no narration, and other than some Judas Priest, is made up entirely of interactions with tailgating concert goers.
Music Monday: Bytes as Droplets of Water
The film and music are simply two different expressions of the same ideas, the same core theme.
Music Monday: Is This the Greatest Rock Instrumental of All Time?
Before introducing what I believe to be the greatest instrumental in the history of rock ‘n roll, allow me to acknowledge some worthy contenders to the title.
Music Monday: The Roland S-1 Tweak Synth
Yes, they were tacky. Yes, they attempted to grant unto the venerable keyboard the rock star charisma of the guitar. But hear me out…
Music Monday: The Magnetic North’s Orkney: Symphony of the Magnetic North
This week’s Music Monday topic: The Magnetic North’s 2012 debut album Orkney: Symphony of the Magnetic North, a beautiful homage to the archipelago
Music Monday: Review of Joe Hollick’s Rest Lessness
The best records are the ones that can both grab you immediately but also grow on you. Joe Hollick’s Rest Lessness does that.
Monday Music: A Review of Chains & Stakes by The Dead South
The country genre implies the presence of certain tropes which The Dead South don’t employ. So, what is their sound?
Dean McPhee’s Astral Gold Is a Must-Listen
Rare is the instrumental album which explores its theme in a coherent way to both artist and listener. Such an album is Dean McPhee’s Astral Gold
Sap to Syrup: A February Tradition in the Cold North
Does this way lie madness? Perhaps, but it also leads to some damn fine maple syrup.
Understanding Libertarianism in the Current Moment
This is not about every libertarian. However, the basic tenets of libertarianism draw some people with poor social impulses and instincts.
