To make good on the “other worldy delights” part of this blog’s subtitle, I thought the following might be of interest:
I was watching Shadow of the Vampire recently (2000, dir. E. Elias Merhige, incl. John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe), and was struck by how important sound is in its impact. The film, for those [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Shadow of the Vampire
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged film music, john malkovich, nosferatu, shadow of the vampire, willem dafoe on December 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
punk, past its expiration date
Posted in Uncategorized on December 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
sadness.
Sex pistols covered in ideological fuzziness and smelling a little, well, “rotten” (groan). What happened?
Firstly, now it’s a crime to throw bottles at a Sex Pistols concert. If you are unruly at a show, Jonny Rotten might “throw you out FUCKER!” If you want them to play, “BEHAVE!” You don’t throw bottles at them, you [...]
Helena Noguera, Bang!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dillinger Girl and Babyface Nelson, Federico Pellegrini, French Pop, Helena on December 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Last month, wading through mountains of song, trying to make a compilation for a dear friend’s Thanksgiving party, I accidentally happened across Helena Noguera and Federico Pellegrini’s recording Bang! Dillinger Girl and Babyface Nelson [only this free on the web]. It is, undoubtedly one of the oddest and most compelling pop recordings I’ve heard [...]
Karaoke, Ridiculous and Sublime
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged karaoke, music on December 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I find it a little hard to explain why I love karaoke, but I do. More, by far, of my favorite memories from nights out listening to music come from karaoke than from any other kind of performance. The girl who wanted to be a country star out practicing at Kirin, the guy [...]
Morrissey and 18th Century Ideas About Musical Emotion
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Affect, Morrissey, Music and Emotion, music cognition, Telemann, The Smiths on December 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I was recently asked to give a talk about music and affect/emotion for a critical theory group here at the University of Illinois, and I took the opportunity to riff a little about a thing that I had noticed a bit back, but can’t really think of a way to make enough out of to [...]
Professor Steve Van Zandt!
Posted in Uncategorized on December 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
While checking the most important daily news in the MSNBC entertainment section I found this charming article about Steve Van Zandt’s new endeavor. This must be a new hobby since the end of the Sopranos. I would be very interested in the details of this course.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22070405/ Looks like Rock studies are getting some attention?
