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• Bowie's "Blackstar" and the Zeitgeist of Loss
  on Jan 1, 2017 in 2016 David Bowie
  A little over a year ago, the rumors surrounding the avant-garde New York musicians that Bowie had called on to be his studio band for his upcoming release gave me the sense that he was up to something. Curious and immobilized by holiday traffic in t...
• Dr. Spin's Best of 2016 part 2
  on Dec 23, 2016 in Best of
  Photo credit: Kate WurtzelI saw a meme a few weeks ago that posed the question “are you the same person now as you were at this time last year?” While I feel mostly confident that I am the same person, my world has changed so dramatically over t...
• In the Wake of Greatness: Emerson, Lake, and Powell
  on Dec 15, 2016 in ELP High School Progressive
  Undoubtedly, music aficionados have suffered some incredible losses this year. From David Bowie’s artfully framed struggle with cancer to the startling passing of Prince, it seems like a whole generation of musicians are beginning to reveal their...
• Dr. Spin' s Best of 2016 Part 1
  on Dec 1, 2016 in Best of
  I did things a little different in 2016 to prepare for this “best-of” list. I came back to quarterly roundups throughout the year, and they proved to be a valuable document of 2016 as well as a broader venue for writing. I still, however, wanted...
• In the Election Fallout: Marillion's F.E.A.R.
  on Nov 25, 2016 in Marillion Political Ramblings
  In my very first post for this year, I described what I saw as a disturbing undercurrent of our culture, one that thinks that flags flying at half mast mean nothing and that guns can solve the problem of people being shot. The perceived solution to...
• October Roundup: "Gone Til November"
  on Oct 25, 2016 in 2016 Roundup
  Of all of the stresses I have pushed through this year, none have been harder than dealing with the move up to Denton while simultaneously becoming less available to my family due to the demands of helping to reinvent this band program.  Th...
• Looking Backward and Forward to S U R V I V E
  on Oct 5, 2016 in Electronica Moog SXSW Synth-pop
  In all of the eight years I spent in Austin, I rarely got out to see any music. Chalk it up to parenthood. Even when it came to SXSW, which has now grown into a ridiculous monster way beyond anyone's imagination, I only ever went to free shows, and...
• The Lennon/Claypool Delirium and Homelessness
  on Sep 28, 2016 in Oysterhead Pink Floyd Primus Psychedelic Syd Barrett
  Almost immediately after I got back from the cruise, I began to transition into my new position in the North Texas area. Within a week, I was commuting from Austin to Denton, effectively homeless and relying on the hospitality of friends for a place...
• Kayo Dot: Plastic Houses and Empty Rooms
  on Aug 16, 2016 in Parenthood The Denton Move The New House
  Kayo Dot started showing up on my radar last spring on the casual suggestion of a reader who was a fan of their earlier “avant-metal” work. Then the eye-catching album art for the their upcoming release started inexplicably appearing on my feed,...
• Making a Play: Anderson/Stolt's "Invention of Knowledge"
  on Aug 10, 2016 in Flower Kings Progressive Transatlantic Yes

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