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The New Releases Shelf: Everything Now

August 21, 2017 Dan Seeger

When I first heard songs from Reflektor, the fourth album from Arcade Fire, I was left a little cold. The long run-up to that album, the Montreal band’s follow-up to the surprise Grammy winner The Suburbs, doled out songs one … Continue reading The New Releases Shelf: Everything Now

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 250 Songs, 1979 – 1989, 8

August 20, 2017 Dan Seeger

8. Thomas Dolby, “She Blinded Me with Science” Ray Milton Dolby was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1933. A sound engineer by training and by trade, Dolby spent the early nineteen-sixties working as a technical advisor for the United Nations, … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 250 Songs, 1979 – 1989, 8

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From the Archive — Five for Friday, Let’s Put on a Show! edition

August 19, 2017 Dan Seeger

On this Saturday, I am giving myself over to the cultural sensation of our time. so I reach back to the little diversion I once cooked up (or co-opted, anyway) for a weekly bit of relief at the end of … Continue reading From the Archive — Five for Friday, Let’s Put on a Show! edition

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One for Friday: The Weakerthans, “Tournament of Hearts”

August 18, 2017 Dan Seeger

One of the gifts of discovering a deep and abiding love of music right around the time a necessary transition to adulthood looms is the sudden access to a dazzling universe of sonic art that can provide a vocabulary of … Continue reading One for Friday: The Weakerthans, “Tournament of Hearts”

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My Writers: Lester Bangs

August 17, 2017 Dan Seeger

When I arrived at college, it took me some time to use the university library for academic purposes. That’s not wholly accurate. I spent an adequate number of hours in that bulky building partaking in endeavors that were associated with … Continue reading My Writers: Lester Bangs

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My Misspent Youth: Batman and Captain America by John Byrne

August 16, 2017 Dan Seeger

I read a lot of comic books as a kid. This series of posts is about the comics I read, and, occasionally, the comics that I should have read. I’ve read a lot of comics that were written and drawn … Continue reading My Misspent Youth: Batman and Captain America by John Byrne

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Chin Up, Always Up

August 15, 2017 Dan Seeger

Today’s political news wore me out. That’s happened a lot in 2017, but today miraculously delivered a whole other set of devastating blows. I’ve been struggling through much of the afternoon and evening to figure out which of the frivolous … Continue reading Chin Up, Always Up

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The Art of the Sell: “Fearless” trailer

August 14, 2017 Dan Seeger

These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art.  Back when I was part of a crew that had an endless capacity for discussing all manner … Continue reading The Art of the Sell: “Fearless” trailer

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 250 Songs, 1979 – 1989, 9

August 13, 2017 Dan Seeger

9. R.E.M., “Driver 8” According to guitarist Peter Buck, no song better epitomizes the early era of R.E.M. than “Driver 8.” Released, in 1985, as the second single from Fables of the Reconstruction, the band’s third album, “Driver 8” was … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 250 Songs, 1979 – 1989, 9

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From the Archive — The Family Stone

August 12, 2017 Dan Seeger

I don’t really have much preface for this week’s excavated movie review, except to note that this was written for my former online home within my first six months of jumping back into the film criticism game. There are times … Continue reading From the Archive — The Family Stone

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