As time passes, I only like Talking Heads more and more. Recently I’ve been revisiting their discography, one album/week, and…
What Were You Doing in 1979? (part 1)
Paul Simon was making One Trick Pony. Art Garfunkel was starring in Nicolas Roeg’s Bad Timing.
Why I Hate the Avant-Garde, part 1
[Update: Part 2 is here] Re: Greg’s most recent post on the term “avant-garde”—I’ve already discussed this somewhat here, here…
What’s So New about New Wave?
I’ve outlined some of the following in my Looking at Movements series of posts (more of which are forthcoming),…
Where Do Our Desires Come From? (Want as Tradition)
I’ve been thinking about comments that darby and Mike Meginnis made on Amber’s recent post “I Don’t Like Crap Games.”…
Looking at Movements, part 5: New Wave (US)
Part 1: The Post-Punk Revival Part 2: Post-Punk Part 3: No Wave Part 4: New Wave (UK) Part 5: New…