January 2012
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“I thought tomorrow
Was yesterday. Turns out it
Was the day before.”
Better Late Than Never: Matt's Top 10 Albums of...
Here you go Gumshoes. Sorry for the late notice.
2011 - Year of the Indie
As some of the industry’s elite take a break from big releases, Arcade Fire wins Best Album at the Grammy’s, Kanye and Coldplay gain some Indie cred and The Decemberists go #1. All the while, some of independent music’s heavy hitters take a giant artistic leap forward…
Song of the Year: Bon...
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A Rock Band in the Post-Ownership Music Industry
it’s not a coincidence that the heyday of hip-hop samples was followed up by Napster or that the success of Girltalk is being followed by Spotify. Each represents a distinct step in the way that we think about music ownership. These are the sorts of things that you think about when
you’re in a rock band that follows the model that the Beatles and Bob Dylan cemented into popular...
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I Dream of Poverty.
Is a (lower) middle class musician even a possibility? One thing I’ve noticed from this Great Recession is the massive reality check that has hit the sane and practical people of this country. I definitely feel a shift from the dot com boom era feeling of being able to be whoever and do whatever you want to the now more pragmatic thinking of sticking with that boring desk job or the...
December 2011
9 posts
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Finding Faces in the Subway
You can’t find any clouds underground but I still sometimes try to find faces.
Without arms like Popeye, it’s not safe to lock eyes, so I find faces in different places.
Appropriately enough, on Manhattan, there isn’t one. But, if you’re really looking,
There’s one facing east in the East River between the bridges of Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Brooklyn’s...
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Is anybody list-ening? checking it twice? (an...
In a totally unmethodical and even potentially anecdotally unsound analysis of the year-end top albums lists, these stick out: Adele; Feist; Bon Iver; Fleet Foxes; PJ Harvey.
In the world of music, pitchfork is like God: loves the underdog; sometimes does things just to get attention; is argued about by any teenagers and young adults who care; is even consulted by detractors; ‘s year-end...
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The Top 10 Albums of the Year 2001: Year of the...
The Barons have been dropping Top 10 Albums lists for months. Finally the calendar and the rest of the world is catching up. So we thought we’d keep going back as we have been. Matty already posted a Top 10 Albums of 2001 list that’s full of insight on the albums he picked given the time they dropped. This one belongs to Dylan. There’re some significant points of agreement but...
Barons at Kenny's Castaways!! Thursday December... →
My New Job . . .
I Thought I Would Start Another Reoccurring segment here on the blog (do I have another one?) about careers. Since the major record labels aren’t banging down our door (they’re probably too busy trying to figure out how to survive this new market, especially when Lady Gaga becomes too old and flabby for her ridiculous clothing, and Bieber is a drugged out fat former child star) SOOOO,...
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Talking to Strangers on the Subway
Most of the talking that goes on in the NYC Subway seems to be done quietly to oneself (deranged or frustrated), loudly to the entire car (panhandling or preaching), awkwardly to another rider (hyper-aware that the entire car is listening and scrutinizing their conversation and overall life choices), or obnoxiously to another rider or two (usually too drunk or otherwise narrow-minded to realize...
November 2011
20 posts
Dylan's Top 5 Albums of 2011
I already told you 6-10. (Matty already told you his top 10 of 2001. I already told you my top 10 of 1991. Aaron already told you his top 10 album covers of ALL TIME.) Here are my top 5.
Let’s be honest, this is going to change. But it was going to change whether I did it now, Jan 1st 2012, or March 23rd 2062. In fact, it’s probably best I tell you my top 10 now—before the...
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