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Author: Jason Caesar

#88 – Tame Impala

Alright, so as I was on the matter already, let’s take another look at that contemplation from my last post: early, raw, unrefined emotional talent or later, unkinked, smoothed-out production? Unfettered creativity vs. honed skill? And for a more exaggerated take: Stick to your guns and die in honest obscurity, or sell out and play…
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#87 – Car Seat Headrest

I read somewhere that Car Seat Headrest fans are the kind of people that get pushed into lockers by Weezer fans. That’s kinda funny, because while Weezer is not known to win on jock-factor, Car Seat Headrest might have taken semi-depressed juvenile wit to a whole other level. Will Toledo started the band as a…
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#86 – Sufjan Stevens

Why are year-ends so hectic? Isn’t it supposed to be this like this marvelous, serene refuge from the onslaught of the usual day-to-day? Either way, I have been a bit tardy with getting on here on a weekly basis, like I try to do. I blame work, trying to see everyone before the changing of…
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#85 – Nia Archives

I am pretty sure that I have alluded to my electronic music coming-of-age story in one of my previous bits here. With some imagination, more or less linearly: from David Guetta and Moonbootica, across Oliver Koletzki, Alle Farben, and N’to, all the way to artists like SPDFJ or Marlon Hoffstadt. What I pretty sure did…
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#84 – Simon & Garfunkel

We are about halfway through the month, and my upper lip is giving strong “first mustache attempt at fifteen” vibes. It’s November and with that, for me, it’s also Movember. For a number of years now, I have been joining men worldwide, who undergo a clean shave on November first, and then grow just their…
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#83 – Run The Jewels

Who hasn’t heard it (possibly, thought it)? “They just don’t make music like they used to” or “Music nowadays is just not good anymore”. Every time I hear something along these lines, I find that it is both irritating and motivating – what a great chance to make a case against this foolishness! People point…
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#82 – This American Life

This week, I broke down. I guess.. Or did I break up? What’s the positive term for letting go of long held behaviors? For years, I have been donating to Wikipedia. I know, I know, high school teachers did their best to instill in us that it’s not a source we should rely on. But…
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#81 – James Blunt

Alright, everyone, the time has come. It’s all been fun and games so far, but I think today we need to breach a topic that I have been thinking about for a while. Presumably, you have at the very least tangentially come across it – more likely, you have pondered the question yourself in some…
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#80 – boygenius

There are bad bands, ok bands, good bands – definitely some super bands out there. Which, however, are not to be confused with supergroups. Those, in turn, can also be anywhere on the spectrum from bad to super (and beyond – I mean, feel free to make your own scale). While a super band will…
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#79 – Brian Eno

*Bung!* The sound, not the biological term. You know, when you sit in an airplane, and they turn the fasten seatbelts signs on or off? *bung* Airplanes and airports are interesting places. They have their own sounds, their own smell, their own particular interactions. Time becomes an abstract concept, as people come together from who…
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