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Deep Cuts: Door Songs (But Not Doors Songs)
Arnold Schwarzenneger slamming a door in my face is one of my favorite Hollywood stories, but it isn’t really that unusual. If the Arnolds of the world wasted their time on flunkies like me they wouldn’t have time to do anything else. Besides, his housekeeper seemed to like him. So here we are on New…
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On Diffuser: Do We Really Need the Label ‘Suits’ to Tell Us What’s Good?
This one is a bit of a write-to-order op-ed, but it’s a topic that I actually think about quite a bit, so it was a good fit. We’re in a bit of an interesting time with music — with all of the arts, really. Publishing of any sort has been democratized via the Internet. Anyone…
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202. Rabbit vs. Predator
Seaman and Price, the guys who wrote Who Framed Roger Rabbit, directed a Tales From the Crypt episode. Theirs was a take on Macbeth, this time featuring an unscrupulous club owner who plans on making off with the take from an Iggy Pop rain forest charity gig. His plan is discovered by Katey Sagal, whom…
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On Diffuser: The Roots of Indie – The Waitresses
Detached, icy sexiness. Patty Donahue delivered it better than anybody this side of Gary Numan, and added a little tongue in cheek humor, too. They may have not been the biggest new wave band, but they were important to mainstream acceptance of “alternative” music. Read why on Diffuser.
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On Diffuser: Music You Might Have Missed in 2014
This is what I hope will become the first installment of an ongoing column for Diffuser. There are so many great little bands floating around that deserve some exposure. Hopefully this little experiment will be successful and we can repeat it on a regular basis. Do your part and give it a read, would ya?
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Writing Not To Be Read: The Three Rules of Dialogue Tags
“James, here’s the secret to sound editing,” my boss said, and he pushed away from his workbench. “Some editors will get a scene of a building exploding. After the explosion, a feather will drift past the camera, and they’ll add a ‘whoosh whoosh whoosh’ as it floats down. First of all, have you ever heard…
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From The Stacks: Jane’s Addiction – Ritual de lo Habitual (longbox)
If you don’t know the album, you should. Ritual marks the end of Jane’s Addiction v1.0, and remains their masterpiece. The album runs the gamut from punk heavy rockers like “Stop” to epics like “Three Days” and “Then She Did” to the band’s only true hit, “Been Caught Stealing.”
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Throw Beck Thursday: Santa Claus, Anti-Sex Trafficking Pioneer
How the patron saint of thieves and sailors became associated with your Christmas chimney. This holiday season Nikolaos of Myra has received more media attention than he’s seen since he was kicking around Turkey back in the fourth century. Of course back then his hometown of Patara was part of Greece, which is somehow relevant…
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Deep Cuts: Your Obligatory Christmas Playlist
Christmas Eve falls on Deep Cuts day this year? Come on, I can’t pass that up.
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On Diffuser: Your Really Bad Christmas Cover Art Gallery
These covers are really, really bad. Really. Bet you can’t stop looking: http://diffuser.fm/your-really-bad-christmas-cover-art-gallery/
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