The Fixx stands near the top ofmy list of the greatest 80’s bands, in part because their music doesn’tsound dated–there are no dumbdrum machines, no easily identifiablesynthesizer cliches or sequencers. Their timelessness comes from the key instrumental fact that they were a rock band. They stand outbecause each player, not just oneor two, had aContinue reading “#697: F is for The Fixx”
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#633: B is for Bowie’s “Blackstar”
After a string of fabulous studio albumsin the new centurywhich included a mightyten year gap between Reality and his penultimatestudio album, The Next Day, David Bowie announcesa new record called Blackstar.I bought that recordon release day, a Friday, listened to it straight through three or four times that weekend, and then Monday morning the newsofContinue reading “#633: B is for Bowie’s “Blackstar””
Congratulations: You’ve Written Another 30 Poems. Now What?
May 1st and May 2nd I spent all day both days not writing a poem. I continued not writing poetry on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th. It turns out, no poetry was written into the days and the week ahead, so that today, on the 10th of May, I have written not a single poem.Continue reading “Congratulations: You’ve Written Another 30 Poems. Now What?”
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