On February 29, 2024, I participated in the storytelling series Listen To This: Stories and More on Stage. The theme for the show was “That Night a DJ Saved My Life” – true tales of times when music made a difference. Below is the full version of the piece I told onstage. I want toContinue reading “LCD Soundsystem’s “All My Friends””
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Universal Applicant
Apocalypse, Bill Callahan’s 2011 album, begins with two songs, “Drover” and “Baby’s Breath” (explored previously on Recliner Notes), that can’t help be read as extended metaphors about the founding and settling of the American West. Those two songs are followed by “America!”, a hilarious accounting of reasons why to love the United States. The humor,Continue reading “Universal Applicant”
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