In Progress

Dan Black is a bit of a genius.

Posted on December 5th, 2008 by DeepthiW
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1989 has been reviewed by the Romanian edition of the magazine Esquire, the newspaper Cotidianul.ro and some blogs, including this lovely one, translated as roughly as possible by Google here. Best bit? “Know a 13 pieces, including “Goldenage” is an ironic song about the glory of a golden era of black fucking black, born in [...]

Posted on November 25th, 2008 by DeepthiW
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Yes, that is the theme song to The Wire, would have been great to hear this for a whole season instead of that miserable version from Season 5 by Steve Earle. People are complaining that it’s kind of a low rent vid and song, but I confess, I like both.

Posted on November 5th, 2008 by DeepthiW
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What is up with massive shows with amazing lineups that charge way way WAY the hell too much money? I can’t believe that CMJ is like $400 for five days in a row, and no day passes. It is so entirely fucked up that all these great up-and-coming bands are only available to rich people. [...]

Posted on October 28th, 2008 by DeepthiW
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I know many people who buy music from iTunes. Their music sucks. I know many other people who download music for free. Their music rules. The tracks may be the same, but there is a world of difference between the versions.

Posted on October 26th, 2008 by DeepthiW
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Here’s another song, this one’s a little more recent. The recording and mixing is a little better on this cover, since I didn’t do it. Hope the dubstep style and vocals work together… Fever [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

Posted on September 25th, 2008 by DeepthiW
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I found a pretty snazzy plugin from WordPress that lets you add a simple mp3 player to your site–a little behind the times, I know, but bear with me! So I thought I’d add a song I recorded a few years ago here to try it out. You can also check out some short audio [...]

Posted on September 25th, 2008 by DeepthiW
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I can’t say I’ve ever found perfume ads particularly appealing. They’re usually so appallingly bad, like the Calvin Klain ads from the 90′s that were so delightfully parodied by SNL, not to mention the fact that perfume is such an outdated and superfluous product. But this Jean Paul Gaultier ad has new wave style and [...]

Posted on September 16th, 2008 by DeepthiW
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Just finished reading excerpts by the granddaddy of media studies, Marshall McLuhan. McLuhan’s revolutionary idea was very simple–divorce content from medium and investigate the medium, and it becomes easy to see how much more of a lasting impact the introduction of a new medium has on people than the collection of content passed through that [...]

Posted on September 15th, 2008 by DeepthiW
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that this is a great song. A great minimalist piano line anchors Solange’s cheerful vocals in this little retro number produced by the Neptunes. I don’t think I’ve ever heard another song by Solange, but this one definitely lets her develop her own voice and style distinct from her sister Beyonce’s — a good thing, [...]

Posted on June 11th, 2008 by DeepthiW
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