Posts filed under “Music”
Music for Writing
I’ve been doing a lot of writing lately, mostly for work and the graduate school application process, and I’ve got a lot to do yet. The music I choose while writing is essential for me to be productive. Over the next few weeks (months?) I’ll share the music associated with my best writing sessions. And […]
How white?
The new immigration law in Arizona is flat-out racist, but a lot of people have a hard time understanding how the law could ever have negative effects on people not breaking the law. The inimitable Dr. Isis lays it out for you: This law, an unchecked open door to racial profiling, terrifies me. Over the […]
Emily Wells
I discovered Emily Wells a few weeks ago when my roommate posted this song: Since then, I’ve bought just about everything she’s made that I can find. I’m particularly in love with The Symphonies: Dreams Memories & Parties. This review (which also includes some interesting background information) about captures how I feel about her music: it […]
Sabrina Chap
SublimeFemme brought the music of the wonderful Sabrina Chap to my attention this week. I knew about Sabrina Chap through the incredible collection of stories and art, Live Through This: On Creativity and Self-Destruction, but had no idea she was a also musician. Her music is very fun, but also clever, and wonderfully queer. Now that you’re […]
What I’ve Noticed
Dollhouse is over. It was a great show. When Americans say they want to cut NASA’s budget, they think they’re talking about a budget of more than 600 billion instead of about 15 billion. Female orgasm described as ‘abhorent’ and banned on film in Australia along with small breasted women. Unsurprisingly, the standard does not […]
What I’ve been listening to
Apart from watching this video over and over and playing so much Christmas music over Thanksgiving break that even I’m sick of it now, these are some of the most awesome songs I’ve listened to in the last few weeks: <A HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fgravsrain-20%2F8014%2Fca86f721-814c-47d7-962f-1a8a63a3c13a&Operation=NoScript” mce_HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fgravsrain-20%2F8014%2Fca86f721-814c-47d7-962f-1a8a63a3c13a&amp;Operation=NoScript”>Amazon.com Widgets</A> Melanie Horsnell – Tomorrow Ezekial Honig – Slojam
Celebrity crush
Except for a secret crush on Annie Lennox in middle school that played not a small part in the realization that I was a big queer, I’ve never been the type to become infatuated with people I haven’t met. That might have changed.