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Favorite Edition 2015: Half year | Musicwhore.org

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Favorite Edition 2015: Half year. July 5, 2015. 2015 is turning out to be one of those years where the really good albums suck so much oxygen out of the rest of the release schedule that it’s tough to put together even a speculative list. That’s a long-winded way to say Sleater-Kinney’s return has pretty much overshadowed everyone else. No Cities to Love. Sleater-Kinney left at the height of their career, and a 10-year hiatus did nothing to dim that achievement. Confessions on the Dancefloor. Looking ahe...

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Favorite Edition 2014 Revised | Musicwhore.org

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Favorite Edition 2014 Revised. July 26, 2015. It’s bound to happen that some albums from the previous year don’t get air time on the personal playlist till the following year, and as a result, they alter how the Favorite Edition list should have been compiled. This time, two albums fell off the 2014 list. 8212; Sam Smith’s. In the Lonely Hour. And Wayne Horvitz’s. 55: Music and Dance in Concrete. I mentioned that Smith’s album could have been more adventurous, so that vulnerability led to his ouster.

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Looking Ahead: August-October 2015 | Musicwhore.org

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Looking Ahead: August-October 2015. August 2, 2015. During the summer, everyone is touring, or gearing up for the fall release schedule. So there’s not much to seek out over the next few months. I do find it surprising that news about fall releases has been pretty scant. Shiina Ringo, “Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri / Kamisama, Hotokesama”, Aug. 5. Is another album on the way? This single would be the third Ringo-chan has released since her last studio album,. Aug 28 (digital), Sept. 11 (physical). I didn’...

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20 Years of Gay: Soundtrack to a Journey. October 11, 2015. 8220;How did you know you were gay? No one has really asked me this question, and from what I gather, I’m supposed to turn this question around and ask the (presumably heterosexual) asker, “How did you know you were straight? So I used music as a cover. Yes, I dug the songs, but they weren’t the only draw. Exhibit A: Sting, “Love is the Seventh Wave”. The back cover of this single had Sting posing without a shirt, and I couldn’t tear my ey...

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Q: Why have I disliked Michael Jackson for so long? A: Internalized homophobia | Musicwhore.org

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Q: Why have I disliked Michael Jackson for so long? June 21, 2015. I remember the moment my ambivalence toward Michael Jackson turned into downright hatred. My family had the television tuned into the 26th Grammy Awards in 1984, the year. Won eight trophies. That meant Jackson went up to the stage over and over again, and as the evening wore on, the fey voice, the extravagant get-up, the single glove — they all annoyed me. By 1995, I would eventually discover that no, I wasn’t a freak. I wasn&#...When Ja...

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Vinyl find: Ani & Ida Kavafian, Mozart: Duo / Moszkowski: Suite / Sarasate: Navarra | Musicwhore.org

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Vinyl find: Ani & Ida Kavafian, Mozart: Duo / Moszkowski: Suite / Sarasate: Navarra. August 9, 2015. Sometimes, I’ll justify an impulse purchase in terms of how much I spend on a breakfast at Starbucks. A cup of tea and a bagel usually sets me back $4. A Nonesuch record I’ve never heard of selling for $1 is a steal by comparison. Nonesuch hasn’t reissued this recording on the digital services, and neither sister is listed on the label’s site. Musicwhore.org goes on summer holiday. Looking ahead, August-S...

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Favorite Edition 2014: Year Final | Musicwhore.org

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Favorite Edition 2014: Year Final. November 28, 2014. Something I didn’t anticipate when I moved from Austin to Seattle in 2012 was a classical music scene with an audience receptive to modern works. Seattle Symphony Orchestra includes a number of commissions throughout its season, and a chamber series focusing on modern works turns the lobby of Benaroya Hall into an informal setting. I got to hear Steve Reich’s. The Bad Plus,. The Rite of Spring. Break-up albums are the best. In the Lonely Hour. I&#8217...

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How I stopped worrying and learned to appreciate ABBA | Musicwhore.org

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How I stopped worrying and learned to appreciate ABBA. April 13, 2014. There was a time in my life when it was absolutely. OK to admit to liking ABBA, and that time just happen to coincide with junior high school. Well, it extended throughout high school as well, but a very specific incident in junior high school schooled me in what was then conventional wisdom. I had drawn the ABBA logo with the backward “B” on my copy of the Webster dictionary, and it opened me up for ridicule. Hit theaters in 1994.

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Vinyl find: Ambitious Lovers, Greed | Musicwhore.org

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Vinyl find: Ambitious Lovers, Greed. April 12, 2015. I really did intend to buy. When it was first released in the late ’80s. I was a devoted reader of. Magazine, and the feature it ran about Ambitious Lovers made me think. Would be something I’d like. I had just gotten into Kronos Quartet and downtown New York jazz, and Arto Lindsay certainly hung around the likes of John Zorn, Bill Frisell and Joey Baron. But I was on a budget. I had to be strategic about what I acquired. S his way through the album, s...