30 Day Song Challenge, Day 18: A Song Every Bar Band Should Know
Sooooo…mainly because I think more like a DJ and less like a person in a band, I’m just changing this to “A song that should be in every DJ’s set.” Bar bands and DJs are both in the business of…
30 Day Song Challenge, Day 17: A Song You Hear Often On The Radio
Big Sean feat. Drake and Kanye, “Blessings” I actually do listen to terrestrial radio when I’m driving around in my car. It’s one way I keep up with new pop music. I flip between the two Top 40 stations, the…
30 Day Song Challenge, Day 16: A Song You Used To Love But Now Hate
This was hard. There are plenty of songs I used to like but now don’t like as much, or feel generally indifferent toward…but HATE? Actually, the first 45 single I ever owned all to myself, so probably the first song…
30 Day Song Challenge, Day 15: A Song That Could Be The Theme Song To Your Life
So obviously to answer this question I gotta say something about my life first so that the song choice makes sense. Let me begin with an image of a (fictional) woman also named Margaret (my middle name): This image, from…
30 Day Song Challenge, Day 14: A Song No One Would Expect You To Like
I think people generally know I like frivolous pop and that most rock genres really really aren’t my thing. So, I think people might not expect me to like: Guns ‘n’ Roses, “Welcome To The Jungle” This song has, unequivocally, the…
30 Day Song Challenge, Day 13: A Song That Is A Guilty Pleasure
I fundamentally reject the concept of “guilty pleasure.” What it says is: “Someone of my status should not enjoy this low status song.” It’s often used in sexist and racist ways. (I wrote about this in my first book!). So…
30 Day Music Challenge, Day 12: Song from A Band/Artist You Hate
Again, this is more interesting if we frame the question as: “In genres that you otherwise like, what artists do you hate?” I’ll offer a new and and old song: New Song: Meghan Trainor, Dear Future Husband I like dumb…
Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” Video
According to Steven Shaviro, the combination of digital media and neoliberal capitalism has changed the way movies are composed, their underlying logic. I’ve argued that these changes in film composition parallel recent-ish changes in pop music song composition. Brostep sounds…
30 Day Song Challenge, Day 11: A Song From Your Favorite Band/Artist
Another impossible one: Who has A favorite? So I’m going to do the DJmix/song thing again: Perc, FACT mix (2014) Perc is the shit (so, in the word of 2 Chainz, you should spray Febreze on him (this, ftr, is also…
30 Day Song Challenge, Day 10: A Song That Helps You Fall Asleep
I fly a lot. Which means I sleep on planes a lot. Which means I have some music I always turn to when I need to sleep. Gui Boratto’s 2007 album Chromophobia is at the top of this list. Gui…
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