Michael Hicks‘Choo-Choo’: All Aboard Joanna Newsom’s Train to Rovenshere!This is an exciting time, indeed, and it’s not just because Joanna Newsom played a kids’ show with visiting puppeteers. The new songs are…May 191May 191
Michael Hicks‘Merrily caroling stereophonic’: Home Economics class with Joanna NewsomJoanna Newsom’s new song “Home Economics” doesn’t yet have official lyrics, but it’s too enticing not to jot down a few thoughts. When I…May 18May 18
Michael HicksMapping Joanna Newsom and Paul Thomas Anderson’s Film Locations in the Video for ‘Sapokanikan’Going to Manhattan soon? Need an excuse to plug in your headphones and relive the glory of JN meandering about New York in PTA’s music…Apr 301Apr 301
Michael Hicks“In silent suspension”: Joanna Newsom’s String TheoryPeeling Back the Layers in Joanna Newsom’s Divers, Part 6Dec 16, 2023Dec 16, 2023
Michael Hicks“A new sort of coordinate awoke”: Unleashing Pandora’s Box in Joanna Newsom’s “Waltz”Peeling Back the Layers in Joanna Newsom’s Divers, Part 5Dec 9, 20231Dec 9, 20231
Michael Hicks“Unlimited simulacreage”: Nietzsche, Newsom, and Philosophy in Waltz of the 101st LightbornePeeling Back the Layers in Joanna Newsom’s Divers, Part 4Nov 22, 2023Nov 22, 2023
Michael Hicks“The land lone and leveled”: J. Newsom and J. OppenheimerPeeling Back the Layers in Joanna Newsom’s Divers, Part 3Sep 22, 2023Sep 22, 2023
Michael Hicks“The records they left”: Undiscovered writing and the lyrics of SapokanikanPeeling Back the Layers in Joanna Newsom’s Divers, Part 2Sep 22, 2023Sep 22, 2023
Michael Hicks“And what lies under, now”: Overpaintings in Joanna Newsom’s SapokanikanPeeling Back the Layers in Joanna Newsom’s Divers, Part 1Sep 22, 20231Sep 22, 20231
Michael HicksTalking Joanna Newsom’s Divers, tesserae, growing up with harps…with A Hopeless Endeavor PodcastRecently, a bottle of water and a microphone and me had a metaphorical ramble with the friendly co-hosts of A Hopeless Endeavor: A Joanna…Aug 17, 20231Aug 17, 20231