Since I’ve written that first blog post about understanding local music in a contemporary context, I’ve had a lot of thoughts about what it is to be a musician versus being a listener, where the line is blurred, what is an inspiration versus what is an appropriated aesthetic in a new…

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Apr 13, 2016

Hiroshi AKA Nikos Otis — Mysterious Vibes aka If You Don’t Like Disco You’re A Big Idiot

President Bill Clinton’s administration was really great for many reasons, but is mostly celebrated in pop culture as being a vehicle for good ol’ Bill to get unsavory sexual…

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Feb 4, 2016

Admiral Conbar —

Alongside my jumbled thoughts there is always something i am pondering to do with music. From listening to and thinking about sounds i hear in other peoples music, to working out a cool rhythm for a part in a song or constructing a riff in my head while i’m walking to work. The music i create is…

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Jan 20, 2016

What’s ya buzz?

When I was a kid and leading into my teenage years I would become obsessed with a musician, put them up on some sort of untouchable pedestal and treat them like a god. I wonder if this is partly from coming from a small town, and not really being exposed to any sort of hub of musicians outside of a…