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Taken To the River: David Byrne in Prospect Park

by Jason Thomas Kocher June 9th, 2009 Culture » Sounds »

I caught wind earlier that day, June 9th 2009, that David Byrne was playing a free show as part of the Celebrate Brooklyn concert series in Prospect Park in Brooklyn. I thought to myself…

“God Damn…I love him…”

“I bet there’s gonna be god-awful hipsters everywhere…a sea of sucking humanity…one big coffin…”

“And, of course, I have to mount [...]

ABBA Of Our Lives

by Jason Thomas Kocher May 25th, 2009 Culture » Sounds » Writing » Sporadical »

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The Swedish disco megaband ABBA – and I don’t use the term megaband lightly – was our future.

Do not mistake me. I am not purporting that in the future we will resemble ABBA. No, no. ABBA was our future.

It already happened.

We missed it.

We [...]

AudioSurf - Riding the Wave

by Jason Thomas Kocher May 24th, 2009 Culture » Sounds » Culture » Video Games »

“Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel. I have always needed Fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty [...]

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