tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11189609.post8232453726320748496..comments2023-11-05T01:49:05.676-08:00Comments on More than you really need to know about Birdmonster: On buskingbirdmonsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560131339229703552noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11189609.post-47562940046748333932007-09-22T17:00:00.000-07:002007-09-22T17:00:00.000-07:00Genius. (The post, not Atonal).Genius. (The post, not Atonal).Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13772463219112970272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11189609.post-68718909601704333042007-08-29T20:36:00.000-07:002007-08-29T20:36:00.000-07:00Not a rant, an actual, formulated thought: AHEM. I...Not a rant, an actual, formulated thought: AHEM. It seems that, in a significant stretch of time, "popular" music has become as nauseatingly infectious as tuberculosis, but goddamn, it's not going away. Fortunately, it's pretty much relative- in liking certain music you willingly conform to a certain identity, I suppose because someone, a musician, seemed to have spoken for you. I try really hard not to judge and look down on current "popular" music, despite my sneaking suspicion that it has hit a cultural nadir. I admire an individual or group of individuals who can manage to escape diatonic normality in pitch, structure, what have you. Today's "hit" appears to have devolved into some kind of bland amalgamation of verse, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus, or well, I think bridges are on their way out. <I>Any</I>way, the real trick is convincing someone's ear that what you have composed is "catchy" when in fact it is abrupt and employs more than one key simultaneously. Hall and Oates would spit on your feet, with good reason. What I think is so enchanting about Mr. Atonal is that, I don't know, <I>emotions</I> aren't uniform and fixed, like a lot of today's "music". When you were poor(er)/less "successful" than you are now, it was like, oh man, girls, boys, drugs, existence, puppies, whatever, were more of a cerebral priority and feelings were easier to come by via a healthy(er) perspective. It's fucked because there is almost no way to not get caught up in the business of it all. He, on the other hand, seems to be living and breathing whatever he's playing, and I'm sure, with a little sampling goodness, someone could turn him into his antithesis. Mmm capitalism. Please keep Timbaland's grubby fingers off of San Francisco's transit system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11189609.post-29582568493519134032007-08-29T16:38:00.000-07:002007-08-29T16:38:00.000-07:00I knew you'd enjoy that Roxanne. You don't have to...I knew you'd enjoy that Roxanne. You don't have to put on the red light.birdmonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00560131339229703552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11189609.post-23404558495903730662007-08-29T15:50:00.000-07:002007-08-29T15:50:00.000-07:00Oh my god. You perfectly captured his essence. I l...Oh my god. You perfectly captured his essence. I love Atonal.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467152863153675087noreply@blogger.com