away from him

as a young child, i experienced loss for the first time. i tell the story in a piece called "away from him."

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i just want to say one thing

in this episode of SONGS I STILL LIKE i explore music from the Rocky oeuvre.

this show is not to be missed.

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as you were leaving

SONGS I STILL LIKE is a weekly show about music--not the sonic ambrosia of the gods, but the Top 40 cheese of our "gym workout mix."

this week: (mariah carey) SONGS I STILL LIKE.

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trains go by

...SONGS I STILL LIKE is a show about music--the kind of music most of us would sooner die than admit we secretly like. each episode, i cop affinity for three more songs sure to get me banned from anywhere Cool and Taste are required. in other words, this show should be called, NOTES ON BECOMING A PARIAH.

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secrets i held inside

...notes on autotune:

artists are now recording whole albums in that "computerized voice" style (lil' wayne, t-pain, kanye west, et al.). in this episode of SONGS I STILL LIKE, i look at some of the early (and winning) expressions of the idiom.

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we have no past, we won't reach back

here's the third episode of SONGS I STILL LIKE, my weekly tour through the top 40 songs that populate our life.

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obama’s inauguration

i just finished the last edit on my audio postcard for Obama’s inauguration. i hope you can find time to take a listen.

i put my all into this.

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(for context, the "classical" music heard in this piece is taken from "Air and Simple Gifts" performed live just prior to Obama's swearing-in.)

p.s.

in a very real way, i feel as though i've been privately "making" this piece since i read a Frederick Douglass Golden Legacy Comic Book in the third grade.

let me know if it can't be me

here is the latest episode of Songs I Still Like, a weekly show where i discuss the relative import of three radio-friendly pop songs.

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