Tag Archives: music

On Summer Camp’s “Bad Love”

Posted on 08/19/2015 by kunzelman

1. I watched the video for “Bad Love” fifteen times in a row. Full immersion. I got down into it, watched all of the sections, figured out how the framing works. I could go full SEK here and map out … Continue reading →

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On Pancho and Lefty

Posted on 03/09/2015 by kunzelman

I think I discovered “Pancho and Lefty” when I was twelve or thirteen. It was the Willie and Merle version, the pop transformation of the lilting, crooked ramble that Townes Van Zandt pulled from nowhere. I’m certain that my dad was … Continue reading →

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On Depeche Mode’s “Shake the Disease”

Posted on 02/05/2015 by kunzelman

The irony that I can’t shake “Shake the Disease” is not lost on me. I listen to music in little ritournelles, a French-y word for saying that I get stuck in audio ruts as a mode of habit. I listen … Continue reading →

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John Carpenter’s Lost Themes

Posted on 01/29/2015 by kunzelman

Go here to listen to John Carpenter’s new album Lost Themes. I’m buried up to my neck in work right now but good ole John Carpenter is keeping me solid.

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Released: “unlike molecules” EP

Posted on 12/29/2014 by kunzelman

Over the past couple of months I have been fiddling with a MIDI keyboard and long, sustained, Richard Skelton-esque noises. I’ve finally gotten to the point where I’ve made five listenable tracks if you’re into ambient music that hints at something stranger than … Continue reading →

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Mark Fisher Interviewing Burial

Posted on 12/02/2013 by kunzelman

Wire: Your music is very visual. I suppose that’s partly the influence of films? You’ve talked about that sound from ‘Alien’ being one of your favourite sounds. Burial: The motion tracker, yeah, and the dropship, the sentry guns. My big … Continue reading →

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I Had A Post At W.A.R.N.

Posted on 06/11/2013 by kunzelman

I just realized that I never said anything about this on the blog: I had a post go up about Riff Raff over at We Are Respectable Negroes a couple weeks back. I talk about the recent Hot 97 interview with … Continue reading →

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On Tegan and Sara’s “Heartthrob”

Posted on 01/31/2013 by kunzelman

Tegan and Sara have a new album out, their first since sometimes’ Sainthood. It is an album, so there is a single. For the rest of what I am going to write, I need you to listen to the single and watch … Continue reading →

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On Richard Skelton

Posted on 10/18/2012 by kunzelman

Richard Skelton haunts me. Sometimes I will be in the shower and I will just be doing the shower thing and a surge of string will come to my mind. I’ll hum for a little while. Or I will be … Continue reading →

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On Plink

Posted on 05/07/2012 by kunzelman

Go play Plink. Do it right now. I don’t have a lot of things to say about the game. It is poetry in motion, and when you are playing with a few other people, you can really feel it click. … Continue reading →

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