Why the Same Song?

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Normally, the jock is going to play an assortment of songs to attract listeners. But after a while, you’re going to introduce the idea of multiple arrangements for a single song, and you’ll play the same song over and over again?

“Why do we play the same song over and over again?

Fair question. The short, friendly explanation:

“Well, we’re going to hear the same song a bunch of times — but it will sound completely different with a different band and arrangement, and in fact, each time, it’s a different band, a different singer, a different angle or facet, like the facets of a diamond.

The song stays the same — it’s the same lyrics, but it sounds totally different, and you hear each version differently. You’ll hear parts you didn’t get before, and words you’d swear weren’t there before. Continue reading →

What’s the Big Secret?

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my spring line is about to launch on the catwalk.

The ancients didn’t think poetry and music were “expressive.” they thought they were operative, part of magic, shaman stuff.

The big secret (which wasn’t secret back then)

Song, poetry, chant, and rhythm were understood as technologies of state change.

not entertainment.
not self-expression.
not even art, the way we mean it now. Continue reading →

The Crimes They Are a-Changing

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[Verse 1]
Come gather, you people, wherever you roam,
And admit that the world’s lookin’ rougher than home,
And the crimes that they do with a wink and a phone
Are growin’ strange, no denyin’.
They’re shiftin’ the rules with a digital pen,
What was crookin’ last Tuesday is legal again,
So you better start watchin’ the where and the when,
For the crimes, they are a-changin’. Continue reading →