Posts Tagged ‘music’

  • Beatles: Rock Band Makes Baby Jesus Poop A Little

    Beatles: Rock Band Makes Baby Jesus Poop A Little

    September 12th, 2009 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 3 Comments

    Don’t consider this a formal review or anything, but let me warn you away from Beatles: Rock Band, were you thinking of running out and evacuating your wallet of its hard-earned greenbacks.
    It’s very pretty.
    They’ve put a lot of work into making it authentic.
    It sounds great.

    Goddamn, I kind of feel like I got ripped off, though.
    Okay, [...]

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  • Story Songs: Day Four

    Story Songs: Day Four

    September 7th, 2009 | The Ramble | terribleminds | No Comments

    Today’s song for your perusal (your ear-use-al? shaddup):
    Kenny Rogers, “The Gambler.”
    No great commentary on the song — it speaks for itself, and it’s one of those songs (like “On the Road Again” by Willie Nelson) that conjures car trips with my father when I was young.
    I will comment, though — what the hell happened to [...]

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  • Story Songs: Day Three

    Story Songs: Day Three

    September 7th, 2009 | The Ramble | terribleminds | No Comments

    Obviously, part of what I’m looking for in a story song is something that has a beginning, middle, and an end. Some pieces feel like story songs but are really… I dunno, character studies, or vignettes. (And they’re cool, but not for this.)
    Here’s today’s story song:
    Be Your Own Pet, “Becky.”
    Love the tune. Love the song. [...]

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  • Story Songs: Day Two

    Story Songs: Day Two

    September 6th, 2009 | The Ramble | terribleminds | No Comments

    Today’s story song:
    Ludo, “Lake Pontchartrain.”
    Not a fan of Ludo? You should be. An earlier EP, Broken Bride, is a weird punk-pop-metal-rock opera about time travel, pterodactyls, and what might be the Antichrist.
    Nice thing about the band — and this song — is that, while their music is punk-poppy, it has a great sinister edge, but [...]

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  • Story Songs: Day One

    Story Songs: Day One

    September 5th, 2009 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 9 Comments

    I don’t listen to music when I write. Can’t do it. Maybe something orchestral, but even then, it’s the music that sets the mood and the pace — that can be okay if it’s what I’m really looking for. That then can lead to a worse condition: I become obsessed with finding the right music [...]

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