Category Archives: Music & Meaning
Kevin Andrew Prchal: New Songs with Deep, Old Echoes
Some song writers have a knack for writing songs both clearly contemporary but also really old. Their sound is new but anchored so deeply in some ancient American memory, it seems the songs could have existed 200 years ago. Think of The … Continue reading
Dan Guzman – “But It Was (Hijacked)”
Here’s one of Hypnotist Collector’s great songs, “But It Was (Hijacked).” A great rock riff fuels this song with so much meaning for our times. There’s literal hijacking, of course, but we’ve also been hijacked by rats, inequality, materialism…. When … Continue reading
Did Frank Lloyd Wright Listen to Fats Waller?
Ten Frank Lloyd Wright buildings have been nominated for UNESCO World Heritage status, beginning with Unity Temple (1905) and ending with the Marin Civic Center (1957). The Guggenheim opened in 1959, just months after Wright’s death, but we often date … Continue reading