Category: Personal Essays
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My birthday’s come, and I’m drained of delight,gnawed by a secret, growing fear–what have I done with these years?My God, why have I squandered my life?– Arseny Tarkovsky – ‘June 25, 1939’ (trans. Philip Metres and Dmitri Psurtsev) September 27th used to fill me with dread like no other day of the year. September 27th…
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On the song of the same name from the album Trapdoor (2021), by Defcee in collaboration with Messiah Musik. “I just want to go home, I just want to go home, I just want to go home, I just want to go home, I just want to go home…“ Every time I hear Defcee (born…
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On the music of Grouper and memory. I find it very difficult to remember any of the time I have spent with the music of Liz Harris, who records mostly as Grouper. That may have something to do with the fact that the periods of my life in which I have spent the most time…
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(on Hollywood and Film Music and Jóhann Jóhannsson and Me, or, why you might reconsider a career in [Hollywood] film music.) This is a long one, I’m afraid. If you want a quick-and-dirty rundown on the ‘why you should reconsider a career in Hollywood film music’ side of things you can jump here. I have…
