Archive for June, 2007
Friday, June 29th, 2007
The Real Thing
I’m more than a little abashed at having posted so much inane blather about my songwriting “process” the other day. And of course, I couldn’t help but remember more innocent times, when committing to a song was not such a matter of sturm und drang.
The Real Thing (Trad.)
The Nightmares
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Friday, June 29th, 2007
Consumer Reports
We were sitting around Gideon Rosen’s parent’s house in Larchmont, where, as fate would have it, there happened to be a guitar and, you guessed it, a copy of a certain magazine sitting on the coffee table. And, not only did we consider this a proper song, but as is evidenced below, we actually paid [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Studio, The Nightmares by Philip
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
Lilja 4-Ever
Because I’m heat-addled and writer’s-blocked, I’m simply gonna write what’s been on my mind today, which happens to be more about my songwriting process than anybody could ever possibly need to know. It was either that, or post this song without any annotation whatsoever. Feel free to scroll directly down to the Keef quote far [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Living Room, Recenter Music by Philip
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
In a World of Ruins the Ruin of Her Happiness Seemed a Less Unnatural Catastrophe
While we’re on the subject, I want to quickly say something about aesthetics versus content. Like most dichotomies, this one is pretty much false. There is, of course, as much information conveyed by any package as by its contents. And anyone who takes the time and effort to develop their own artistic voice will simultaneously [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Devastationalist Masterpieces, Non-Musical Devastionalisms by Philip
Monday, June 11th, 2007
The Natives Have Grown Bored
If you have writer’s block, or whatever you want to call it, should you simply forge ahead and adhere to some kind of logical writing schedule regardless, or should you wait patiently for your thoughts and feelings to coalesce coherently into some kind of transcribable shape? And if you choose the latter course — which [...]
