Here's a quick, somewhat obvious thought: musicians as a body (imagine it exists) let technology dictate itself. Not like production and sound technology, but all of the other stuff -- the websites and blogs and streaming services. All of this other
Philip Glass is turning 75 this year. And that's a pretty big number with a lot of interesting divisors, so in honor of the occasion, "Orange Mountain Music":http://www.orangemountainmusic.com/ is releasing _Rework - Philip Glass Remixed_, featuring
Not done with the thing itself, of course. Just the "electronic" qualification. It has become not so much incorrect, but redundant and awkward. And has been for some time. Dan Deacon made this point yesterday afternoon "on NPR":http://www.npr.org…
It was 3pm when we got word that Dan Deacon wanted to hang out with Motherboard. We'd just finished shooting giant telescopes in West Virginia (_shhh_ spoilers!) but we knew it would be worth it to make the 5 hour trek to Baltimore to check in on Dea…
"True Thrush"'s concept is easy enough to explain: "Dan Deacon":http://www.dandeacon.com/ and Wham City compatriot/filmmaker/comedian "Ben O'Brien":http://showbeast.net/ filmed a 13 second scene, featuring the two of them. They then showed that scene…
Dunno why I gird myself so hard to dislike the music of Dan Deacon. I've even been a pretty big fan of Deacon's more cartoony _Spiderman of the Rings_ songs, despite their role in creating things like Ear Pwr and the general neon craze, and personall…
