Procrastination Nation
I’m a procrastinator. A big one. And I don’t know if this is true about others who are prone to procrastination, but I am more likely to put off doing something if the task involves subject matter that...
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Being a Fan
I would like to take a second to discuss this photograph. And, yes, I can hear you: “Here he goes again. First, procrastination and now college hoops. What, exactly, does this post have to do with...
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Being There
Matt’s post about being a fan called to mind the first rock concerts I went to as a teenager. I purchased my first record—a 45—when I was in sixth grade (“Grazing in the Grass” by the Friends of...
View ArticleOnly The Lonely: Post by Cole Odell ’93
Technically, this is a guest post, but once we get Cole his log-on privileges, he will be a regular contributor to Music at Sixty-Eight Degrees. We also hope to get him up to Middlebury from his home...
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It seems to me that Cole’s post would be incomplete without the lyrics to the Beach Boys’ 1963 song “In My Room.” Written by Brian Wilson, along Gary Usher (Usher was not in the Beach Boys, but was...
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Don’t, stop
So, the news that The Stone Roses are getting back together for a “world tour” and new recording has thrown me for a loop. The Roses loom large in my musical imagination; nearly as large as singer Ian...
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Life’s Rich Pageant
I have a distinct memory of the first time I heard of a band called REM. It was a Saturday morning in 1984, and I was standing around with some friends after a youth league soccer game. One of my...
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Necessary Spinning
Here’s what’s doing it to me in my earhole these days: Los Campesinos!—Hello Sadness This record has been getting mixed-to-positive reviews, which I can’t fathom. It’s a brilliant leap forward in an...
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101 Middlebury Music Memories
28-29-12 (WRMC-FM mail drawer combination) Discovering Nirvana via a “Smells Like Teen Spirit” CD5 in the ‘RMC office discard pile Hardcore fan Jon D. only listening to Quiet Riot and The Cars when...
View ArticleEssential Criticism
Cole has taken our nostalgic reflection on pop music into new realms. Great post. So I move into this next installment a bit like a warm-up band that showed up late. And my sense of feeling warmed...
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