Monthly Archives: June 2013

Song bleg

Posted on June 19, 2013 by olneyce

Hey everyone, I’m in the middle of moving across the Bay and we don’t have internet at the new place.  So I’ve been mostly off the grid for a few days.  But while I’m unpacking and such I’ve been creating … Continue reading →

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Through the ages, and all the places

Posted on June 13, 2013 by olneyce

Ages Places – Wildlife Control What’s that?  You say you’re in the mood for some crunchy 90s guitar layered on top of a melody that feels like it was constructed by some Swedish electro-pop artisan?  Well fortunately I’ve got just the … Continue reading →

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But in between, there’s you and me

Posted on June 12, 2013 by olneyce

Alone – Trampled By Turtles Contemplative, heartfelt music with a strong folk influence has, out of nowhere, turned into one of the big trends of the last few years. You have your Mumford & Sons, your Lumineers, and so forth. … Continue reading →

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Top 10 breakup songs

Posted on June 10, 2013 by olneyce

No Children – The Mountain Goats Everything Reminds Me of Her – Elliott Smith Which are better: songs about falling love or songs about breaking up? I got to thinking about this because I’ve been putting together these top 10 lists for … Continue reading →

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We’re on a world tour

Posted on June 9, 2013 by olneyce

World Tour (Weezy, Wale, Dre) – Brenton Duvall In the past 16 hours, I’ve had visitors come to the blog from Tehran, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Zagreb, Berlin, Prague, New South Wales, Portugal…all of them looking for a rundown of the best Bruce Springsteen songs. … Continue reading →

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I’ll take the silent treatment

Posted on June 8, 2013 by olneyce

Silent Treatment – The Joy Formidable Some songs are built to pluck every single string in my heart. A pretty double-tracked female voice, backed by a delicate acoustic pluck, rising up and then falling around a single note…yeah, there was … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Carissa’s Wierd songs

Posted on June 7, 2013 by olneyce

My favorite band is The Beatles. There are probably tens (if not hundreds) of millions of people who agree with me there.  But my second favorite band hasn’t even been heard of by a million people. Carissa’s Wierd only released … Continue reading →

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I could kill you with my bare hands if I was free

Posted on June 6, 2013 by olneyce

Song For Zula – Phosphorescent Music can impose order on a feeling, channel it into a narrow band. It can harness a feeling, tame it. Or it can impose disjunctures, rip apart the seemingly clear. It can mislead by providing a … Continue reading →

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Race and gender in Title VII – a strange history

Posted on June 3, 2013 by olneyce

Poison Cup – M. Ward I just finished Gretchen Ritter’s The Constitution As Social Design, which attempts to connect our Constitutional processes to our conceptions of civic membership, often in very interesting ways. I can’t 100% recommend the book, since I … Continue reading →

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