Music
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A short and incomplete list of motion picture soundtracks that I love.
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A short post about the music videos of the band Kaleo.
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After yesterday’s post this is a timely announcement. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/white-stripes-prep-get-behind-me-satan-for-first-vinyl-release-20150303?utm_source=tumblr&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=white%20stripes%20vinyl
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So the purpose of this post is to discuss that thing just above this text. Before we can dive into that matter we need to first address an important question: what makes a good cover song? A quick search brings up a number of articles concerning this topic. The first comes from CTV News. They…
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The cover of Black Sheep by the band Metric is really quite something. In addition to building a scene around the song, the actress who replaces the original vocals does a fantastic job giving a performance. I would argue that she does a better job than the original singer. To be fair she has Edgar…
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It never ceases to amaze me the power of film editing. Whether it’s the opening sequence of Up in The Air or the dinner in Sideways, watching masterful editing is a wonderful thing. This post is about when movies use an existing song and rework it to suit the film. Sometimes the song is rerecorded…
The Writings of John Ryan Sullivan 