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Analog podcasting: Matt answers Brandon’s questions about the Grammys

by Matt DrufkeLeave a Comment on Analog podcasting: Matt answers Brandon’s questions about the Grammys
Analog podcasting: Matt answers Brandon’s questions about the Grammys

The Grammys are upon us! The third most popular music awards show every year, behind only the I Heart Radio Music Awards and every single person revealing their Spotify Wrapped and pretending that their taste in music is kooky and eccentric and that listening to Taylor Swift for the time equivalent of 33 days over the course of a calendar year is normal.

With that in mind, we have enlisted our resident pop culture gadfly Matt Drufke to come and answer questions for people who don’t pay attention to music that gets selected for these awards, or me, who is too old to care and still carries a chip on his shoulder for Johnny Cash not winning music video of the year in 2003 at the MTV Music Awards.

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The Worst That It’s Been: Tyler Childer’s Long Violent History

by Michael GraceLeave a Comment on The Worst That It’s Been: Tyler Childer’s Long Violent History
The Worst That It’s Been: Tyler Childer’s Long Violent History

Every generation seems to think it’s the one that has it all figured out. Then it comes to find that merit and valor are intangible, subjective wares. We assume the mantle of our predecessors and say that things will be better than before. Then we see the residual exhaustion and indifference permeating our own hearts, and say to the next generation, “I hope you leave the world better than you found it.” That objectivity and clarity often comes far too late in life, when our ability to impact is already taken from us. But what if the moment we’re in now is so woven into the fabric of our flesh that it resonates in spite of our differences. On his surprise near-instrumental album Long Violent History, that is precisely what is presented, twofold.

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