No doubt you’ve noticed it’s been a while since I’ve updated PJH on a weekly schedule. Regular readers (do you exist?) don’t fret! I’m taking a short hiatus to focus on a looming thesis deadline, and I plan to return by the end of August. Until then, check out F News for ongoing coverage of [...]
The Residents – Meet The…
4 April 2011 by Leave a Comment
Could you imagine what that would’ve looked like in 1974? It was only four years after the Beatles had broken up for good, and in their 10 years together as a band they changed the face of popular music forever. Meet the Beatles, originally released in 1964, was the United States’ introduction to a brand [...]
Joy Division – Plus Minus (+ -)
6 December 2010 by 1 Comment
Sleevage has a new post about the brand new box set just released of Joy Division’s singles, re-released with original artwork. One of the most interesting parts of the JD legend is the amount of musical influence the band managed to cover in such a minuscule window of time (1976-1980) and the range in which [...]
Art vs. Content
21 October 2010 by 1 Comment
I just found this interesting article at MBV.com that gives a pretty good argument in favor of the new wave of major record labels. Here’s an excerpt: Anxiety about this model seems to be bubbling up — and understandably so. Yes, it’s great that we are no longer holding musicians to untenable and economically disastrous [...]
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