February 2011
10 posts
Berklee: All Hail Ye Alma Mater
Just want to extend congratulations to my fellow Berklee alums for their Grammy wins:
Congrats to friend and former dorm RA Dawaun Parker for his Best Rap Album win. His THIRD actually. This year his award was earned for his work with Aftermath on Eminem’s amazing album. Dawaun is an awesome writer/producer, but you’re missing out if you haven’t heard his solo stuff yet. ...
Who is Arcade Fire? Just one of my favorite bands ever, since like five years ago. Personally I think Neon Bible should have gotten the recognition that The Suburbs garnered; Neon Bible’s aesthetic is unwavering…it sinks you into a hole and keeps you there. The Suburbs has a moment of Neon Bible’s unfinished business (“Rococo,” which in the context of The Suburbs is...
Reading Wil Wheaton’s Tumblr while watching Star Trek: TNG the night before seeing a live Nerdist Podcast taping with him as special guest…my brain just unknotted itself, played double-dutch jumprope with a dozen schoolchildren, and then re-knotted itself from the intensity of how meta this moment is.
