funky life ponderings

narrative in music- the lyrical journey that writers take with music and thoughts on the limitations of text.

Greetings all!

I like how our class has delved into video games and how we have examined how narrative works within the parameters of video games (of course their limits keep expanding daily as our collective imagination continues to stretch like a rubbery patty).

So here I sit on a laptop during this glorious wednesday afternoon, spinning a newly collected vinyl through my soundsystem. (I have quite a record collection...LPs have certainly drained some moolah out of my wallet). Anyway, this is a great album and I would recommend it to all of you...it's called "In Reverie" by Saves The Day. It's a blissful concoction of dreamlike harmonies lush with life and they are complimented nicely by layered instruments. It truly is good and quite a nice surprise from a band known for punk music to come out with such a mature release so distant of any recollection of their past.  read more »

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