Putting the I in Music

An Open Letter to Poppiness

Alexa Weinstein — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:53:56 +0000

IN THIS POST PLEASE FIND: Poppiness. Whining vs. beats. Popularity and pornography. The promise of romance. Ineffable emanations. Surfing waves. Hating and loving. Nasty ghosts and pod people. Goodness v. happiness.

Explosions in the Sky

Alexa Weinstein — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:57:55 +0000

IN THIS POST PLEASE FIND: Things that explode in the sky. Musical gates. Trembling hands. Glowing skies. Colored confetti. Flaming lips. Intended effects. Symphonies. Classical music geeks. Friday Night hearts. Perfect balance. Ballroom Marfa. Pioneer Square. Summer nights. Last Thursday. Silver outfits. Floating jellyfish.

Two Songs I Wrote on “Guitar”

Alexa Weinstein — Tue, 10 May 2011 05:20:30 +0000

IN THIS POST PLEASE FIND: Two songs, mostly taking place on one string. Homemade and 100% original. Totally free of guitar technique. Featuring such subjects as elves, Don DeLillo, hungry ghosts, Lester Bangs, stallion batallions, Feels Blind, thumb solos, long cold walks, little rooms, being an ass, new underwear, the viewpoint of the bird, hearth fires, and dreams with ice creams.

Here in Your Mind

Alexa Weinstein — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:17:33 +0000

IN THIS POST PLEASE FIND: My dad asks why anyone should care. Sportsball. Billie Jean King. Threadbared. Dungeons & Dragons. The Velvet Underground dissing Mo Tucker when they made Loaded. Interiority vs. information. The flag of this nation. Rusty machinery. Discourse and phenomenology. Emphatic epistolary proclamations. Crisis of faith in one's own blog. Poly Styrene goes into the waves.

Where Were You?

Alexa Weinstein — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:56:37 +0000

IN THIS POST PLEASE FIND: "Where Were You?" by the Mekons. Hearing music all the way. Signing divorce papers. The long, slow builder. Explosions in the Sky. The strophic form. Punk rock fiddle. John Updike. The top-shelf hook. The three-act drama. Sick but beautiful. Tension and resolution. Beauty v. restlessness. Love v. darkness. Heartbreak v. hope: who will win?