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Q&A With Courtney E. Smith
Posted by T. William Gooch in Alternative, Authors, Books, Indie Rock on September 6, 2011
Courtney E. Smith is the author of the forthcoming RECORD COLLECTING FOR GIRLS: UNLEASHING YOUR INNER MUSIC NERD, ONE ALBUM AT A TIME. It is an exciting debut from a fresh voice in music writing (Mariner Paperback Original • September 6, 2011). In the tradition of Chuck Klosterman and Rob Sheffield—but from a female perspective—Smith tackles the music world in sharp, funny essays filled with her own edgy observations and relatable anecdotes.
Cover of Record Collecting for Girls
Q: Your book is titled Record Collecting for Girls: Unleashing Your Inner Music Nerd, One Album at a Time. Is there a fundamental difference between how females and males collect music?
A: Record collecting is the same no matter what sex, age, or race you might be. I’m not even sure there’s a major difference in the way men and women relate to music. What I am sure of is that men have been doing an awful lot of the writing about music and that music books are largely marketed to men. And I wanted very much to do something that flew in the face of that standard.
Q: You are writing this book after 8 years at MTV. Can you elaborate on why you left and does it have anything to do with the type of programming the station seems to favor?
A V-Day for One and All
Posted by T. William Gooch in Folk Rock, Hip-Hop, Indie Rock, R & B on February 14, 2011
Today is Valentine’s Day and I would be remiss if I didn’t put something up on the blog. At first I had an idea of writing an anti-Valentine’s post, but honestly no one really hates the holiday. They just end up hating it certain years, or even decades. Eventually we all end up finding someone we love and this holiday will no longer be the albatross hanging around our necks. Instead of creating a list of songs that fit V-day, I thought I would recommend five love songs and let you decide if they fit your Valentine’s Day. I have made some small recommendations and these comments should be a nice road map as to which song I have selected for you and your situation.
T. William’s Top 10 Albums of Twenty Ten
Posted by T. William Gooch in Alternative, Best 10 of Twenty Ten, Erykah Badu, Hip-Hop, Indie Rock, Mashup, Metal on December 12, 2010
T. William’s Top 10 Albums of Twenty Ten
Last week Rune posted his top ten for our readers here On the Couch, so now it is now my turn to submit in my list. Notice that we aren’t numbering our lists, because we don’t see the difference between number 10 and number two. If it makes the list then we are pretty sure it is an album that should be listened to, if you haven’t yet.
Later this month I would think that we will each select our album’s of the year, because we want show some more love to the album that we listened to the most.
Below are ten albums that were released in 2010 that I paid money for and religiously listed to throughout the year.
Top 10 of Twenty Ten The Vander Wey
Posted by musicthevanderwey in Alternative, Best 10 of Twenty Ten, Emo, Indie Rock on December 9, 2010
Top 10 of Twenty Ten The Vander Wey
Martin Wood of British Sea Power
I listened to Christmas music for about five minutes before getting the dry heaves. Not even a little Weird Al “The Night When Santa Went Crazy” calmed my nerves. I switched it over to The Killers, who have four solid Christmas songs, but nothing worked. I had to turn it over to British Sea Power, they have a new EP out entitled “Zeus”.
British Sea Power are a fantastic post modern rock band out of the UK. This band is magical if you have a bumping sound system that can really show off all of the depth and breadth of their tracks.
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