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The Artificial Encore

The Artificial Encore

Allow me to paint a familiar picture for you: The end of the concert you’re at looms across the horizon. The band/artist/whatever onstage has played a myriad of fun tunes for the past hour or so and is starting to wind down. One of the members waltzes up to the...

Now Playing: The Many Faces of Rock

Now Playing: The Many Faces of Rock

Fifty new songs, five categories, and all devoted to the umbrella of rock. Daylight savings time has thrown me for a loop, and I’m positive I’m not the only one. It just doesn’t seem natural for the sun to be dead and gone by the premature time of 5:30 PM. This week,...

Color Theory: Pale Blue

Color Theory: Pale Blue

Hello! It’s that time of week again—welcome to Color Theory! Today, I’m talking about the idea of ‘pale blue’. When thinking about the color and songs I wanted to look at this week, what really struck me is a lyric from “This Love” by Taylor Swift. “This Love” is one...

Shauna Dean Cokeland Won’t Be Staying In Place For Long

Shauna Dean Cokeland Won’t Be Staying In Place For Long

I could go on and on about Taylor Swift’s new album, but we’ve seen that. It was amazing, we all know it (unless you don’t know it, then you should get on to knowing it). But on October 21st, while Taylor Swift was releasing Midnights, Shauna Dean Cokeland was...

Animal DJs and Digital Musical Instruments: An Unrelated Analysis

Animal DJs and Digital Musical Instruments: An Unrelated Analysis

The other day I was sent a TikTok of dog behind a DJ controller blasting techno music in a dingy, yellow-tiled area that might as well be the backdrop to the latest backrooms video. With over 1.2 million views, the TikTok is quite popular, and it’s easy to see why;...