Added on September 25, 2014
Everett True
Adam , Addie Hamilton , BABYMETAL , Boyfriend , Die Antwoord , Elvis Presley , Everett True , Frida Hyvönen , Iggy Azalea , Jonathan Richman , Penderecki , Pet Shop Boys , Pussy Riot , Robyn , Tiny Tim , Wah
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Final lecture in KMB003 (Sex Drugs Rock’N’Roll) this semester. Always a happy-sad occasion. There’s no denying the music, though. What better way to go out with an Appeal of the WRONG! in pop music special? INTRODUCTION MUSIC 1. Robyn – Dancing On My Own 2. Wah! – The Story Of The Blues (I didn’t actually […]
Added on May 22, 2014
Everett True
Adam , Addie Hamilton , appeal of the WRONG , BABYMETAL , Boyfriend , Brooke Candy , Bruce Springsteen , Die Antwoord , Elvis Presley , Etta James , Everett True , Gavlyn , Lorde , Penderecki , Pussy Riot , Suicide , Tiny Tim
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Great lecture. The vast majority of my students missed it. Just sayin’. The descriptions are taken from my regular weekly column at The Vine. Die Antwoord https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bdeizHM9OU According to Pitchfork, Zef is a “philosophy of intentional ignorance and crassness”. Die Antwoord, a rave-rap outfit from South Africa, try so hard to be WRONG in everything they do, […]
Added on May 26, 2013
Everett True
Die Antwoord , Elvis Presley , Everett True , KMB003 , Marina And The Diamonds , Penderecki , Sugababes , The appeal of the WRONG , Tubeway Army
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It’s the very wrongness of the following that makes them all so appealing. They are, at the least, memorable.
Added on April 30, 2012
Wallace Wylie
Bob Dylan , Chuck Berry , Class , David Thomas , Elvis Presley , Howlin' Wolf , Mark E Smith , Muddy Waters , Oprah Winfrey , Pere Ubu , Race , race music , Simon Reynolds , The Animals , The Beatles , The Fall , The Kinks , The Rolling Stones , Them , Totally Wired , Wallace Wylie
The fantasy world that David Thomas inhabits reeks of privilege and conceit. Perhaps I expected a bit more intelligence, a bit more individuality, a bit more adventurousness to his thinking. Then again, he is a white middle-class American male. We can’t expect too much.