It is the spring of 2003, midway through my first year in graduate school, and my friend Nathan had earlier that day acquired a used vinyl copy of David Bowie’s Station to Station from Amoeba Music. Some months later, we are driving down Sunset Boulevard listening to the song “Negativland” from Neu!’s 1972 debut album.Continue reading “Bowie in Berlin, Part 1”
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Brian Eno on Creativity
Interesting, brief talk by Brian Eno on creativity. Anything he has to say about this topic is worth listening to. At one point Eno compares a “cowboy” (explorer) to a “father” (stay there and tend the land), expressing preference for the cowboy. It’s an interesting comparison that Kierkegaard makes in Either/Or II with slightly different terms: I thinkContinue reading “Brian Eno on Creativity”
The Philosophy of Contemporary Song 