Tag Archives: music

Desert Island Album #5: Rubber Soul

Posted on June 3, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

The album cover: We see the Fab Four from below, photographed at an off angle that gives them a floating, dreamy kind of appearance, which is accentuated by the flowing script of the album title. The text is reminiscent of … Continue reading →

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On Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison

Posted on May 28, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

I think it’s safe to say that when most people think of The Doors, the image that comes to mind is the wild-haired, deep-voiced Jim Morrison, the lewdly provocative Lizard King. Morrison, no matter what you think of The Doors’ … Continue reading →

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Desert Island Album #4: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Posted on May 20, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

The album cover: An old-time sort of drawing of a faceless girl waving goodbye to a boy. Behind them is the sea, in which we see several other children either swimming or drowning, depending on your interpretation. The cover was … Continue reading →

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Desert Island Album #3: Elliott Smith

Posted on May 13, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

The album cover: A bleak, nearly monochromatic image of a couple of figures falling (perhaps having jumped?) from a building. Elliott Smith’s name appears to hover in midair in Smith’s handwritten script, barely legible due to its pale yellow color. … Continue reading →

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One of My Favorite Places: Sunny’s Bar

Posted on April 29, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

From the outside, Sunny’s Bar is the very picture of unassuming. A lonely building, identified with a yellow “BAR” sign, on a dark cobble-stone street at the very tip of Red Hook, a Brooklyn neighborhood cut off from the rest … Continue reading →

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Desert Island Albums #2: Heartbreaker

Posted on April 22, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

The album cover: A close-up shot of the 25-year old (again with the boy geniuses) Ryan Adams, who appears to be wasted (given that he was notorious for his drug and alcohol problems at the time, he’s probably not acting) … Continue reading →

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Desert Island Albums #1: Highway 61 Revisited

Posted on April 15, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

A brief introduction: I’m one of those people who likes lists. Greatest guitarists, best books, tastiest burritos, doesn’t matter what: If you can make a top 10 or 20 or 50 or 100 ranking of something, I will read your … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a Song: Shadowlands by Ryan Adams

Posted on April 8, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

Seeing as how this blog is pretty new, I’m still working through which of my interests I’m going to write about (though I’m leaning towards: “All of them”), and how I’m going to approach each one. As those who read … Continue reading →

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