You’re reading this blog, and that means there’s a good chance that people ask you to help them solve computer problems. There are three types of users who ask for help: Runners, Watchers, and Squatters.
REDADEG 2010 : un parcours de 1 200 km pour la langue bretonne
Part of what makes words work in a song is how they sound to the ear and feel on the tongue. If they feel right, if the tongue (wooo!), and the mirror neurons of the listener (isn’t that part of why we love music and performance — mirror neurons?) are made to feel (neurologically) the delicious appropriateness of the words coming out, then that rightness sometimes trumps literal sense. We “sing” in our minds and muscles when we hear and see singing. In a sense, performance and listening to music is a participatory activity. So the writing of words — the putting them down on paper — is certainly part of songwriting, but the proof of the pudding is in the singing. If the sound is untrue, we can tell.
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David Byrne’s Journal: 03.18.10: Collaborations [updated]
David Byrne’s thoughts on musical collaborations are all fascinating, but as a lyricist I was particularly interested to read what he has to say about the process of turning nonsense sounds - what the French charmingly call “yaourt” (yoghurt) - into meaningful words.
As the last quantities of carefully stored original Polaroid films are currently melting like snow in the sun, it is about time to introduce a new chapter of analog Instant Photography…
Why is it that artists like Elliott Smith, Vic Chesnutt and Mark Linkous never received the critical acclaim they deserved whilst they were on this planet and yet in the past few months endless articles have been written about the wonderful music they created and the great loss that their passing has resulted in?
Dans les boutiques Pierre Hermé Paris et chez de nombreux pâtissiers Relais Desserts, c’est l’occasion de déguster ces délicieuses pâtisseries rondes, moelleuses et croquantes, tout à la fois !
