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Ecologizing Radiohead

Posted in Eco-culture, Eco-theory, Music & soundscape, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 21, 2021 | 2 Comments »

What better way to understand ecological perception than by applying it to a study of the music of Radiohead, right? Okay, I’ll explain. “Ecological perception” is not what you might think. (And it isn’t what I, in my writing, call “perceptual ecology.“) It is a psychological theory that studies the perception of an organism (such […]

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Greatest albums of the LP era

Posted in Music & soundscape, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 8, 2017 | 10 Comments »

The recent social media meme listing 10 concerts people have attended accompanied by one they didn’t (“find the lie!”) has incited me to complete a list that started out as a “50th anniversary of the concept album” brainstorm over drinks one night last year. The question here is a little different: What are the most formative and […]

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World Listening Day

Posted in Eco-culture, Music & soundscape, tagged , , , , , on July 18, 2016 | 3 Comments »

Today is World Listening Day, a global event held annually to Celebrate the listening practices of the world and the ecology of its acoustic environments; Raise awareness about the growing number of individual and group efforts that creatively explore Acoustic Ecology based on the pioneering efforts of the World Soundscape Project, World Forum for Acoustic […]

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A 7-year musical itch

Posted in Music & soundscape, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 12, 2015 | 5 Comments »

One of my pet musicological theories is that the years 1967-74 were the most creative 7-year period in the history of musical humanity. Why those years? The social and technological revolutions of the 1960s — civil rights, the women’s movement, the counterculture and anti-Vietnam War movements, the sudden unifying singularity of television and mass (and […]

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[Circle with an X through it]

Posted in Music & soundscape, tagged , , , , , on March 8, 2015 | 4 Comments »

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything about music here. But as I’ve gotten thinking and writing about it again, under the “ecomusicology” rubric, expect more of it on this blog. It’s a satisfying return for me (I studied music theory, composition, and performance as an undergrad and continued it semi-professionally for a little while afterward). This […]

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Upcoming: ecomusics, climate change culture, etc.

Posted in Music & soundscape, tagged , , , , , , , on September 30, 2014 | 1 Comment »

I am about to travel to Asheville, North Carolina, for the Ecomusics and Ecomusicologies conference, to be held from Thursday through Monday at the University of North Carolina Asheville. The international conference, which has become an annual event (it met previously in Brisbane, Australia, and in New Orleans), brings together theorists and researchers with performers and practitioners. Panels on topics including “musical […]

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