Campaign for the Mundane
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I tend to not like surprises. There is one context, however, in which I love them, and that is the musical context! So when I bought myself tickets for this show, I knew I was in for some. I don’t know Dream Theater. My familiarity with the works of Frank Zappa are limited to a […]
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It’s like a rollercoaster. As soon as I got home from NEARfest, I wanted to go back. Despite feeling a little out of place, thanks much to Twitter, I was able to follow NEARfest folks and meet people! I even had someone stop me in the hall and say, “Hey, I recognize you from your […]
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Sunday we braved the downpour to see our second annual raft of viking metal bands. (See last year’s show review here at my old blog.) I was stressed out about other stuff but it was so very worth it, if for no other reason than pure catharsis and beer. Thinking we’d be fashionably late, we […]
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This Friday was a rare treat – I got to take my parents to a concert. As you probably know, I dearly love music and go to a fair amount of shows nowadays. But I don’t think I’ve gone to see live music with my own parents since the days of Dramtreeo shows at that […]
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Yes is a band I’ve sort of carried on this detached affair with. I don’t hunt down every news item about them and I don’t collect every single track, despite truly and deeply enjoying the ones I do have. Before heading out to the Ram’s Head last night I noted that about half the set […]
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It’s been an eventful few weeks, even if the events aren’t as big as rock camp or a trip to progday. But “everyday” concerns have been moving forward too. This reminds me, I need to write an about page explaining why I called this blog Prosaic Paradise. Class started! In fact we’ve already dissected a […]
