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Forced Birth revisited, or, this one is for the men.
I felt it necessary to revisit my earlier post about fascism's return under the guise of the anti-choice supreme court decision. I realize I was trying and failing to not be another dude talking about Abortion. I was just traipsing around the issue; I brought up...
Studio Mix Selection of the Week
This week's selection just came up organically today, and I enjoyed it. This band is another that came up in my research on post-punk and no-wave music. Not too much more to say as I'm not especially familiar with the Bush Tetras, so I might just have to give them...
Studio Mix Selection of the Week
Been on Daddy Day Care duty all week, so my creative energy is lacking (for context, my son's nickname is il Monstroso, the Destroyer). So for this week's selection, I'm falling back on my tried and true studio tunes. This one again comes from the initial inspiration...
Studio Mix Selection of the Week
Late post this week due to sick kiddo (and possibly sick me). While traveling I heard a story about Lou Reed's exhibition at the New York Public Library. Something worth checking out, especially his demo tapes. But that's not why we're here today. Something I never...
Studio Mix Selection of the Week
Early post this week as I will be traveling to Chicago tomorrow. Strangely I can't identify any Chicago artists on my list (I'll keep working on that)and post one next week). So I went with a recent favorite of mine. and they are a somewhat recent discovery. As I dug...
Studio Mix Selection of the Week
After listening to a lot of punk and post-punk after a shit-filled sluice was opened by the Supreme Court this past week (especially Sleater-Kinney), I thought I'd switch gears a bit. This song came up while searching for last week's pick, and was nearly chosen. But...
Studio Mix Selection of the Week
Late post this week, considering I spent most of yesterday lamenting and writing about the demise of women's privacy and body autonomy. So it was hard to even make a selection from my mix that would be appropriate to the moment. I could have easily chosen something...
Fascism Has Arrived in America: Say Goodbye to Body Autonomy.
There has been lots, and lots of talk about Fascism speckled throughout my time, at least from the beginning of my political awareness during the Bush Era and precipitously escalating through the T***p Era. Most experts that I have read say that as bad as T***p and...
Studio Mix Selection of the Week
Another tune from my college days popped up on the mix yesterday, and the lyrics hit that way like when a song immediately becomes the soundtrack for a particular scene in your biopic. Guru's mix of Jazz and hip-hop was often overshadowed by Tribe Called Quest. But we...
Studio Mix Selection of the Week
One of my first selections, and likely the music that inspired this whole series, was Fela Kuti, who I mentioned helped get me through the more stressful times in Grad School. But I must give credit to another artist who was equally instrumental in surviving that...
Studio News
Last December I posted on Instagram about some imminent big news: View this post on Instagram A post shared by David Chatfield (@riotbusstudios) That news was going to be about my brand new giant studio located in the 3-car garage behind my new house....
This week's selection recently popped up at random on an overcast and rainy day. I had to listen to it at least three times it fit so perfectly. And this is another selection from the "of course, that's what you listen to in the studio" category. Some background; my...
Studio Mix Selection of the Week
I'm surprised at myself for not adding the Velvet Underground to my studio mix until recently. I mean, really, how can I call myself an artsy hipster and not listen to the dulcet tones of Lou Reed and Nico over proto-punk guitar riffs while drinking beer and painting?...
CPoS: Death-Knell of the Humanities.
As I was doing research for another post about the significant failures issues within Higher Ed, some incredibly relevant developments occurred within my institution that necessitated some more angry writing. Specifically, a major reorganization of the school that...
Don’t Go To College, or, This Might Get Me Fired.
*Edit: since I started writing this last year, a "program review" began at my institution and my program was cut. So f**k it.* Nearly every internal shower conversation I've had over the past year or so has been an attempt to craft a proper argument clarifying my...