“He ain’t tryin’ to be mean, he just wants to be seen.” – Rufus Thomas, referring to an overzealous spectator during his Wattstax performance, 1972. “He ain’t tryin’ […]
Regarding the "spider love," and concerns regarding current musical trends.
“The spider Love, which transubstantiates all, And can convert manna to gall” – from the poem “Twickenham Garden,” by John Donne When I was 14, I really “saw” […]
Marcus @ The Couch Sessions: Sorry Gil Scott, It Appears That This Generation Will be Gentrified
Ed. Note – Marcus Dowlings’s posts do not reflect the thoughts of Winston (aka Stone) or The Couch Sessions 🙂 Pithy auteurs of blue eyed soul with a […]
Of Ralph Ellison, The Invisible Man, and music.
My favorite novel is Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man.” It’s one of my favorite litmus test points for social evolution and social movements, as Ellison’s unnamed African-American narrator passes […]
Of Quintessential Q and the Mercurial Mr. West, historical thoughts…
Photo attributed to Rob Fields, boldaslove.us “Kick in the door, wavin the four-four” – Notorious B.I.G., Kick In the Door I am a firm believer in the concept […]
SXSW Interview: Blaqstarr
DJ Blaqstarr Interview from Couch Sessions on Vimeo. One of the more fascinating parts of the True Genius on the Couch SXSW experience occurred when I had the […]
Midnight at the oasis….we are now in the era of nothing.
Midnight at the oasis / Send your camel to bed – Maria Muldaur, “Midnight at the Oasis” Welcome to the era of irony, the era of the void, […]
On questions of authenticity…
“Things fall apart, the center cannot hold.” – The Second Coming, William Butler Yeats On Saturday evening, VH1 aired Kanye West’s “Storytellers” episode, and in doing so, confirmed […]
Reflections on the concept of recorded sound…
As of late (understand that to mean the last 72 hours), I’ve taken a great deal of time to study the concept of sound. Not even so much […]
Andy Warhol has finally been proven wrong. (and other "postmodernist" thoughts)
“In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” – Andy Warhol So I had a topic all set for today. Then, I hit up Twitter and […]