Today, amidst a rainy May day, my copy of Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s new album “Lie Down in the Light” arrived. What is refreshing is that I know that this album will remain with me. That is, I will be returning to this music for a long time to come. I knew this even before I [...]
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Posted in Creative Expression, People of Interest, Sensual Culture, Uncategorized
| Tags: Arts, Bonnie Prince Billy, Drag City, Lie Down in the Light, Music, Religion and Spirituality, Review, Will Oldham |
“Three Questions” is a song by the Kentucky based musician Bonnie “Prince” Billy from his “Master and Everyone” album. This haunting and beautiful song has been with me since winter 2004 and today I would like to incorporate the idea of “three questions” into The Eyeslit-Crypt. It is really quite simple. I choose one person [...]
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Posted in Communication Studies, Creative Expression, Japanicity
| Tags: 20th Century Boys, Adam Green, Blues, Bonnie Prince Billy, California, Folk, Gantz, Helpmefindparents, Hiro Nakamura, Interview, Japan, Ken Tanaka, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Los Angeles, Manga, Onsen, Questions, Society and Culture, Yakiimo, Youtube |
Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s live album “Wilding in the West” will be my soundtrack to this spring. The satisfaction gleamed from listening to new live recordings of a familiar artist is beyond words. Songs that one has heard over and over heard again through the live context, altered slightly come to life in a new way, [...]
It is a rainy Friday afternoon and what a perfect time to revisit one of my favorite albums, which is the rare gem called “Wai Notes” by Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie “Prince” Billy. Quietly released after BPB’s beautifully orchestrated/produced album “The Letting Go,” “Wai Notes” reframes many of the songs from “The Letting Go” through [...]
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The beauty of “Poolside Chats with Neil Hamburger” is the over-arching technical distractions, communicative disruption of the callers and anomalous-humorous confrontations perpetuated by the shows host Neil Hamburger. That is to say, overworked by “garbage” minded call-ins, faulty microphones and having access to an open bar, Hamburger assaults, demeans and controls the show [...]
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Posted in Creative Expression, Writings
| Tags: Andy Dick, Arts, Bonnie Prince Billy, E.M. Cioran, Failure, Neil Hamburger, Obscene Voice, Poolside Chats, Reflections, Semblance of Failure, Trouble With Being Born, Will Oldham |
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