Epicharmus

A site for formalist musicblog exercises. Projects include:

"American Hot Wax" (September 2003 till who knows when):

Reviews of every Billboard #1 since 1950. If all goes well, it'll be far too big to fit here. Click here for The American Hot Wax Archives.

"Send in the Clones" (October 2002 - January 2003):

Reviews of twenty different versions of "Send in the Clowns": Van Morrison; Stan Kenton; Chet Baker and Van Morrison; Shirley Bassey; Benny Goodman; Zamfir; The Tiger Lillies; Krusty the Clown and Sideshow Mel; Marti Webb; Liberace; Lorez Alexandria; Sarah Vaughn (1974); Unknown Drum and Bugle Corps; Ferrante & Teicher; U2; The Håkon Kornstad Trio; Sarah Vaughn (1981); Carmen McRae; Maria João & Aki Takase; Mantovani; Boxhead Ensemble

"Writing through the Merzbox" (July - October 2002):

Reviews of every album in noise artist Merzbow's infamous box set: Om Electrique; Metal Acoustic Music; Remblandt Assemblage; Collection Era Vol. 1; Collection Era Vol. 2; Collection Era Vol. 3; Paradoxa Paradoxa; Material Action for 2 Microphones; Yantra Material Action; Solonoise; Expanded Music 2; Nil Vagina Tape Loops; Material Action 2 (N.A.M.); Mechanization Takes Command; Dying Mapa Tapes 1-2; Dying Mapa Tapes 2-3; Agni Hotra; Pornoise/1kg Vol. 1; Pornoise/1kg Vol. 2; Pornoise/1kg Vol. 3; Pornoise Extra; Sadomasochismo/The Lampinak; Mortegage/Batztoutai Extra; Enclosure Libido Economy; Vratya Southwards; Live in Khabarovsk, CCCP; Storage; Fission Dialogue; MERZBOW + SBOTHI Collaborative; Crocidura Dsi Nezumi; KNIR Transformation; SCUM, Vol. 1; SCUM, Vol. 2; SCUM/Severences; SCUM/Steel Cum; Cloud Cock OO Grand; Newark Hellfire - Live at WFMU, USA; Hannover Cloud; Stacy Q, Hi-Fi Sweet Leaf; Music For True Romance Vol. 1; Brain Ticket Death; Sons of Slash Noise Metal; Exotic Apple; Liquid City; Red Magnesia Pink; Marfan Syndrome; Rhinogradentia; Space Mix Travelling Band; Motorond; Annihiloscillator.

Cultural Artifacts of the Moment

The 1,942nd blogger.com blog, my first, and I may never update the dang thing again. Subjects are random stuff that pissed off.

2000: May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

2001: January, February, March, April

2002: September, October, November, December

2003: January, April

I'm particularly proud of my musical autobiography, each entry of which can be accessed individually here: Intro+1971, 1972-1973, 1974-1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, Yes? And?, 1974 (slight return).

How Not to Defend Muzak

The paper I presented at the 2006 Experience Music Project Pop Conference.

Off-site Bloggings

Blog 7: specifically The Daddino Family Treasury of Christmases Past, where I talk about twenty old Christmas photos.

New York London Paris Munich, including (but not limited to) highly personal "reviews" of Morton Feldman's "Why Patterns?" in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 and Willie Nelson's Greatest Hits...and Some That Will Be

The Pornography of Semiotics: 24 Hours in the Life of MTV: a day's worth of complaining.

Published Reviews

Seattle Weekly: reviews of Luther Vandross, Guided By Voices, Kraftwerk, The Magnetic Fields, Caetano Veloso, Kill Your Idols, United State of Electronica, Wilco, The Chemical Brothers, Lou Barlow, Sufjan Stevens, The Clientele, plus a history of synthesizers in 60's pop music.

Sad Careerist Résumé Padding

I've contributed to the Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005, and that makes my mom real proud of me.

I can frequently be seen taking part in the discussions on the I Love Music and I Love Everything boards, and maybe I can get my shit together to take part in the Poptimists livejournal community on a regular basis.

There was this thing called alt.music.alternative which used to be great. Now love me.