A Sad Faint Song of Praise
“In other words, you cannot observe a wave without bearing in mind the complex features that concur in shaping it, and the equally complex ones that the wave itself originates.”
- Italo Calvino, Mr. Palomar, 4
“Not overbearing or exceptionally loud, but he’s got what it takes to stand out in a crowd.”
- F. Gomer
Shout out: Alan Grant (at the Half Note); Del vikings; Henry Purcell; Burning Spend, Minor Threat, the Ink Spots; Canonball Adderley, Laurie Anderson; Themselves, Digible Planets, Mogwai (Iggy Pop); David Bowie, Talking Heads, Ella Fitzgerald; Bob Dylan, NOFX, Donald Fagen, Leonard Cohen, The Ramones, Harry Partsch, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Yoshinori Sunahara, Billy Joel, Bob Marley, The Elegants, John Coltrane; Pearl Bailey, the Walkmen,, Robert Wyatt, Nat King Colem Bill Evans; Bloc Party, Courtney Love, The Who; Joao Gilberto, A Tribe Called Quest, Jackson Browne, Crosby Stills and Nash; Elvis Costello, Frank Sinatra, Robert Weede and Jo Sullivan, Kiss, The Dubs.
A Sad Faint Song of Praise
Conception and Design by Paul Zelevansky