“stop sneering at our joy like it’s a careless mistake”

This past week I attended two out of four nights of Jeff Rosenstock's mini-residency at Bowery Ballroom (nights 2 and 4 - the 7th and 9th -, respectively). Since I have chronic pain, I had a seat in the balcony which meant I had a great view of the show and of Jeff's fans on …

Embodying “God Damn – It’s Great To Be Alive”

It was November 26th, 2015. A Thursday. Thanksgiving, if you were in America. But I wasn’t. I had taken a red-eye flight the night before to London and found myself in a sleep-deprived haze standing inside the cavernous, and famous, Alexandra Palace. I was there hours before doors opened for the night to work a …

A Close Reading of “The Opener”

My second assignment for my Intro to Musicology course was for a close reading of a piece of music (only the music, so either the sheet music or the audio itself). I chose to examine the audio of Camp Cope's "The Opener" in terms of what the lyrics are saying, what they make me feel …

“Music and Resistance”

I thought it may be fun to upload short essays I've written for assignments here to my blog, as they are a bit more casual than full-blown papers. Here's the first assignment for my Introduction to Musicology course. We had to select an article from Oxford Music Online and critique/respond to it; I chose the …