California Literary Review

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Articles written for the California Literary Review:

• Mark Kozelek: On Tour Film Review
  Posted on 17 Nov 2011 in Blog-Music, Movies, Music
  

  Mark Kozelek is the immensely talented lead singer and writer for Sun Kil Moon, and before that, the Red House Painters, one of the leading bands of the sadcore movement in the 90s. When Kozelek tours, he tours alone, just his nylon string guitar and mournful, weary voice. His large fan base in Europe often [...]

• Why Buddha Would Go to Indie Rock Concerts
  Posted on 07 Sep 2011 in Blog-Music, Music, Religion
  

    At my 17th birthday dinner at a place that played live music, the host sat me and my family behind a wall. We couldn’t see the band; we could barely hear the muffled tones and applause. I was not 18, and in Northern Virginia, this made it difficult to see any interesting music live. [...]

• Turntable.fm Plays Well With Others
  Posted on 29 Jun 2011 in Blog-Music, Music
  

  When a music playing site catches the eye of the law, you know it has to be good. Turntable.fm is constructed for those who love the sound of their own iTunes libraries and can’t bear listening to Pandora or their perfectly made Grooveshark playlist one more time without others listening as well. In it, users [...]

• Concert Review: The Mountain Goats Celebrate Survival and Success in L.A.
  Posted on 26 Jun 2011 in Blog-Music, Music
  

    It’s good to be young, but let’s not kid ourselves It’s better to pass on through those years and come out the other side. -You Were Cool The El Rey Theater on Wilshire Blvd. in L.A. was the kind of large, ornate venue that you’d expect chamber music to be coursing through. The walls [...]

• You Can Never Leave: L.A. Burnout Mixes
  Posted on 10 Jun 2011 in Blog-Music, Music
  

  What do you do when you get tired of the place you live in? When you can’t stand the idea of heading down road that gets you to your house one more time? When you’d rather just take a right for once. Do you move? Do you give up? Let’s say you’re in Demascus, Maryland. Then I’d say yes. I’d say yes, get out of there. Find another Safeway to forage in. Find another lawn to mow. But you can’t leave Los Angeles. You’ve learned that from the Eagles.