Semipop Life
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Oh yeah, France
Pictures mostly
After Spain we went to France (our third time there, so we’d done a lot of the obvious stuff, at least in Paris.) Here are some things I recommend.
Video & Audio: Kicking the song around
Mara Calder: “Saints Don’t Tip”
Fiona Apple meets Tom Waits is too easy, so I’ll save that for the album review and instead ask: who the hell is Mara Calder? It’s almost unheard of for a new artist in 2026 to have zero web presence, a...
My favorite song of 1996 (round 1)
Pet Shop Boys: “The Truck Driver and His Mate”
In the spring of 1996, Details or Rolling Stone declared that this B-side on the Before single showcased the Pet Shop Boys finally rocking out! With guitars! Was this an irony-soaked Oasi...
Semipop Life: Weathering with you
Donnacha Dennehy/Alarm Will Sound: Land of Winter (2024)
Of the many honors garnered by Irish composer (now Princeton prof) Dennehy, the Guggenheim that funded this cycle and the Grammy it earned are less rare than the first full A I’...
331 best songs of 1996 (by me, aged 16)
Sixteen was my alt-rockiest year. While I had a content preference for the usual generically romantic teenbait—self-determination, the possibility of love, mild cursing—most of the time all it took to hook me was something moderately catchy...
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