One More Thing About This Year
Here, for posterity and in many ways to remind myself that I did actually accomplish things this year, is a small collection of stuff I wrote in 2011 that I’m not embarrassed to have people read again:
- The White Stripes - “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground” - Feb. 3 - An ode to my first-and-favorite song by that band that broke up this year
- Cold Pizza Friday LIII: Imaginary Bonaroo - Feb. 18 - Clowning the crowd, line-up, and mindset of the biggest festival I’ve never been to
- From Odessa to Houston - May 6 - Perhaps the most successful thing I wrote all year, a slice-of-life intersection of food, music, and film
- Hey, Mr. DJ - May 13 - Weddings, friendship, Daft Punk, and “My Girls”
- If There Was a Me For You - Jun. 14 - They Might Be Giants’ “Ana Ng” and the narcissism of loneliness
- It’s Scott Walker’s Fault, pt. 1 - Aug. 14 - My introduction to an artist who I spent as much time with in 2011 as any contemporary band (pt. 2, an attempt to review his greatest work)
- tUnE-yArDs live review - Sept. 21 - Singing, participating, and making music about music
- M83 - Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming - Nov. 4 - The perils of epic-ness and one of the year’s most overrated albums
- That 70s Glow: Living in Twilight - Nov. 10 - ELO’s “Telephone Line” and the aura of an era you didn’t live through
More is available in the archive—including the “Net Beef” pieces that have attracted eyeballs and opinions but only because they’re opportunistically topical—but most of it’s probably not as good. Here’s hoping 2012 will be the Year of Sean Writing Better!
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