He was a favorite “ice breaker,” or conversation starter, of mine during my career as a music journalist. Invoke this composer’s name, and I’d get a foot in the door. Thomas Dolby once told me the story that I’d long wanted to hear – how the two met, and ultimately collaborated. Peter Murphy recalled playing …
I am alone. Been alone for a long time now. I’m not referring to periods of loneliness, when your only contact with those you like or love is perhaps a fleeting hour at the bar on Fridays. My “alone” is one happy hour at the bar being a highlight of the month. Two months. Social …
You know that scene in “The Fly” where Goldblum is experimenting with steak, and has Geena taste a sample of teleported meat? “Not right?” I feel that way about a lot of modern electronica in music. I would’ve thought that with the advent of PCs with keyboards/ MIDI gear essentially replacing banks of synthesizers, new …