The Life and Times of the Creatively Stunted

Unfortunately, an overabundance of business at work cost me a day here, but rest assured, I will make sure Mr. Johnston gets his full, much deserved 5 songs here this week.
I am finding that the hardest part of this week’s theme is choosing the songs. I knew there were a lot of songs I would […]

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We enter the last week of march with the music of one of my favorite songwriters of all time, Daniel Johnston.

When I first heard Daniel Johnston’s music, I don’t think I was ready for it. I kind of wrote it off as lo-fi strangeness, and while I didn’t think it was bad, I wasn’t particularly […]

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The final day of Superhero Song week has arrived, and what better way to end than with one of my all time favorite instrumental tracks: Yo La Tengo’s “Green Arrow”.

I have no idea if this song was actually named after the superhero Green Arrow. I’m sure I could look it up on the internet, but […]

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We find ourselves back in the realm super power inspired music for the fourth Superhero Song. This one comes to us from producer, composer, and musician extraordinare, Jon Brion.

I first discovered Jon Brion through the Punch Drunk Love soundtrack and was immediately infatuated. His sound and instrumentation was so unique and different, a strange […]

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As you’ve probably noticed, my Superhero Songs selections are typically not songs about superheroes. Thus far I have chosen songs whose titles invoke the idea of superheroes, though, for the most part, are not directly about super powers or super powered individuals. Well, I’d be remiss if i didn’t include some songs that directly reflect […]

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The second song in our Superhero Songs list comes from a lesser know band, but one that is definitely worth exploring.

 
There was a period around 2001 when, for the first time in years, I became very open to new music. Not that my tastes were closed before, but during that period I began to explore […]

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What better way to return to the Song-a-Day world than with week based on one of my favorite themes … Superheroes. Yes, it’s nerdy, but so am I, and the older I get, the more I love ‘em.

We open with what is arguably my favorite Magnetic Fields track. In a catalogue that holds so many […]

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Once upon a time, inspired by an ongoing project of a friend of mine, I decided it would be a good idea to start a blog. More specifically, a song-a-day blog in which I would pick one song a day and write about it. Here, for your listening pleasure, is an archives of those first several songs. […]

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