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Archive for "May 2009"

How To Kill A Meme

And I kind of liked this one, too.

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The Lost Album

Here at Gabebullard.com, unimportant theories on pop music have nearly overtaken inane lists and incoherent ramblings about used books. To ensure this coup, I was about to post an argument that Beck’s success and innovation is due to his ability to copy an artist’s sound and improve upon it. Then I realized how pretentious that [...]

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Back To Being Cool

To clarify my previous post, I haven’t given up on trying new music. In fact, I highly recommend Benji Hughes.

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Through Being Cool

I’ll start this with a disclaimer. I realize nothing I describe here is a real problem. It’s just frustrating and I want to get some thoughts on my idea. A few weeks ago I told a friend about a theory I’d been developing for the last year or so. “I’ve heard all the music I’ll [...]

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May’s Eight

1. Shattered Assumptions – I don’t generally like the 33 1/3 book series. I don’t like reading about my favorite records. Liking music is different than understanding music. Knowing the historical references in “Armed Forces” made the record less appealing to me. I guess it makes sense that the one 33 1/3 book I really [...]

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