From the Machine

Part 1/2 of our retrospective on the Beatles' and the Beach Boys' work 1965-67

The podcast with a name and a face † Scales of pop analysis † Three definitions of psychedelic music † The character of psychedelia † Album art and synesthesia

Words by Ethan Bowen, Agis Shaw, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson

Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Artistry in branding † Zoomers and 9/11 † When Darwin said "fittest" † Metal band shirts

Words by Conner Tomlinson, Zac Strum, & Ethan Bowen

Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Action painting & film as enthymeme † Multimodal experience † Tactics of attention & sensation

Words by Jason Ronan, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson

Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Part 2/2 of our forum on genre theory

Genre conditions expectations † Instrumentation & rhythm † Horizon of intensity in worship and hip-hop † ethics of the 808

Words by Ethan Bowen, Jordan Servie, Agis Shaw, Matt Stretz, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson

Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Part 1/2 of our forum on genre theory

Punk vs pop † Political functions † DIY ethics † Punk vs metal

Words by Ethan Bowen, Jordan Servie, Agis Shaw, Matt Stretz, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson

Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Collectivizing effects of music † Evolutionary origins: several hypotheses † We need music now more than ever

Words by Ethan Bowen, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson

Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris, Car Crash Pool Party, & Pithy Doco

Adjectivizing music † Innovation, authenticity, & accidents † Creative constraints of lo fi production

Words by Agis Shaw, Matt Stretz, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson

Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Dissent and controversy † Art of poster design † Science of booking † Business communication in the DIY scene

Words by Ethan Bowen, Agis Shaw, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson

Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris, Car Crash Pool Party, & Pithy Doco

Affordances & limitations of temporal media † multimodality & reception † visual epistemology † experimental photography † AI visual art

Words by Ethan Bowen, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson

Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris