<p>In episode 71 of the Podcast for Social Research's Practical Criticism series, Rebecca Ariel Porte plays Neko Case's "Curse of the I-5 Corridor" (off the 2018 album <em>Hell-On</em>) for Ajay Singh Chaudhary. Their conversation ranges from convention to the sound of disillusionment to lyrical density, meta-musical gesture, vocal quality, and how you can tell if and when something is beyond saving. </p>

In episode 71 of the Podcast for Social Research's Practical Criticism series, Rebecca Ariel Porte plays Neko Case's "Curse of the I-5 Corridor" (off the 2018 album Hell-On) for Ajay Singh Chaudhary. Their conversation ranges from convention to the sound of disillusionment to lyrical density, meta-musical gesture, vocal quality, and how you can tell if and when something is beyond saving.

Practical Criticism No. 71: Neko Case

Practical Criticism is a series of the Podcast for Social Research. Each episode features a discussion of a different object from the cultural sphere; the catch is that only one participant knows in advance what that object is.

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Practical Criticism No. 71: Neko Case

Practical Criticism No. 71: Neko Case