We haven't heard from Marissa Nadler since her "Mexican Summer" video. Definitely a beautiful song, but that's sort of the wrong season for her, so this Greg Eggebeen-directed clip for Songs III: Bird on the Water's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Famous Blue Raincoat" arrives at the right time: early October breezes, Halloween not far away. It's also the start of the school year, so might as well bring up "Famous Blue Raincoat"'s use of amphibrachs, a trisyllabic metrical foot consisting of a long s...
All About Jazz — As record albums go, Miles Davis' Kind of Blue may not be the biggest seller of all time, but it has influenced generations of jazz and other musicians and is about to ce... more info
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We haven't heard from Marissa Nadler since her "Mexican Summer" video. Definitely a beautiful song, but that's sort of the wrong season for her, so this Greg Eggebeen-di... more info