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  • Minor Issues

    I’ve been thinking about music a lot lately. Yesterday, I had a conversation about why certain chords tend to “sound good” together. It seems like a lot of it has to do with the physical layout of an instrument; certain chords are easier to play together on a guitar. Since most rock music is based…

  • My Insomnia Impression

    When someone disapproves of the way someone else is living their life, they often say “at least I can sleep at night.” The implication is that the other person is, deep down, so overcome with life dissatisfaction, usually because of guilt over some moral atrocity, that they can’t even get to sleep. This is rather…

  • Straight to DVD, Straight to Awesome

    Do you realize how many movies get made? The handful of new releases in theaters are just a sampling of the movies released each week. I’m talking about the straight-to-DVD crap that you never hear about before it comes out, and probably never hear about after it comes out unless your eyes happen to wander…

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