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Mr. Mojo Risin’?
“Come on! Let’s get some tacos!” With this line, Val Kilmer’s slithery performance in Oliver Stone’s The Doors comes to a close. No doubt that Jim Morrison was one of rock’s most intriguing front men, yet by the end of his short life, he was a tubby, poor man’s Burroughs with a penchant for whiskey, women [...]
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The Contrarian: Music Update
Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Mon, May 10, 2010
With all of the stuff happening at my job and the consulting I’m doing, I’ve not had a ton of time for music making. That doesn’t mean I haven’t made some progress, however. My new record, Farewell Plutonia, is just about done. Originally, I had intended it to be another concept album about, well, something. I’d [...]
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Exhaustion
Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Fri, Mar 19, 2010
Today’s my last day at SXSW. My plane leaves from Austin tomorrow at 6 AM. Yikes. I think I’ll be taking it easy tonight. I’ve mostly been at panels the whole time. Did get to hang out with some old-school rockers, though. I’m “only” 35, but I identify more strongly with musicians from the 1970s. As [...]
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Happy Fun Times
Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Wed, Feb 17, 2010
Very busy at the moment, but I wanted to express my joy at waking up this morning to see this awesome review of my latest album in my old hometown newspaper. (Full disclosure: I was the Music Editor of said rag, but I don’t think this is nepotism.) The review of Eldritch Musicks was written by [...]
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Neil Cleary Soundtracks PBS Documentary
Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Sun, Feb 7, 2010
It goes without saying that we’ve got some talented contributors here at The Contrarian. We just received news at HQ that one of our favorite musicians (and regular Contrarian scribe) Neil Cleary is about to make his television soundtrack debut — tomorrow night, no less! This Monday (Feb. 8th) at 10pm, PBS will broadcast “Blueprint America: [...]
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