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Is Online Obscurity Better Than Popularity?

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Thu, Feb 25, 2010

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I read an article in last month’s WIRED that I meant to talk about here but kept forgetting to. It’s about how people’s idea of social networks is to grow them to epic proportions as a sign of their digital worth. Yet bigger isn’t always better online. Maybe you have more “followers” than your peers [...]

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Happy Fun Times

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Wed, Feb 17, 2010

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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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On Sonic Aesthetics and Musical Craft

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Sat, Jan 30, 2010

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This morning I awoke to a head full of thoughts — not an unfamiliar phenomenon, I must say. During coffee, something drew me to an online collection of interview snippets about/with Syd Barrett — the late psych-pop acid casualty and leader of the original Pink Floyd. Actually, I know exactly how I got there — [...]

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Forgive My Absence

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Thu, Jan 21, 2010

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It’s been a busy political season here in DC (when isn’t it?), and the last several weeks have required an “all-hands-on-deck” approach to issues messaging. It doesn’t seem like things will slow down anytime soon, but I think I’ve got the balance pretty well figured out. Thanks to all of our ace contributors for holding [...]

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New Contrarian Composition

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Wed, Jan 13, 2010

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Eldritch Musicks, my HP Lovecraft inspired “rock” album, is still very much in full effect. But I’ve also been dabbling with new stuff. As I promised to the fine people of Twitter, here is my latest composition. It may not be “finished,” but I figured I’d offer a taste: The Contrarian: “The Family” MP3 And now for some [...]

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