February 2012
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Introducing: The Livejournal Archive →
In October of 2002, I packed up as much as I could fit in my 1997 Nissan Maxima and set out from Boston to San Diego with a little bit of savings and a whole lot of gumption. No, truthfully I didn’t really have any idea what I was getting myself into, I was more clueless than brave, but hey, I had been feeling stuck in a rut and it seemed like it would be an adventure. And I was right!
While I...
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Introducing: The Justice Review Archive →
Between the Fall of 1998 and the Spring of 2001, I wrote 85 articles for the JustArts section of the Brandeis University Justice, our student newspaper, almost all either album reviews or reviews of live performances. The Justice’s online archives do not go back that far, but I still have copies on my hard drive of each article, pre-editing, and I thought it would be fun to get them online.
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January 2012
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If you are in the future, you are about to read my...
if you are in the present, we now return you to your regularly scheduled program, already in progress
(which is to say things are getting back to normal around here!)
((and don’t forget, you can find all my past Top Ten’s right here!)
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MY (WHOLLY IDIOSYNCRATIC) TOP TEN ALBUMS OF 2011
Starting today, I’ll be counting down my Top Albums of the last year, one a day til we hit #1.
This may read a little bit differently in than in past years. For the first time in a good decade, I spent the whole year doing a lot of writing about music, and in a lot of cases, I’ve already written pretty extensively on these albums elsewhere. Albums that I haven’t covered here or...
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December 2011
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My Yearly Top 10 - A Sneak Preview →
As with last year, myself and the rest of the staff over at Property Of Zack have put together a number of year-end lists.
I’ll still be doing my usual in depth write-ups here just after the new year begins, so if you’re interested in the stories behind WHY these albums made my list, stay tuned. I also reserve the right to change things around a bit on my final list; my PoZ list was submitted a...
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Simple Math II - The Raw Data
So how did I spend my limited listening time this year? As of December 27, 2011:
By my count, over the course of this year I listened to exactly 250 LPs / EPs / splits / compilations released in 2011.
There were 3,306 songs added to my iTunes library this year got at least one play (this includes older music added this year).
In total, songs added to my iTunes library in 2011 received...
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The PropertyOfZack Christmas Extravaganza →
For the second year in a row, we’re celebrating the day over at PoZ with a marathon of reviews of holiday releases, all short and sweet and with a playful spirit in mind. I’ve got ten or so of my own that will be running throughout the day, and there will be some from other staffers as well.
I’ll be doing my best to tweet and facebook links to mine as they go up; I’ll...
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November 2011
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You can now follow Makeup For The Silence on... →
I’ve finally gotten around to setting up a Facebook page for Makeup For The Silence. Everything I post here will be automatically sent to there, so if you’re not a Tumblr subscriber, follow the Facebook page and you’ll be sure you never miss a post.
I’ll also be posting links to everything I write elsewhere on the Facebook page, at the same time I add it to the reviews...
October 2011
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PropertyOfZack Playlist : : Thrice, American Dream...
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We debuted our PropertyOfZack Playlist feature with Thrice just last week, so we’re thrilled to have them back in their weekly spot. Joining the band is American Dream Records (The Graduate, Ace Enders, Hawthorne Heights), and our reviewer, Jesse Richman. Check out the Playlists and listen to the songs while reading everyone’s thoughts!
(Click on image to listen in...
September 2011
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PropertyOfZack Review : : Cobra Starship
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Cobra Starship mastermind Gabe Saporta has progressively toed closer to the pop waters over the course of his band’s first three albums. Cobra’s debut was seen by most as a sharp left turn from Saporta’s previous work with Drive-Thru punks Midtown, but while the brushes may have changed, the palate—big guitars with big hooks, frenetic energy and a heaping helping of sass—wasn’t...
August 2011
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the Mix CDs page is a thing that exists! →
Along with uploading my newest mix CD to the site last night, I went ahead and created a page with links to all my previous mixes. You’ll also find a link to it on the main page sidebar. If When I make more in the future, I’ll add them there as well.
If you’re new to Makeup For The Silence, or just looking for some good tunes you may have missed, give one a shot, will ya? ;)
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The aforementioned redesign
I decided to go through with a halfway step, and move to a theme that I’ve liked for a while (I use it for my personal tumblr) but am not 100% satisfied with.
It’s still a heck of a lot better than what I had before. Cleaner, easier on the eyes, and with some new additions I’ve been looking forward to adding in (like that “share” button you now see, which will make...
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The "Reviews" page is a thing which exists! →
I haven’t mentioned it in a while on here, but along with my musings on music and life here, I also do a lot of music writing elsewhere on the interwebs. (Really, lately, it’s been more of the latter than the former). I don’t typically repost my reviews here, because I feel like this blog serves a different, more personal purpose*, which invites a different sort of writing**.
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July 2011
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June 2011
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Makeup For The Silence now has an official Twitter... →
As I mentioned a while back, I’m going to be putting a lot of work into the site in the near future. Along with a planned redesign, I’ve also launched an official Twitter page. Head on over to @M4TSMusic to get instant updates on anything I post here, as well as first notice for reviews I write for other sites. I may also move my music-related chatter off of my personal twitter...
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May 2011
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