Steady State Post History
Depth First #1: Orbital – “Chime” (1989)
A deep dive into Orbital’s first ever commercially released song “Chime” from 1989. This blog entry goes into its history and legacy, And it considers why the song came to be what it is.
Steady State Rising
Aside from thoughts on the passing of Vern Rumsey, it has been almost been three years since I last wrote a long form entry here. Imagine if the worst problem in the world was a vinyl lacquer shortage, as I lamented one early February day in the year 2020. Expect more frequent entries here about…
Vern Rumsey 1973 -> 1991 -> 2091
When I first heard Unwound’s “Kandy Korn Rituals” single in 1992, I finally heard a band that did everything I wanted a rock band to do in one song. Energy, anger, beauty, feedback, high tempo, texture and melancholy could easily be heard in any number of late 80s and early 90s alternative/underground rock bands, but…
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