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MUSICAL DEPICTIONS

thoughts about specific songs or the process of making them

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There’s much flame imagery throughout the 1998 album Since. The final song, Once, alone mentions a fuse, a torch & a spray of lights. But, it was only…

Richard Buckner

Feb 25

I’ll begin this series with the last song on the tape, Believer, because it tail-ends with a few seconds of hubbub where I put the…

Richard Buckner

Feb 12

this recording features both "bad" & well-meaning "penguin" tambos

Richard Buckner

Jan 8

the first from a stable of songs written since 2013 & intended for albums that, for a compound of reasons, were never completed

Richard Buckner

Dec 11, 2022

I accidentally chased down the tracking notes for the song Cut while I was hunting around for something else that I've now lost track of again.

Richard Buckner

Nov 19, 2022

I didn't realize the scale of my compulsion until as if slipped a virulent Prevagen Mickey Finn that triggered my meandering recall mechanism into…

Richard Buckner

Oct 29, 2022

The observational fieldwork worded here needs no embellishment — the chicken-fried steak organically comes with the gravy.

Richard Buckner

Sep 23, 2022

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