Nov 25, 2020
As Year Two of Strong Songs draws to a close, it's time to take a look back.
SCHEDULING NOTE: Strong Songs will be off for the month of December, and will be back for Year Three at the start of January, 2021.
But before that! Let's go back, back, back in time one hundred years, to the start of 2020.
SONGS...
Nov 11, 2020
Wake up, fall out of bed, and drag a comb across your head, cause Strong Songs is finally doing an episode about The Beatles.
It's time for Kirk to tackle the fab four, and what better Beatles song to analyze than Lennon and McCartney's two-tune casserole of a closer, "A Day in the Life." Get ready for some lilting...
Oct 28, 2020
Mailbag episode! Kirk answers your burning musical questions about songs from Parks & Rec, Black Sails, Lovecraft Country, and What We Do in the Shadows, as well as microtones, minimalist songwriting, the bebop scale, practicing habits, and more.
REFERENCED ON THIS EPISODE:
- “Parks & Recreation” by Gaby Moreno and...
Oct 14, 2020
The Wildlings are south of the wall, the robots are rising up, Seventh Kavalry's on the move, and two percent of the world's population has vanished. Time for another edition of Strong TV Songs!
This time around the focus is on HBO, a network that has defined much of the broader TV landscape over the past couple of...
Sep 30, 2020
It's early in the morning; no one is awake. From the top of the mountain, the soft light of dawn comes into view. You take a deep breath, and prepare for a journey with the great genius of musical travel.
On this episode, Kirk dives into Björk's 1995 electro-pop masterpiece "Hyperballad," paying special attention to...