Jan 13, 2021
Let the children lose it, let the children use it, and let all the children join in for Strong Songs year three!
Kirk kicks off the new year with a pair of classics by the great David Bowie: 1969's melancholy "Space Oddity" and 1972's triumphant "Starman." What goes up, as they say, must come down.
Written by: David...
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...