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Author Archives: James Greer
The Time We Recorded “Game of Pricks”
James Greer played bass — somehow — on the classic track from the Guided By Voices album “Alien Lanes.” Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Music
Tagged Alien Lanes, beer, Game of Pricks, garage bands, Guided By Voices, James Greer, Ohio, Robert Pollard, Tobin Sprout
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Turnover City – A Listicle
Or, eighteen of the things James Greer learned while watching Capital One’s Bowl Week on ESPN over the holidays. Continue reading
Marking Time
James Greer’s brief history of time, and the instruments that measure it. Continue reading
Posted in Popular Culture, Science
Tagged BITC, Casio, Dogme 95, in sync, Logic, Michael Bay, NLE, Pro Tools, SMPTE, the history of time, time, water clocks
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Robots!
James Greer glimpses the future at the Media Lab at MIT…and lives to tell the tale. Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged John Hockenberry, malevolent robots, Media Lab at MIT, robots, Technology, the future
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The Time I (Almost) Defined a Generation
In which James Greer, then a music writer at SPIN, moves in mysterious ways. Continue reading
Posted in Music, Popular Culture
Tagged Bob Gucchione Jr., Generation X, Jane's Addiction, Lollapalooza, Nevermind, Nirvana, Perry Ferrell, Slacker, spin, u2
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Black Hole In My Head: The Science of the Soul
The soul, life after death, out-of-body experiences, reincarnation: modern science proves it’s all bunk…or does it? James Greer investigates some eternal questions. Continue reading
Taylor Swift and Guys Writing About Music: We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
Is Taylor Swift being taken too seriously, or are certain music writers just sexist? James Greer investigates. Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Jessica SImpson, Justin Bieber, Lizzy Goodman, Mark Guarino, Mumford And Sons, Salon, sexism, Taylor Swift
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The Trump Stone
What would future interplanetary paleographers make of America, if the only remaining trace of our culture were this week’s tweets from Donald Trump and Victoria Jackson? James Greer investigates. Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Popular Culture
Tagged America, Donald Trump, the future, Victoria Jackson
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