#carl falk

[mitjalovse]

Avicii's Coldplay collaboration presents an important person in the popular music from the late noughts on thanks to him being a part of a highly successful sound then. Moreover, he will probably be seen later on as one of the more tragic figures of the period. While he achieved a lot of success before his untimely death, I don't think he was ever really cherished as a fine electronic musician. Then again, the genre he worked in definitely contributed towards that opinion, since the idiom remains one of the most easily dismissed. Nonetheless, I do sort of get the apprehension as EDM became a joke, yet Avicii managed to outdo the latter's problems by making great stuff until his death. Who knows where he could've gone, had he still lived?

#Youtube #avicii #Avīci (01) #without you song #sandro cavazza #salem al fakir #tim bergling #vincent pontare #dhani lennevald #alessandro cavazza #carl falk #10's music #electronic music

[dreamings-free]

One of the most fascinating thing about that producer story is that Louis got up and then asked for the 1D boys to actually write their own things and then the whole production time change as well. I still remember the older producers giving interviews and saying some shade things about him without saying his name, only for years later having to say that he was actually right. Louis is a force of nature

yes! I am so curious to hear louis’ side of the story in the doc! because I too remember those interviews and the b.s. from those writers/producers (tho i don’t think I ever actually listened to that first podcast cause I was afraid the urge to catch the first train to stockholm to beat the sh*t out of savan would be too strong lol)

and yeah the courage it took to do that… after getting rejected again and again. force of nature is a great way to describe louis. he wasn’t gonna let them break him and thank f… for that. because there would have been no four or mitam otherwise

#anon asks #louis #all of those voices #fucking savan.. #and carl falk too #and whoever else whose names I forgot #I’m half asleep and had some beers.. hope this makes sense lol

[rebeccalouisaferguson]

Rebecca Ferguson as Anna Gripenhielm and Peder Falk  as Carl Gripenhielm - photoshoot for tv series Nya Tider (1999)

#rebecca ferguson #rfergusonedit #peder falk #nya tider #tvedit #showedit #tvandfilm #tv

[foxes-that-run]

Happily

In the 2019 Fine Line Rolling Stone interview While talking about Lights Up he said:

“‘Happily’ was the first time I saw my name in the credits. I liked that,” he says. “But I knew I’d only sing part of it. I knew if I wrote a really personal song, I wouldn’t sing it. It was like a safety net."

He also listed it as one of the 1D songs he loved to Rolling Stone after going solo:

He didn’t feel stifled in One D, he says, as much as interrupted. “We were touring all the time,” he recalls. “I wrote more as we went, especially on the last two albums.” There are songs from that period he loves, he says, like “Olivia” and “Stockholm Syndrome,” along with the earlier song “Happily.” “But I think it was tough to really delve in and find out who you are as a writer when you’re just kind of dipping your toe each time. We didn’t get the six months to see what kind of shit you can work with. To have time to live with a song, see what you love as a fan, chip at it, hone it and go for that  … it’s heaven.”

Happily was written by Harry with Carl Falk and Savan Kotecha, who wrote many One Direction songs including What Makes you Beautiful. Midnight Memories was written between June - September 2013.

It may be set around April 2013 and the Brit Awards, Harry watched Taylor walk 21 Feb, she was then with Joe 0.1 Tom Odell 22 Feb. By the VMAs in August they were on good terms. Tom wrote Country Star about Taylor at the time which included "young American country star / She's telling me all about her new guitar / She's a little bit clever, a little bit daft / A little bit happy with a broken heart" it also included "We're rolling 'round like tangerines" when Harry was pictured holding one at the awards.

Live Performances

Happily was song 7 for the first 8 shows on the OTRA tour. Harry looked upset in these performances, in the second last in Perth, you see Liam ask Harry "are you OK?" (at 1:01) on 20 February 2015. It was last played 24 February 2015 in Osaka, the day Taylor met Calvin Harris. It hasn't been on any of their solo sets. It was replaced by Stockholm Syndrome on 25 February.

Lyrics

[Harry] You don't understand, you don't understand What you do to me when you hold his hand We were meant to be but a twist of fate Made it so you had to walk away

What I love about this song is it has all the elements of their relationship in quite simple terms. In NYD, You are in Love and DBATC she sung about them being a book that was left unfinished, I think this open is a similar idea of ended too soon.

[Niall, Zayn] 'Cause we're on fire We are on fire

They were (are still) on fire:

[Harry] I don't care what people say when we're together You know I wanna be the one to hold you when you sleep I just want it to be you and I forever I know you wanna leave So c'mon baby be with me So happily

These articles are all within 6 months of them going public, imagine one of these written about you at 18 or 22. Add to that each having an image worth 10s+ of millions of dollars to lots of people.

Happily "I don't care what people say",

I know places "Something happens when everybody finds out / See the vultures circling, dark clouds / Love's a fragile little flame, it could burn out"

DWOHT " People started talking, putting us through our paces / I knew there was no one in the world who could take it"

Adore You "I'd walk the fire for you",

Cowboy Like Me "Telling all the rich folks anything they wanna hear / Like it could be love / I could be the way forward / Only if they pay for it", and

Little Freak "Somehow, you've become some paranoia, A wet dream just dangling"

honestly, this list of lyrics could get real long so I'll stop.

Makes total sense for them. This doesn't mean it would not be harder still for them to come out, it totally would, and I am there for it if either do. What I can see is, either way is this is not welcoming. This is also just print media. Some fandoms are loud.

[Liam] It's four a.m. and I know that you're with him I wonder if he knows that I touched your skin And if he feels my traces in your hair Sorry, love, but I don't really care

I think this is a reference to Joe 0.1. Tom Odell. The lyric and context is almost the same as Taylor later sung in Delicate "Do the girls back home touch you like I do? Long night with your hands up in my hair"

#haylor #midnight memories #Youtube #one direction #one direction haylor

[womanexile]

I was just listening to Ariana Grande recently bc of 1989tv and it took me back to listen to Just a little bit of your heart, and i can't help but notice and think about One Last Time being so haylor coded but from harry's perspective. The line "one last time i need to be the one who takes you home" really hits my haylor heart different.

It might sound Haylor coded cause one of the writers was writing songs with HS around the same time, Carl Falk.

He probably knew HS already wrote a song for Ariana and continued from that song’s story line.

[byunbaekcult]

savan kotecha AND carl falk YOU WILL PAYYYYY FOR MAKING ME A GENUINE ENJOYER OF AUGUST MOON BECAUSE WHAT THE FUCK

#personal #one direction #august moon #the idea of you #nick galitzine

[jlf23tumble]

I haven’t watched The Idea of You yet, but it’s interesting that you found the music lacking. Did you see the interview that Savan Kotecha and Carl Falk gave to GQ about writing the music for the movie?

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/the-idea-of-you-songwriters-interview

Oooh, thanks for this link, it actually explains some of the problems I had with the music, especially with how bland/dated it sounds. Arguably the best song, Guard Down (which should be the title, I cannot for the LIFE OF ME, get the movie title right first time), sounds like an AI version of Bruno Mars/Locked Out of Heaven. The rest of the songs just sound [to me] like the fake music you'd see in a Hallmark movie or Disney channel show where they don't want anyone to sniff a song that sounds like some other song, yet also very AI-ish, soulless, not created by human hands. But getting back to that dated sound, it also underlines the weird timeline disconnect I had with this band in general (are they the biggest band in the world? why are they at coachella at this stage in their career? who's their audience? pick a goddamned lane or hire a beta reader, lmao). That article, though, okay, GOT IT, some dudes wrote it, some dudes who had their heyday 10-15 years ago and phoned this in, but whither the female pop songwriters? This movie managed to get the rights to a Fiona Apple song AND a St. Vincent song (and Annie H), but they couldn't ask Amy Allen to crank something out for this fake boyband? Because I think that would have been way, wayyyy better

#ask harry styles #he was (allegedly) told he needed to get some radio-friendly hits on Fine Line and had to hire Amy for Adore You #but i would argue that these dudes who were working with one direction #were pushed a bit by the guys in one direction as well #and whew imagine the weak sauce the world was spared because louis tomlinson was savan's dedicated pain in the ass

[jules-has-notes]

2013 Napa Valley A Cappella Extravaganza — VoicePlay live performances

In January 2013, VoicePlay were the professional headliners to a roster of collegiate and high school a cappella groups at the 8th annual Napa Valley A Cappella Extravaganza. The event is a yearly fundraiser for Napa High School's choral program, hosted by their Vocal Music Workshop a cappella ensemble. These audience-view videos give a taste of the live concert experience.

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As indicated by the "Hello!" screen, this song is often their opening number for live shows. It's a great, energetic introduction to their playful sound, but doesn't get too far into the shenanigans that might startle the uninitiated.

Details:

title: Don't Stop Me Now

original performers: Queen

written by: Freddie Mercury

arranged by: VoicePlay

My favorite bits:

the slow build that gently eases you into things

Their choreography's not elaborate, but they do it well, and it allows for a bit of individuality to shine through.

the breakdown section culminating with ♫ "Any tiiii-IIIIME" ♫

the driving triplets in the ♫ "No one can stop me" ♫ section

Earl's soaring riffs

That big finish!

Trivia:

This song was the closing section of VoicePlay's Queen in 5 Minutes medley almost six years later.

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As much as mainstream pop culture might turn up its collective noses at boy bands when they're at their height of popularity among tween girls, there's no denying that a lot of beloved oldies have their origins there. And no wonder. Pop music is darn catchy and fun by design. VoicePlay makes these selections even moreso with their antics.

Details:

title: boy band medley

original songs / performers: "ABC" by The Jackson 5; [0:50] "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles; [1:30] "My Girl" by The Temptations; [2:18] "Sherry" by The Four Seasons; [3:16] "YMCA" by The Village People; [3:50] "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" by New Kids on the Block; [4:12] "I Want It That Way" by Backstreet Boys; [4:52] "Bye Bye Bye" by *NSYNC; [5:23] "What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction

written by: "ABC" by Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell, & Deke Richards; "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" by John Lennon & Paul McCartney; "My Girl" by Smokey Robinson & Ronald White; "Sherry" by Bob Gaudio; "YMCA" by Jacques Morali & Victor Willis; "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" by Maurice Starr; "I Want It That Way" by Andreas Carlsson & Max Martin; "Bye Bye Bye" by Kristian Lundin, Jake Schulze, & Andreas Carlsson; "What Makes You Beautiful" by Savan Kotecha, Rami Yacoub, & Carl Falk

arranged by: VoicePlay

My favorite bits:

thirty-something Earl being able to recreate the sound of preteen Michael Jackson, holy heck

the way the choreography gets more complex as they move through the eras of music

making hand gestures to signify members of the Village People during YMCA

"I hate you guys." :(

the ♫ "wah-wah-wah-wah" ♫ harmonies transitioning from NKOTB to BSB

hamming up their roles in the "Boy Band 101" section

🎉 Party poppers!!! 🎉 (Which they got in trouble for a year later.)

Trivia:

Having this medley in their repertoire may have given them an advantage when "Bye Bye Bye" was chosen as the battle song for their first episode of The Sing-Off.

Tony was, in fact, the first one from this configuration of VoicePlay to leave. Not to go solo, though. He wanted to be home with his family and focus on growing PattyCake.

The guys updated this medley and filmed a full music video for it as the result of a Patreon poll in 2019.

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What happens when you take a country music classic, kick up the tempo a bit, and infuse your performance with an air of competition between bandmates? You get this, a favorite among VoicePlay fans.

Details:

title: Elvira

original performers: The Oak Ridge Boys

written by: Dallas Frazier

arranged by: Geoff Castellucci

My favorite bits:

the opening harmonies from the trio

Eli nudging Earl to take the lead, resulting in Geoff going to pout next to Layne

Layne pointedly staying out of whatever's happening, but still keeping an eye on things

everyone's feigned surprise for the "Earl can sing low, too" gag, especially Geoff giving his best dramatic chipmunk

Earl's breath control on that long note and the ensuing huff to refill his lungs

Geoff's wide stance and shoulder wiggle to prepare for his high notes

those lush ending chords

Trivia:

Home Free liked this version of the song so much that they asked Geoff to help create an arrangement for them to record with The Oak Ridge Boys.

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You'd think a cappella fans might be sick of this song, given how frequently it was used on Glee. But, as usual, VoicePlay bring their own talented twists to this classic rock song and make it something fresh. This recording is missing the first verse, but it still has most of the best parts.

Details:

title: Don't Stop Believing

original songs / performers: "Don't Stop Believin'"; [0:54] "Open Arms"; and [1:02] "Any Way You Want It" by Journey; [0:46] "Oh Sherrie" by Steve Perry

written by: all songs written by Steve Perry in collaboration – "Don't Stop Believin'" with Jonathan Cain & Neal Schon; "Oh Sherrie" with Randy Goodrum, Craig Krampf, & Bill Cuomo; "Open Arms" with Jonathan Cain; "Any Way You Want It" with Neal Schon

arranged by: Layne Stein & Geoff Castellucci

My favorite bits:

the gradual layering in the polyphony section, using other Journey / Steve Perry songs to fit inside the rhythmic gaps…

…culminating in that huge chord (Are we sure there are only five of them?)

their use of silence during the unison section

the camera panning around to take in the well-deserved standing ovation

Trivia:

VoicePlay filmed a full video for "Don't Stop Believin'" a few years later when they were the featured guests at Camp A Cappella 2016.

They later did a full version of "Any Way You Want It" as part of the second round of their Partwork series.

For a couple years, Eli also sang with a Journey cover band called Raised On Radio in between VoicePlay gigs.

#VoicePlay #a cappella #live performance #Napa Valley A Cappella Festival #concerts #music #video #long post

[burlveneer-music]

Falk & Klou - Swedish Library Grooves Vol 2 - from 2021, a celebration of 70s library music recorded with period equipment. Unlike most library LPs the tracks are full-length, i.e. 3-7 minutes. "UFO" is a total jam & was recently issued as a 12" single with a remix.

When we first started this project we weren't so sure where it would end up. All we knew were that we had a common love for 70s music, especially funk, jazz, soul, latin, easy listening, jazz funk, jazz rock, fusion… yes, it was a lot. Our main goal was to create music that would have a definitive 70s flavour, both in sound, performance and appearance, creating everything as authentic as possible. We used the real deal, such as 60s and 70s basses and guitars, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Clavinet D6, Minimoog model D, String machines, a horn section, three different drummers, all recorded with vintage effects, amps and microphones. After one year of recording and mixing we ended up with ten pretty different tracks, both in genre, sound and style. We are definetly not a group with one defined sound, rather producers and instrumentalists with the urge to make enjoyable, groovy and organic music, like all the music we love from the 70s. This is where the library music idea appeared. Carl Johan Fogelklou usually plays bass in Swedish band Mando Diao and teaches Yoga. He has also met the king of Sweden. Fredrik Segerfalk runs Analog Sweden, a synthesizer venture, and also owns a 1964 harpsichord. Carl Johan helped him carry it. It's a beast.  You can hear it on the track "Bittersweet". He also successfully crowdfunded the Blade Runner inspired project "Moments Lost" in 2014.

#Falk & Klou #Bandcamp #2021 #sweden #library music #soundtrack #funk #jazz-funk

[byneddiedingo]

Bobby Darin and Sidney Poitier in Pressure Point (Hubert Cornfield, 1962). 

Cast: Sidney Poitier, Bobby Darin, Peter Falk, Carl Benton Reid, Mary Munday, Howard Caine, Gilbert Green, Barry Gordon, Richard Bakalayan, Lynn Loring, Anne Barton. Screenplay: Hubert Cornfield, S. Lee Pogostin, based on a story by Robert M. Lindner. Cinematography: Ernest Haller. Production design: Rudolph Sternad. Film editing: Frederic Knudtson. Music: Ernest Gold.

Stanley Kramer was a producer best known for "message movies," films aimed at the soft heart of the liberal consensus. Though in his heyday, Kramer's movies were often labeled "controversial," their point of view was rarely more than demonstrations that tolerance was good, prejudice bad. He also directed some of his most famous films, like The Defiant Ones (1958), On the Beach (1959), Inherit the Wind (1960), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967). And although he handed over the task of directing Pressure Point to a little-known second-stringer, Hubert Cornfield, it's widely assumed that Kramer also directed much of the film. It was not a box office success. Seen today, it feels more like a TV drama of the era, despite excellent cinematography by Ernest Haller, a nervous score by Ernest Gold, a commanding performance by Sidney Poitier and an incisive one by Bobby Darin. But it also feels like it's taking place in a world that never was: one in which, in 1942, a Black man could be a prison psychiatrist, treating a patient who was arrested on a charge of sedition, for being a member of the pro-Nazi organization the German-American Bund. Poitier's character, known only as "Doctor," is trying to help Darin's "Patient" with the problems he has sleeping. Naturally, this leads to the Nazi Patient taunting the Doctor with his racist beliefs. But when he cures the Patient of insomnia by having him face up to childhood trauma involving his abusive father and clinging mother, the Doctor wants to go further: to treat the Patient's racism as a mental disease. Even Sidney Poitier, at the peak of his "Magical Negro" persona, can't make that turn credible. Still, Pressure Point almost overcomes the artificiality of its story, the simplistic look at psychoanalysis, and the falsification of race relations in the 1940s, thanks to some intense acting. There's a completely gratuitous frame story set in the period when the movie was made, in which the older Doctor (Poitier with artfully grayed hair) counsels a young psychiatrist played by Peter Falk not to give up on his treatment of an especially frustrating patient by telling the story of his experience with the Nazi Patient. Unnecessary at it is, the frame -- like the rest of the movie -- is made watchable by the rapport of the actors.  

#Pressure Point #sidney poitier #bobby darin

[blogtozone]

What Makes You Beautiful Piano Notes | One Direction

What Makes You Beautiful Piano Notes

Notes :-  You're insecure, don't know what for E4 E4 E4 E4, E4 E4 E4 B3 You're turning heads when you walk through the door E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 F4# G4# F4# Don't need makeup, to cover up E4 E4 E4 E4, E4 E4 E4 B3 Being the way that you are is enough E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 F4# G4# F4# Everyone else in the room can see it E4 G4# B4 C5# C5# B4 G4# G4# F4# F4# Everyone else but you, ooh E4 G4# B4 C5# C5# B4 G4#, F4# Baby you light up my world like nobody else G4# F4# E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 F4# G4# F4# The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed G4# F4# E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 F4# G4# F4# But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell G4# F4# E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 G4# F4# F4# You don't know oh-oh G4# F4# E4 F4# G4# You don't know you're beautiful G4# G4# G4# G4# G4# F4# E4 If only you saw what I can see E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 F4# G4# F4# You'll understand why I want you so desperately G4# F4# E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 F4# G4# F4# Right now I'm lookin' at you and I can't believe G4# F4# E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 G4# F4# F4# You don't know oh-oh G4# F4# E4 F4# G4# You don't know you're beautiful, oh, oh-oh G4# G4# G4# G4# G4# F4# E4, E4 F4# G4# That's what makes you beautiful G4# G4# G4# G4# G4# F4# E4

About Song :-

"What Makes You Beautiful" is a popular song by the British-Irish boy band One Direction. The song was released as their debut single in September 2011 and played a significant role in launching their career to international stardom. Here's some information about the song: Release Date: "What Makes You Beautiful" was released as a single on September 11, 2011. Songwriters: The song was written by Savan Kotecha, Rami Yacoub, and Carl Falk. These accomplished songwriters have contributed to numerous hits in the music industry. Music Video: The music video for "What Makes You Beautiful" was released shortly after the single and features the members of One Direction on a beach in California. It became widely popular and helped the band gain a massive fan following. Chart Success: The song was a commercial success and reached the top of the charts in several countries, including the UK. It received widespread radio airplay and quickly became an anthem for One Direction fans. Album: "What Makes You Beautiful" was included on One Direction's debut studio album, "Up All Night," which was released in November 2011. The album was also highly successful and solidified their status as a global pop sensation. Impact: The song played a pivotal role in establishing One Direction as one of the most popular boy bands of their time. It received positive reviews from music critics and became an anthem for young audiences with its catchy melody and lyrics celebrating inner beauty. Lyrics: The lyrics of "What Makes You Beautiful" are about complimenting someone and telling them that they are beautiful just the way they are. The song's upbeat and positive message resonated with fans and contributed to its popularity. One Direction, formed on the British television show "The X Factor," went on to release several successful albums and singles during their time together. "What Makes You Beautiful" remains one of their signature songs and is remembered as a defining track in their career. Read the full article

[mouthfulloftoothpasterry]

OH MY GOD I JUST FOUND SOEMTHING NEW THAT HARRY MADE IT WAS RELEASED FOUR HOURS AGO BUT NO ONE IS RALKKNG ABOUT IT ANYWHERE THERES 15 VIEWS RELEASED BY ‘Various artists’ ON YOUTUBE IT’S CALLED ‘KISS WO SHITA’ ITS BY HARRY, CARL FALK AND SAVAN KOTECHA WHO ALSO WROTE HAPPILY BY 1D IM SO CONFUSED IT CAME ON MY ALEXA WHEN I SAID PLAY HARRY STYLES

WHAT 😭 ARE YOU SUREBDUEND

[soundjunglefan]

#ALoverLikeMe #Nea #Pop #SingerSongwriter

[lyrics2world]

What Makes You Beautiful Lyrics - One Direction

What Makes You Beautiful Lyrics – One Direction

What Makes You Beautiful Lyrics by One Direction is the latest English song lyrics written by Savan Harish Kotecha, Rami Yacoub, Carl Anthony Falk and produced by Carl Falk, Rami. What Makes You Beautiful Song Details Song: What Makes You Beautiful Singer: One Direction Written: Savan Harish Kotecha, Rami Yacoub, Carl Anthony Falk Producer: Carl Falk, Rami What Makes You Beautiful…

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#One Direction

[groovesnjams]

“Step By Step” by Braxe + Falcon ft. Panda Bear

MG:

Beyond any thoughts I might have on what it all means and why now, I am intensely curious about what prompted Panda Bear to offer himself up for all these collaborations, the best of which is undoubtedly this one: a union between Hype Machine’s Braxe + Falcon and Pitchfork’s Animal Collective, finally. These two forces, in their historical context, existed in parallel — there was never any sense that Animal Collective drew influence from the popular dance music around them nor that DJs like Braxe + Falcon were at all interested in the shaggy, surfy musings of four Brooklyn stoners. But there were tons of people, a former MG included, who liked both in a sort of artificial pursuit of a lack of aesthetic boundaries. Life was a swirl back then, but it was more a task of the end user to do the mixing. Liking cowboy boots, Lauren Conrad, adderall and Marlboro Reds, Fred Falke remixes, Bright Eyes, and the J. Crew store wasn’t a substitute for a personality (I had that, too) but it was the start of communicating something about myself, a refusal to be pinned down or fit neatly with any group, whether they’d have me or not. In the little over a decade since those were my signifiers, the niche ideas have gone mainstream and the mainstream icons have withered to niche — such is life — but I’ve also seen that pursuit of individuality become its own group dynamic and perhaps that’s what accounts for the vibe shift. No one likes feeling that their interests, the way they spend their time and present themselves to the outside world, are reductive and just a role they play to gain entry into society. We want to feel genuine, authentic. Carles was right, and it is kind of funny in an ironic way. But it’s also a rubberband snapping.

We have enough songs that approximate the sound of “Step By Step,” but there’s still something incredibly precious and important about having these two halves of the same whole fused, to know with certainty that it’s a yacht rock dance song, a pre-Pharrell amber haze lit with the gentle but awkward voice of Noah Lennox. I guess, to return to my first thought, I think that Panda Bear, too, surfed the Hype Machine, that stars really are just like us. I still don’t know why now, but after an extended period of doing as little as possible to betray the canonical classic status of Person Pitch, “Step By Step” reasserts the singular weirdness of a guy who used to have his anxious, wide eyes noted by interviewers but now poses that way on purpose. Panda Bear is back to the familiar comfort of the unknown.

DV:

We can’t really be nostalgic for a decade ago the way people could at any other time in human history, can we? If you wanted to experience the 60s Beach Party movies in the 1970s, you were stuck until they aired on a TV channel at a time you couldn’t choose, or showed at a revival theater that might be possible for you to get to. If you wanted to relive a Nirvana video in 2001, you had to hope a friend had recorded it on VHS, or wait for a channel dedicated to music videos to show some old ones. This remained more or less the case until wide adoption of YouTube, and now if you want to wallow in how long Panda Bear could make his songs in 2007 there’s an entire professionally-recorded show waiting for you to get the itch. If you ever think to - because Spotify and Apple and every major label are already dedicated to feeding you a steady feed of monetized catalog music, presumably because it’s less risky/more profitable than fully supporting new artists, and so you’re almost certainly getting a steady diet of classic Panda Bear via the algorithm without ever having to think about it.

Sometime this century, it feels like the past never became past. MG and I might reminisce about the days when we could pop pills and smoke smokes without a care in the world, but we’re not nostalgic for the shows we saw or the places we went, we’re just missing bodies that were resilient enough to traverse a night of bad decisions and still function the next day. “Step by Step” isn’t good enough to make me feel young again, so all it does is remind me that if I want to hear Panda Bear repeat a few catchy phrases over a vaguely danceable production, I can scroll down three notches to when he was doing this the first time.

#panda bear #braxe + falcon #nostalgia #music #fuck nostalgia? #this is currently a grooves n jams debate #hype machine

[stefany]

Dan Falk Takes Us Behind “A Surprising Side of Carl Sagan" | Nautilus Behind the Scenes from Nautilus on Vimeo.

On this episode of Behind the Scenes, we speak with Dan Falk about his recent article, "A Surprising Side of Carl Sagan." Read it here: nautil.us/a-surprising-side-of-carl-sagan-21446/

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Dan Falk Takes Us Behind “A Surprising Side of Carl Sagan"

Twenty-five years ago this month, the sci-fi movie "Contact," based on Carl Sagan’s novel, hit theaters. I missed it. It wasn’t the sort of movie my father would take his seven-year-old to see. He liked comedies, and action movies. Action-comedies—ones with aliens (and Will Smith)—even better. "Contact lacked the popularity of 'Independence Day' and 'Men in Black,'” Dan Falk wrote in his recent story on the film, "but it arguably touched more lives.” Mine’s one of them. It wasn’t long after discovering Carl Sagan’s writing in college that I saw the film, which further fueled my interest in science and existential questions.

In my recent conversation with Falk, that's some of what we explored: If Carl Sagan were still with us (he died in 1996), what would he make of the fine-tuning argument, or theories about the multiverse? Falk also explained how he thought about writing his story. “In some sense it’s almost two stories in one,” Falk said. There’s the peculiar figure of Sagan himself, and the challenges of a scientist turning to novel writing; as well as the impact his story has had on researchers, particularly women astronomers and astrophysicists. “That did make it a little bit of a challenge,” Falk said.

He also compared "Contact" to a more recent sci-fi film, Interstellar. Both star Matthew McConaughey, involve wormholes, and benefitted from the input of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Kip Thorne. (Thorne advised Sagan to use a wormhole, not a black hole, to get the lead character, played by Jodie Foster, far into space.) “Maybe it’s a thing,” Falk said. “Maybe every 20 years a filmmaker goes up to Kip Thorne and says, ‘I have a problem. My central character needs to get from A to B. What do you recommend?’ And Kip Thorne says, ‘Well, look, I’ve got the same answer I said 20 years ago: Get yourself a wormhole!’”

–Brian Gallagher, associate editor