Bob Dylan arrived in New York in 1961 … the beginning of a 65-year career that has touched many generations and even succeeded in convincing the Swedish Academy to give him the only Nobel Prize for Literature ever awarded to a popular music icon. There is, indeed, something timeless in his best work … probablyContinue reading “Oh Mama, Can This Really Be the End?”
Category Archives: Beats
Times Like These …
Dave Grohl, and Foo Fighters, wrote a fantastic rock anthem in 2003, Times Like These … it still rocks, especially in our times now!
Kim Gordon Is Alive!
Warp & Woof’s Beats page, dedicated to the music I love, has been sparse lately — Kim Gordon, however, is waking me up with her new album!
DC Hardcore: Why Am I Only Now Discovering It?
Something was happening in punk rock in the ’80s — and it was happening right here in DMV — Hardcore!
Welcome to Warp and Woof, v.2.0
Warp & Woof, v. 2.0 Welcome to Warp & Woof, a blog from William Sundwick. I’ve been working on this project intermittently since I retired from the Library of Congress in 2015, after 42 years of service. Back in the day, maybe 10-15 years ago, when blogging was something people did – before social mediaContinue reading “Welcome to Warp and Woof, v.2.0”
Who Says Avant-Garde Is Dead?
Published November 19, 2019 in Warp & Woof Who Says Avant-Garde Is Dead? Postmodernism Hasn’t Killed It Yet William Sundwick When art critic Clement Greenberg wrote in 1939 that the opposite of avant-gardewas kitsch, he was referring to the struggle then between artists who had a burning desire to be creative and the exigencies ofContinue reading “Who Says Avant-Garde Is Dead?”
Warp & Woof, v.1.3
Published September 28, 2019 in Warp & Woof Warp & Woof v.1.3 Welcome to Warp & Woof, a blog from William Sundwick. Its purpose is to share with its readers some ways to navigate the philosophical, moral and aesthetic dimensions of life. It is not a scholarly blog, but the author hopes that his ownContinue reading “Warp & Woof, v.1.3”
What Does My Music Library Say About Me?
Published July 15, 2019 in Warp & Woof What Does My Music Library Say About Me? A Rebuttal to the Personality Link William Sundwick Ever since I can remember, I’ve liked listening to music. My childhood was spent with a father who was a failed violinist in his youth. (He became an engineer.) But, whileContinue reading “What Does My Music Library Say About Me?”
Pere Ubu
Published May 31, 2019 in Warp & Woof Pere Ubu “Avant-garage” Rock with a Rust Belt Sheen William Sundwick Cleveland has produced more than the Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame. Emerging in the 1970s, beneath the radar of its pop music mainstream, was an avant-garde, experimental music scene, epitomized by David Thomas and Pere Ubu. StartingContinue reading “Pere Ubu”
Van Slyke Assembly, 1967
Published March 14, 2019 in Warp & Woof Van Slyke Assembly, 1967 Music for the Shop Rat William Sundwick It was a lark. Something to do during college term break. I had just returned from a “career-service” internship experience in Washington, D.C. And, frankly, I was curious about what an auto assembly line was like.Continue reading “Van Slyke Assembly, 1967”
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