Record Club / Writing Rock
A good excuse for the music-obsessed to get together and share, discuss, and write
about songs we love. The record club format, based on the original in New York City, provides a welcome context for playing and discussing recent discoveries, old favorites
and obscure tunes.
Everyone brings two selections; during the first "round," each song gets played once
while everyone listens without commenting. After the chooser reveals the title and
the artist, the song is played once more and everyone responds freely. We'll take
the format a step further by using additional sessions to write about the selections
from vantages obvious (record reviews) to esoteric (the kind of historical-aesthetic
criticism practiced by Greil Marcus, for example).
We will take a trip to a local legendary folk coffee house which started in the '60s.
We will have excellent musicians play for you in an intimate setting.
We'll read and discuss examples of rock writing to serve as prompts for our own pieces.
Working together as editors and writers, we'll develop and produce a "zine" of the
week's writing, including a compilation CD.
Warning: Jam Sessions occur spontaneously and can be infectious! No prior music experience necessary, just the love of it.
We may even go to a concert at S.P.A.C you just never know with the music obessed
