Blue Plate Special: Robert Palmer
Robert Palmer cultivated a persona that felt as meticulously tailored as his suits: cool, cosmopolitan, and effortlessly genre-fluid. His voice,...
Category: Personal
Blue Plate Special: Brian Eno (Part 2)
As mentioned in Part 1, Brian Eno is an English musician, producer, and artistic provocateur whose work since the early...
Blue Plate Special: Brian Eno (Part 1)
Brian Eno emerged in the early 1970s as a provocateur of sound, intent on dismantling traditional ideas of what rock...
Blue Plate Special: The Strokes
The Strokes emerged from late-1990s New York City as a band that made restraint feel radical. Formed by Julian Casablancas,...
A Look Back (and Forward) at My Content Strategy Series
Every once in a while, it’s worth stopping long enough to look at the trail behind you. Over the past...
Blue Plate Special: Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus) writes songs the way a sharp-eyed novelist writes scenes: quick cuts, bright details, and...
Celebrating Christmas
Every December, Christmas shows up wrapped in lights, music, family plans, and expectations. We decorate our homes, plan meals, buy...
Blue Plate Special: Big Country
Big Country emerged from Dunfermline, Scotland in the early 1980s with a sound that felt less like pop music and...
Blue Plate Special: Depeche Mode
Not sure why I neglected adding them for so long, but here you go:Â From the start, Depeche Mode looked and...
Blue Plate Special: Kent
Kent built their legacy on a sound that blended widescreen melancholy with laser-focused pop craftsmanship. Early on, their music leaned...
