Sunday, August 19, 2007

Out of Beeswax

I'm not sure a formal announcement of any kind is necessary, but here it is:

I have finished all my music-writing assignments for the summer and I am not planning to do it regularly any more. Over the next few weeks, I have a number of features that will run in my usual outlets. But for the foreseeable future, I won't be doing "music writing" except for occasional contributions to Idol Chatter and anything I'm specially com$$ioned to do. I do plan to do other kinds of writing, which I guess I'll link to on this blog, too. I won't be able to escape pop music, of course, me being who I am. But as far as I can tell, the phase where I write lots of record reviews and features on bands is over for now.

So basically, things are going to be a bit quieter around here. Because I am a nerd, though, I will probably be updating my applied linguistics blog with some regularity.

PS: Here is a feature about Seattle's Light in the Attic Records. Thanks to Gwen for the photos!

4 comments:

ryan said...

Joel,

That's a really cool piece about Light in the Attic. That Saturday Knights record might be one of the best party records since Naughty by Nature's Hip-Hop Hooray.

andrew said...

what other kinds of writing (besides linguistics) do you plan to pursue?

monsterpants said...

thanks again so much for letting me tag along that day. twas awesome.

i am mostly posting a comment, though, to say that i am so glad that the beeswax joke lives on with at least one other person besides myself. i really am pretty addicted to using it instead of business at all times.

last week, for example, i ordered my own beeswax cards- and it is REALLY hard for me to call the business cards.

HOW IS CHINA?? are you there yet???

Joel said...

Ryan - Thanks, that's a cool label. I am not actually a big Saturday Knights fan but I bet that'd change if I saw them live. Andrew - travel writing, I hope, or I guess more "personal essay" type- stuff. I'm going to start setting my sights higher as far as publications I'm submitting to.
Gwen - I LOVE the beeswax joke and I'm sorry Seattle.net didn't credit you for the photos when they said they would. We're in China and it is HOT and FOREIGN.