In this New York Times article, Scott Vener, musical director of a famous TV series, laments the fact that playlists have replaced his favourite music blogs and declares that he misses reading passionate music fans talking about each song they used to post. I agree with him. I mean, I truly believe that hearing good […]
Five years ago, while walking around some stores a few weeks before Christmas, I was suddenly petrified by a scream that erupted in my mind, “Jesus Christ (the supposed reason of it all)! There are so many great songs about Christmas. Why do they keep torturing us with these super-boring ones?” That was when, despite
saudade/saʊˈdɑːdə/ Technically, it’s a complex emotion caused by the absence of something or someone who, unable to be reached, leaves in their place mixed feelings of nostalgia, lack, loss, emptiness, incompleteness, distance, and sorrow – all watered with joy and gratitude for the memories that keep alive both love and a deep desire to once
