Titus Andronicus & The Will To Be The Ultimate Rock Band

Avenida Yucatan

This is a beat I made on Logic using a voice memo of some street performers playing horns while I was eating almuerzo en la ciudad de mexico. I freestyled a verse in spanish and found a sample of Monica Naranjo and her fans singing a song acapella in CDMX, and threw that in there.  I might just start posting weekly beats on this rss feed so unfollow / follow it based on that information.

Titus Andronicus & The Will To Be The Ultimate Rock Band

Will Hagle reads an article he wrote about Titus Andronicus' 7th album, 'The Will to Live.' It's about how Titus Andronicus wants to be a classic rock band, or actually more: the Ultimate Rock band.  https://architecturedance.substack.com/

Good Riddance To Ya!!!! Meryl Streek's "Death to the Landlord"

Will Hagle reads an essay he wrote about Meryl Streek's "Death to the Landlord," an album recommended to him by a human via an algorithm. Listen to Meryl Streek on streaming services and buy his music because I used it in this episode illegally and I feel kinda guilty about that.  "Death to the Landlord" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTkkT_rwXUo "Death to the Landlord" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0WsWklqPGk8kV2Ut773ZfJ?si=9722a865fe794581 https://architecturedance.substack.com/ http://architecturedance.com/ https://twitter.com/ArchitectDance

Mohsin Hamid's 'The Last White Man'

This week, Will Hagle reads an essay he wrote about Mohsin Hamid's 'The Last White Man,' a short but powerful book with great long ass sentences that speaks about issues that for unfortunate reasons reflect our current real world.  https://bookshop.org/books/the-last-white-man/9780593538814 https://twitter.com/ArchitectDance https://architecturedance.substack.com/ http://architecturedance.com/

Letting mewithoutYou Die: RIP to the Greatest Band that Never Existed

Will Hagle reads an essay he wrote about mewithoutYou, one of the greatest bands that never existed. mewithoutYou played their final show ever as a band in their hometown of Philadelphia in August 2022. Will was supposed to be there but wasn't. This is his story about how that made him feel.  https://twitter.com/architectdance https://architecturedance.substack.com/ http://architecturedance.com/