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Ball of Wax 68 Songs: Peter Colclasure – “Us. Still”
I owe Peter Colclasure an apology. As you may have noticed, we had been posting Ball of Wax 68 track reviews once or twice a day, or at least a few per week, since May. (You may have also noticed … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 55 Songs: Peter Colclasure – “Synth 3”
[Disclaimer: this review contains homework.] Peter Colclasure’s “Synth 3” is the story of modern America encapsulated in a five-minute tonal work centered in A minor, its primary i-VII-III-v (V? I can’t tell because Colclasure maddeningly/wisely avoids establishing that third interval … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 51 Songs: Peter Colclasure – “Long Form 1”
In this space I recently sang the praises of Peter Colclasure’s compositions for piano – which, as far as I know, are usually composed and performed in the traditional way of writing down music, and then playing it. “Long Form … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 49 Songs: Peter Colclasure – “County K”
When he’s not flying to Seattle to squeeze the accordion with the Foghorns* or writing clever/righteous/wistful pop songs or DJing on Santa Clara college radio or rocking the keys with San Jose band Cola*, Peter Colclasure is sitting down at … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 45 Songs: Luminous Craft/The Vanities
Luminous Craft‘s Dominick Campbell (performing the BoW 45 release show September 2nd) opens the fragile “Don’t Fret, Charlotte” with a groovy Fender Rhodes riff, which he quickly abandons for fingerpicked acoustic guitar and an electric guitar gently strumming chords with … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 38 Songs of Protest: Peter Colclasure – “Where’s My Bailout Muthafuckers?”
With apologies to any young listeners who might have joined our ranks with our kid-friendly Songs about Animals project, our friend Peter Colclasure has another take on the current economic state of affairs. Pete takes a less subtle – and … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 35 Songs: Peter Colclasure – “Cynic”
Peter Colclasure is a former member of the Foghorns whose contribution to Ball of Wax 35 is a surreal kiss-off in waltz time. “Cynic” contrasts Colclasure’s derisive lyrics (“you got yourself seen at all the right places / all the hip … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 33 Songs: Peter Colclasure – “Three Minutes Thirty Seconds Is the Only Salvation You Can Expect, Alexander”
Peter Colclasure – current resident of California and erstwhile key-tickler for Ball of Wax friends Smile Brigade and The Foghorns – certainly wins the (nonexistent) prize for the 33-iest song of this intermittently-themed volume. When he first sent the rather … Continue reading