How do you remember your favorite concerts? Was it how the concert venue smelled, or was it how the music sounded? When I heard that one of my friends and colleagues was going to an Aerosmith concert a few weeks ago, I asked her to take some pictures and let me know, when the concert was over, what sense [...]
Recalling A Grizzly Bear Show Is "Like A Slide Show"
June 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
After reading this New York Times live review about Grizzly Bear’s recent New York concert, I was reminded how much our brains make concerts wonderful and diverse experiments of experience. Music moves; it can’t do anything else. Grizzly Bear’s songs rev without going anywhere. With broad vocal harmonies and harmonic motion built from unusual guitar tunings, the [...]
