Open Books Blogathon 2009: Reads To Feed Your Fix

Books play a huge role in Live Fix. And I’m always curious to see which books are on the shelves of my favorite music writers. So during the final moments of the Open Books Blogathon 2009 I’d like to give you a peek of my bookshelf and share with you a list of books that inspire my [...]

Arcade Fire, Cathedrals and Significant Settings for Popular Live Music

Indie-rock. Disco DJs. Raves. Traditional religious worship services. In the same venue and for a common purpose? “They are, in fact, descriptions of experiences which took place at popular music events under the powerful influence of highly amplified rhythmic music in combination with repetitive movement, unusual lighting and other consciences-altering factors…” This is an excerpt [...]