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On Sad Music

"The unhappiest people I know, romantically speaking, are the ones who like pop music the most; and I don't know whether pop music has caused this unhappiness, but I do know that they've been lis...

Available Now! VSQ Performs The Beatles Vol. 2

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A Day in John's Life

December 1980 must’ve felt especially cold with the death of John Lennon fresh in the news. But every year around this time, Lennon is brought back to life with new articles about his life – as...

Songwriters in Their Own "Write"

Some lyrics are like poetry. But when songwriters tire of writing songs, they often turn to genuine poetry, novels, plays and other more concrete forms of literature to express what they cannot w...

Bands Read Books, Too

Music and literature are just two different ways of telling stories. So it makes sense that many musicians have translated books into song, from Bob Dylan’s "Highway 61 Revisited," which retells A...

Farewell to Harry Potter

On July 15, 2011, a childhood journey ended. For many who grew up with the books and the films, and many more who lived a second childhood through them, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Pa...

Songs for the End of the World

You guys, we did it! We made it to the year 2012, and you know what that means, right? The factual, commonly accepted end of all things. As we've all known for a while now, the world is not long ...

One-Man Bands

I recently read a quote (from the early 1900s) in which the speaker theorized that the rapid growth of technology would lead to a world in which people would only have to work two or three hours ...

Out Now! Vitamin String Quartet Performs Modern Rock Hits 2011 Vol. 2

Available now! Vitamin String Quartet Performs Modern Rock Hits 2011 Vol. 2. Including masterfully crafted string renditions of The Black Keys’ “Lonely Boy”, Foster the People’s “Pump...

We Hardly Knew Them

I hate to see a good band go. It sucks when they're big players, like the end of R.E.M. or Rilo Kiley, but it's even worse when a band break ups on the cusp of breaking out. At best, we get an al...