Month: September 2021

Chapel Hill’s own Archers of Loaf kick off their 1994 EP “vs. The Greatest of All Time” with “Audiowhore,” a blistering, gigantic anthem defined by its dramatic shifts in dynamics. It opens with a semi-ambient one minute intro, offering scraps of found noises and distant, dissonant guitar sounds. This creates a foreboding atmosphere, contextually very… Continue reading Archers of Loaf – Audiowhore

The first story that I chose on StoryCorps was “The Things That Go Left Unsaid: Remembering A Son and Brother — The First U.S. Soldier Killed in Afghanistan”. I felt the need to listen to this story because of the recent events that have played out with our botched pull-out of the terrorist-ridden country. Throughout… Continue reading StoryCorps

The first story I listened to is “The next best thing could be around the corner” about a former child actor from Cuba turned refugee talking to his grandson about his journey. He had to flee Cuba during the revolution after being a very successful child actor, but his legacy lived on through his grandson,… Continue reading StoryCorps Analysis