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Taking a Record for a Run: Rival Consoles - Landscape from Memory
I’ve written a couple of pieces over the last year about my relationship to running and music.
Jul 10
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Richard Elliott
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And the Larks They Sang Melodious
For Shirley Collins on the Occasion of Her Ninetieth Birthday
Jul 5
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Richard Elliott
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June 2025
The Penguins Steal the Show: On Specificity in Song
On specificity in song
Jun 23
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Richard Elliott
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Run. Listen. Repeat.
Thinking about chaos, silence and running-while-listening.
Jun 15
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Richard Elliott
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May 2025
Come Fly with Me: Holiday Records
'The only item of luggage you need is your record player'
May 17
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Richard Elliott
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April in Portugal: A Song Itinerary
The story behind one of the biggest hits of 1953.
May 4
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Richard Elliott
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April 2025
Blue Moments with Frank Sinatra
It's seventy Aprils since In The Wee Small Hours.
Apr 25
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Words from the New World Part 3: The Transience of Adventure
Patti Smith turns formative events into evocative objects.
Apr 19
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Richard Elliott
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Words from the New World Part 2: Patti Smith and the Weight of Horses
Can those who write about Patti Smith manage to see beyond her most famous album?
Apr 11
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Richard Elliott
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From the Archive: Nina Simone, 'Sunday in Savannah / Why? (The King of Love Is Dead) / Mississippi Goddam'
Nina Simone mourns Martin Luther King on 7 April 1968.
Apr 7
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Richard Elliott
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From the Archive: Nina Simone, 'Sunday in Savannah / Why? (The King of Love Is Dead) / Mississippi Goddam'
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Words from the New World: Patti Smith’s Banga
Part 1 of a three-part essay on adventure and memory in Patti Smith's later work.
Apr 3
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Richard Elliott
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March 2025
Using Strange Materials: Scattered Thoughts on Lonnie Holley
Words. Matter. Seeds. Objects. Dust.
Mar 26
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Richard Elliott
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