From the Machine

Conner being a hater

Part 2/2 of us venting about genres that suck
Deathcore sucks † contemporary Christian music sucks † pop music is okay actually
Words by Matt Stretz, Zac Strum, & Conner TomlinsonMusic by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Zac being a hater

Part 1/2 of us venting about genres that suck
Punk sucks † metalcore sucks † bro country sucks
Words by Matt Stretz, Zac Strum, & Conner TomlinsonMusic by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Burnout

Overworking † Momentum † Creativity
Words by Ethan Bowen, Hayden Inman, Mason Kinder, Matt Stretz, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Attunement

Part 2/2 of our conversation about music taste
Genre crossover † Articulating form & function † Listening functions
Words by Ethan Bowen, Douglas Stevens, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Taste

Part 1/2 of our conversation about music taste
Taste aversion † Enculturation † Expanding taste
Words by Ethan Bowen, Douglas Stevens, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Industrial entrepreneurship

We'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming next week, but first here's the audio recording from a 2022 business conference where Conner discusses what independent artists and educators can learn from industrial music.
Part 2/2 of our digression into academic discourse.
Rhetorical theory † Entrepreneurial ecologies † Mythologies of warfare and virality † Bricolage
Words by Conner Tomlinson Music by Impulse Machine

Industrial rhetoric

Due to a confluence of scheduling conflicts and technical issues, we're briefly changing up the format. This week features a reading from an article Conner wrote about the ideology and pragmatics of industrial music.
Part 1/2 of our digression into academic discourse.
Genealogy † Organizational autonomy † Access to information & extra-musical elements † Anti-music † Shock tactics
Words by Conner Tomlinson Music by Impulse Machine

VHS trends

Part 2/2 of our conversation about innovative merch ideas
Reading trends † VHS revivalism † Analog and digital information
Words by Ethan Bowen, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Creative merchandise

Part 1/2 of our conversation about innovative merch ideas
Branded widgets † Fashion † Individuality & collective identity † Attempted taxonomy
Words by Ethan Bowen, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris

Artistry in sports

Part 2/2 of our conversation about the relationship between art and sport
Artful plays † goal-orientation † Zac's jump rope rant † aesthetics vs utility † the art of the granny shot
Words by Ethan Bowen, Kyle Dekaney, Zac Strum, & Conner TomlinsonMusic by Under the Catacombs of Paris