CHRISTOPHER COCCA
music
Behold the Hurricane (and other Brathwaite and Brian Fallon jams)
You know all about those strange synergies of the internet. Today, I was listening to The Horrible Crowes. Like a lot. For some reason that only makes sense the to the tubes and wires, quite a few folks found their way here today by searching for Kamau Brathwaite’s visceral insight about Caribbean syntax : “the hurricane does … Continue reading
Billy Corgan, Everyone
This post only exists because someone came to the blog searching for “billy corgan + noel gallagher,” which got me thinking. This article is a year old, but Billy Corgan has never stopped being Billy Corgan, and I say, good for him. I don’t necessarily even agree about Soundgarden or Pavement or whatever, but the … Continue reading
Rockstars and Whetstones and SSRIs: Steven Hyden and a Bunch of Other Stuff
Steven Hyden puts out some really good stuff. The fact that I can’t type the word “intervention” without hearing Win Butler tells you two things: 1) like Butler and Hyden, I’m a man of a certain age, and 2) (perhaps) like both of them, I have struggled with my share of obsession. (I also work … Continue reading
ikonNYC at Deity
a wonderful time in Brooklyn on Sunday. Only wish I could have seen more people. Next time. ikonNYC at Deity.
Found Poetry from Comment Spam
“This is a little something for you. I’m in a hurry! He can’t take a joke. Could I have those two tickets, please? This is only the first half. He was married to a friend of mine.He was married to a friend of mine. Do me a favor? Feel better? There is a chair below … Continue reading
Coffee and the Kindgom of God: Steam Roller
Last week at CoffeeWorks, I happened upon a sign for New Harvest’s Steam Roller Blend. When I hear “steam roller,” the first thing I think of is Elvis. When I see the word PROVIDENCE on the front of a steam roller, the first thing I think of is kingdom of God imagery. In the … Continue reading
A new piece by Steven Hyden sets out to say I won’t love the new Killers record, but convinces me I will.
A new piece by Steven Hyden sets out to say I won’t love the new Killers record, but convinces me I will. I like the Imagine Dragons set-up of the Battle Born review, but by the time I got to the Grizzly Bear portion, I’d forgotten that half the piece was supposed to be about … Continue reading
Until the Sea Shall Free Them
Reminds me of “Suzanne” by Leonard Cohen. Excerpt: And Jesus was a sailor When he walked upon the water And he spent a long time watching From his lonely wooden tower And when he knew for certain Only drowning men could see him He said “All men will be sailors then Until the sea shall … Continue reading
Two New Pretty Buttons (My Fictionaut and Bandcamp profiles)
I’m also using Scribd, but fictionaut gives me a reason to use astronaut pictures. I hope you dig the saints&Children/broken liturgy project. We did it, as John said at the album release party, on a shoe string and with the financial help of some folks in the room. Those people have my profound thanks. Looking … Continue reading
That’s Why He’s The Boss
I swear it’s not about being a cliche or being read like some rust belt book, young American men and their patron, prophet, saint. I swear it’s not that we inherit quiet desperation, that we’re destined by our chemistry toward being hung up, that it happens less with age and with what we’re calling self … Continue reading
Allentown Collective Releases songs from a broken liturgy: vol 1
Allentown Collective Releases songs from a broken liturgy: vol 1. Allentown, PA — Having recorded and toured with international acts like Guster and John Mayer, musician/songwriter John Hardt, a graduate of the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, found himself called to the Allentown area last year to serve as a music and arts partner … Continue reading
Black Lab – Time Ago
listen as the late 90s see the decade coming and we all went away. I farmed CDs at best buy, the great beginning of the need to make sure everything would always be just so. I curated Aphex Twins and AC/DC according to their kind, sold DVD players for 400 dollars, caught kids stealing porn … Continue reading
a personal note about “songs from a broken liturgy: vol. 1″ by saints&Children
Friends, For the better part of the last year, friends here in Allentown have been gathering in a liturgical experiment of community we’ve called broken liturgy. Art, music, worship, doubt, peace, fear, deconstruction, hope, homefulness, yearning, wanting, lacking, needing…we’ve been touched by these and many other impulses. Early this summer, broken liturgy’s arts and music … Continue reading
