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F A N: That Dirty 3-Letter Word
I have been a fan as long as I can remember. I come by it honestly. My mom was a huge Elvis fan. My dad hated Elvis because my mom (and later stepmom) loved him, but he obsessed over Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, Batman, Big Band music, and Tom Landry’s Dallas Cowboys. Two of…
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Little Notes: The Jack White Listening Companion Series
A series of thoughtful yet brief essays on the work of Jack White, one album at a time. These pieces are designed to highlight the dynamic path of this artist. Combined with active listening, they will bring you to a better understanding of the genius of Jack White. By Rick Warner Series Two Elephant in…
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Little Notes: The Jack White Listening Companion Series
A series of thoughtful yet brief essays on the work of Jack White, one album at a time. These pieces are designed to highlight the dynamic path of this artist. Combined with active listening, they will bring you to a better understanding of the genius of Jack White. By Rick Warner Series One Foundational Albums…
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“For Peace of Mind in an Ever-Changing World”: Jack White’s “Vescovo & Co” Performance (2014) as Performance Art
By Red, Guest Writer “I fantasize about a hospital/ the army, asylum, confinement, in prison/ any place where there’s a cot to clear my vision” – Jack White, ‘That Black Bat Licorice’ Introduction On July 2, 2014, a group of 40 people were called to an abandoned building in London’s Strand district for what they…
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Evening Chat with Robert Sestok*
07/08/2023 Detroit Deconstructionist artist, Robert Sestok in front of 33/45 Mural at Third Man Pressing in Cass Corridor, Detroit, MI (2016) We were honored to have a chat with prolific Detroit Deconstructionist artist, Robert Sestok. The following are some of his thoughts about life as an artist, Detroit, and Jack White. We hope you enjoy! …
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Camus, Jack White and the Revolt
By Filippo Felicioni, Guest Writer Valorization of the form as content “The poetry of the lyricist can express nothing which was not already latent in the immense universality and validity of the music, which forces him to speak in images” (The Birth of Tragedy, F. Nietzsche) What follows is the attempt to give my thoughts…
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ROSELAND BALLROOM NEW YORK CITY MAY 22, 2012
By Rick Warner, Guest Writer I have seen many rock shows since 1987. From The Grateful Dead to Faith No More and everything in between. My career as a fan of rock n roll is long and well traveled. Even though I was familiar with this artist at the time, I was not a dedicated…
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An Artist Found
You may have noticed our ‘Looking for the Artist’ posts in our stories. Well, this one led to quite a trail so I thought it warrants a blog post. Cameo and I were searching for art as we do and she sent me this velvet painting and said “I would still like to find the…
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Jack White Lyric Clouds
We did a little non-scientific thematic analysis in the form of word visualizers of frequent words and phrases for songs from @officialjackwhite’s solo work by album release* The top over all themes were: love—121 times; time—50 times; night—45 times; hand—29 times & morning—28 times *album singles & cover songs included; live albums excluded. Words like…
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