Rafael Gaitan
The Teenagers Who Love You Will Wake Up, Yawn and Kill You
The Beatles – “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”
By Danny Djeljosevic
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“I fucking hate this song,” I remarked to Raf Gaitan over Mediterranean food. The food is an important detail as I happen to be a fiend for falafel and hummus and I don’t want The Beatles’ worst song as a soundtrack for my [...]
Nobody Wants to Hear You Sing About Tragedy
I think we all might be pretentious assholes. My roommates and I don’t necessarily hate Fall Out Boy, but we wouldn’t call ourselves fans either. It’s not that we dislike the music, it’s just that we dislike the people that make up Fall Out Boy. We had a listening party for the new album Folie [...]
So Nasty That It’s Probably Somewhat of a Travesty
The hip-hop world has been a part of mine since the earliest days I can remember watching episodes of Fresh Prince or riding to school on a private bus while a bastardized version of “Nuthin But a G-Thang” blared from the tinny van speakers. I have, currently do, and will continue to listen to a [...]
Proof That it Really Existed
The following essay is by my friend Rafael Gaitan.
I’ve always felt that some of the best songs I’ve ever heard are really, really short. Apparently brevity, aside from being the soul of wit, is the lifeblood of pop brilliance. A 2-3 minute song is usually much more focused, clever, and downright enjoyable than the epics [...]
