Taylor K. Long

My Achy-Breaky Heart.

Break-up songs are never hard to find. As anyone who creates art or enjoys a lot of it will tell you, pain has a tendency to result in a better product than happiness does. It just translates better (probably because, in my opinion, happiness tends to be much more subjective and individualized). In my mission...

The “Girl With No Eyes” will “Never Be Alone.”

It’s A Beautiful Day When I listen to the radio, I tend to listen to “classic rock” stations, because there’s a better shot that they’ll play things I both recognize and enjoy (of course, when I’m in Seattle, KEXP takes over a sizable portion of the air time in my car). Recently, I was listening...

Internship: Day One

Yesterday was my first day of my internship with Rolling Stone. The day’s events and observations are as follows: I spent the first half of the day learning about media packets and meeting people, and the second half standing in the wall of covers – a hallway with the covers of every issue of Rolling...

Taylor: A Musical History

When you’re reading any sort of non-fiction memoirs, articles in newspapers & magazines, blogs, it’s good to know where the writer is coming from. Having an idea of the author’s general tastes, opinions and areas of expertise make it easier for us to know how to interpret what they write. This all sounds very serious...

Why me? Why now?

I know what you’re thinking. “Taylor, the last thing the internet needs is yet another MP3 blog.” And you’re right – partly. With MP3 blogs like Jefitoblog, Stereogum, Fluxblog and Gorilla vs. Bear, what more could I possibly hope to contribute? There are a handful of reasons for the existence of this blog. Firstly, I’m...