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HOW DOES MUSIC FEEL TODAY? Like a barnacle.

HOW DOES MUSIC FEEL TODAY? Like a barnacle.

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Neko Case
Dec 30, 2022
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HOW DOES MUSIC FEEL TODAY? Like a barnacle.
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“A barnacle?!” you ask.

Yep. It’s a little bittersweet how hard music has had to weather things. My house has been burned down and unfinished for so long I’m becoming a barnacle too. I’ve grown a little calcium overcoat and some algae. I don’t like it. Every now and then workers come along and scrape off a little of the algae, but it’s like credit card debt or student loans – there is no end in sight. Do other people whose homes have burned down ever get them rebuilt? Or is it a myth? Like insurance.

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