30 Days, 30 Songs: “Puncturing that inflated horror of an ego”

October 17, 2016 I won’t lie. I’m a fan of just about anything Ben Gibbard does—be that as frontman for Death Cab for Cutie, as fifty-percent of The Postal Service, or as trail running fanatic. When word of a new Death Cab for Cutie song came across my newsfeed last week, I immediately clicked throughContinue reading “30 Days, 30 Songs: “Puncturing that inflated horror of an ego””

The Snowths & Mahna Mahna, Baby & Johnny, Michael Myers & the Final Girl Join the Debate

Much to the delight of Trax on the Trail and its contributors, the second presidential debate inspired at least a dozen musical settings. We have seen Hillary and Donald singing duets, busting out dance moves, assuming Muppet personas, and appearing as the leads in a horror film. Indeed this activity brings some much needed levityContinue reading “The Snowths & Mahna Mahna, Baby & Johnny, Michael Myers & the Final Girl Join the Debate”

Not Another Term: Music as Persuasion in the Campaign Against the Re-Election of George W. Bush

October 5, 2016 Not Another Term: Music as Persuasion in the Campaign Against the Re-Election of George W. Bush October 5, 2016 It is not unusual for pop musicians to use their fame and their music as a platform for critique of presidents. Former presidents Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan were on theContinue reading “Not Another Term: Music as Persuasion in the Campaign Against the Re-Election of George W. Bush”