

" Vala and the Antiquarians." Blake's Hand, edited by Mark Crosby, Palgrave Macmillan. "Men Without Women: Janet Frame’s Daughter Buffalo and Female Victimization." Women Write Frame: Essays on Janet Frame, edited by McQuail, McFarland. "Early-19th-Century Literature." American Literary Scholarship: An Annual 2014, edited by David J. In the Duke University Press annual American Literary Scholarship.Ĭhronology of English Faculty Publicationsīurduck, Michael L. Burdock was a winner of the 2013 College of Arts and Sciences Research Award for his work The connection between Last Year and Get a Room from 2001's Insignificance is genius level stuff.Professor Michael L. But you're not, either-and really, what have you done lately Certainly not made your first pop album since 2001-and even if you had, it probably wasn't any good. First, he wants you to know he's not dead-yet. The silence has been broken with Simple Songs - Jim O'Rourke is ready to talk to you again. Time left: 1d 5h 40m 36s Ships to: Worldwide. Jim O'Rourke - Simple Songs Condition: New. Time left: 1d 33m 46s Ships to: Worldwide. JIM O'ROURKE: Simple Songs LP Sealed Rock & Pop Condition: New. Simple Songs is a music album by Jim O'Rourke released in 2015. Nice to see you once again, he begins on opener Friends With Benefits, following with a less-than-sweet addendum: Been a long time, my friend, since youve crossed my mind at all. He sings his lyrics with heartfelt sincerity, but hes not the type to shy away from knife-sharp emotional twists. On Simple Songs, ORourke is at once approachable and distant. And even though his new album is called Simple Songs and finds ORourke indulging in solo singer-songwriter material for the first time since 2001, he still keeps some shade wrapped around himself. Songs in album Jim O'Rourke - Simple Songs 2015. Simple Songs as a title is a classic ORourke curveball the albums eight tracks are as complex and intricate as anything hes has released, with or without vocals. During these years, he engineered, produced, mixed, and played on records by Smog, Sam Prekop, Faust, John Fahey, Wilco, Stereolab, Tony Conrad, Sonic Youth of which he was a member, Beth Orton, Superchunk, Phill Niblock, and many more. His name on a record was an assurance of a certain level of quality, and he had his name on a great number of them. There was a time, from the late 1990s to the mid2000s or so, when Jim ORourke sat at the center of a peculiar intersection of experimental, indie rock, and electronic music. Jack of all musical trades Jim O'Rourke makes a colorfully arranged return to pop music with Simple O'Rourke's first solo album on Drag City in six years finds his brilliant ear for arrangement and love of dark humor intact. While O'Rourke's touch is undeniable, this record's highs are punctuated by the contributions of a gorgeous backing band, most notably the warm strings and piano. Critten This rich, luscious album feels both grand and intimate with a smooth nighttime mood, buoyed by the deepened yet soft vocals from Jim. And since guns don't kill people, Simple Songs will have to do. All Your Love There ARE no simple songs - only simple people. Simple Songs by Jim O'Rourke, released 1. O'Rourke uses Drag City for his more conventional work. It was released on May 19, 2015, nearly fourteen years after O'Rourke's previous singer-songwriter album Insignificance 2001. Simple Songs is the third singer-songwriter album by American musician Jim O'Rourke for Drag City.


