About raptnrent: I got the name from my keys - R Apt and R Ent for the back door to my apartment and the back door to the house. I liked that they were also words: Rapt, meaning enthralled, riveted, captivated, and Rent, meaning torn asunder, violently wrenched. I thought it made for an interesting juxtaposition, open to all kinds of interpretations.
Tag Archives: music
Jungle Prints from the Frozen Land
Our friends at Mandolin Cafe introduced me to the Dahlhoff Dance Collection which I can’t understand a word of but perused anyway. A title that looked like Jungle Prints from the Frozen Land caught my eye, but the linked page … Continue reading
Nine albums that built me
This was a Twitter challenge from Questlove: List the nine albums that “built” you. It’s a challenging challenge, first because it’s hard to limit it to nine, and secondly because I have to decide how to interpret “built.” It’s not … Continue reading
1980s countdown
This morning I found about half of the people I pay regularly attention to on Twitter had been involved in some sort of discussion of 1984 vs 1985 as years in music. Each has its pros and cons, of course. … Continue reading