Alex Reed
@salexanderreed.bsky.social
author of Assimilate + books on TMBG + Laurie Anderson
professor @ Ithaca College / NYU / U. Florida / William & Mary
singer of the band Seeming
ex-ThouShaltNot
aesthete and ethicist of the gothic
makes awful jokes
https://linktr.ee/salexanderreed
professor @ Ithaca College / NYU / U. Florida / William & Mary
singer of the band Seeming
ex-ThouShaltNot
aesthete and ethicist of the gothic
makes awful jokes
https://linktr.ee/salexanderreed
(Reposted to fix that end rhythm, accepting that the eighth-note offset of a triplet is indeed the way to hear this, vexing as it is to western notation.)
December 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
(Reposted to fix that end rhythm, accepting that the eighth-note offset of a triplet is indeed the way to hear this, vexing as it is to western notation.)
In the category of "Songs that Go Way Harder than Needed," this one is second only to the Sesame Street counting-to-twelve song.
December 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
In the category of "Songs that Go Way Harder than Needed," this one is second only to the Sesame Street counting-to-twelve song.
Yes! Every sheet music transcription gets this very wrong.
And like you, I'd been driven nuts by the rhythm since forever. Last night I was like, TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT WE CRACK THIS CASE.
And like you, I'd been driven nuts by the rhythm since forever. Last night I was like, TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT WE CRACK THIS CASE.
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Yes! Every sheet music transcription gets this very wrong.
And like you, I'd been driven nuts by the rhythm since forever. Last night I was like, TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT WE CRACK THIS CASE.
And like you, I'd been driven nuts by the rhythm since forever. Last night I was like, TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT WE CRACK THIS CASE.
<3 Many thanks. And yes, I actually laughed out loud when I wrote the "flammable" line.
December 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
<3 Many thanks. And yes, I actually laughed out loud when I wrote the "flammable" line.
Oh goodness, thank you! <3 I hope you're doing well, friend.
December 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Oh goodness, thank you! <3 I hope you're doing well, friend.
Honored—it's a mashup record I made earlier this year. Free if you want it. alexreed.bandcamp.com/album/requie...
Requiem Mash II, by DJ Doktorvox
1 track album
alexreed.bandcamp.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Honored—it's a mashup record I made earlier this year. Free if you want it. alexreed.bandcamp.com/album/requie...
Riverful: a Live Recital of Depeche Mode, by Alex Reed
12 track album
alexreed.bandcamp.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
When I was doing my DM live show two years ago, when struck me again and again was how many distinct (and memorable) melodies went into their best songs. “Everything Counts” has, like, six alone.
October 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
When I was doing my DM live show two years ago, when struck me again and again was how many distinct (and memorable) melodies went into their best songs. “Everything Counts” has, like, six alone.
Hiya! Just sent you a DM about video stuff.
October 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Hiya! Just sent you a DM about video stuff.
Oh goodness. Do you have notes of what you said? I’d love to hear/read anything of this sort.
October 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Oh goodness. Do you have notes of what you said? I’d love to hear/read anything of this sort.
This Tom Johnson album is hot!
October 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This Tom Johnson album is hot!
Thanks! Hat = 0, Kick = 1, Snare = 2, and from there the catalogue is just counting eight slots in base 3, with slot 5 always set to 2.
October 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Thanks! Hat = 0, Kick = 1, Snare = 2, and from there the catalogue is just counting eight slots in base 3, with slot 5 always set to 2.