Eric Ducker

Eric Ducker appears in the following:

Thank God For Drugs And Drums: El-P Revisits His Solo Debut

Friday, May 15, 2020

Fantastic Damage, released a decade before Run the Jewels even existed, is finally streaming. The rapper-producer says the hold-up wasn't a rights issue, but a fear of looking back.

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Music For Plants Is Real (Even If The Science Isn't)

Friday, June 21, 2019

The bestselling 1970s book The Secret Life of Plants has been effectively debunked — but that hasn't stopped Stevie Wonder, Solange and scores of ambient musicians from chasing its leafy muse.

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This Was It: Inside The Whirlwind That Was The NYC Rock Revival

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Author Lizzy Goodman talks about living through — and revisiting — the explosive rock scene in New York during the early 21st century to write her oral history, Meet Me In The Bathroom.

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A Rational Conversation: Rembert Browne On Music In 2015, Even During The Hard Times

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

"A Rational Conversation" is a column by writer Eric Ducker in which he gets on instant messenger or the phone with a special guest to examine a music-related subject that's entered the pop culture consciousness.

With another year down the drain, now comes the inevitable need to try ...

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A Rational Conversation: Sadie Dupuis Of Speedy Ortiz Looks Back On Music In 2015

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

"A Rational Conversation" is a column by writer Eric Ducker in which he gets on instant messenger or the phone with a special guest to examine a music-related subject that's entered the pop culture consciousness.

With another year down the drain, now comes the inevitable need to try ...

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A Rational Conversation: Passing Judgment On Music In 2015 With So Sad Today

Monday, December 28, 2015

"A Rational Conversation" is a column by writer Eric Ducker in which he gets on instant messenger or the phone with a special guest to examine a music-related subject that's entered the pop culture consciousness.

With another year down the drain, now comes the inevitable need to try ...

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A Rational Conversation: Jack White's Third Man Records Returns To Detroit

Sunday, December 20, 2015

"A Rational Conversation" is a column by writer Eric Ducker in which he gets on instant messenger or the phone with a special guest to examine a music-related subject that's entered the pop culture consciousness.

Third Man Records, the company owned by Jack White, recently ...

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A Rational Conversation: How Do You Convince Kids To Listen To Vinyl?

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

"A Rational Conversation" is a column by writer Eric Ducker in which he gets on the phone or instant messenger or whatever with a special guest to examine a music-related subject that's entered the pop culture consciousness.

Earlier this month, Light in the Attic released This Record Belongs ...

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A Rational Conversation: Do We Need New Old Soul Music?

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

"A Rational Conversation" is a column by writer Eric Ducker in which he gets on instant messenger or the phone with a special guest to examine a music-related subject that's entered the pop-culture consciousness.

This summer, Leon Bridges released Coming Home, his debut album. Interest around the Texas ...

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A Rational Conversation: Does Anybody Even Have Time For An 80-Minute Album?

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

"A Rational Conversation" is a column by writer Eric Ducker in which he gets on instant messenger or the phone with a special guest to examine a music-related subject that's entered the pop culture consciousness.

Though the death of the album format has been talked up ever since ...

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A Rational Conversation: Are B-Sides For Die Hards, Or Everybody?

Friday, June 19, 2015

"A Rational Conversation" is a column by writer Eric Ducker in which he gets on the phone or instant messenger with a special guest to examine a music-related subject that's entered the pop culture consciousness.

Last month Jay Z performed two intimate concerts in ...

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DJ Quik X Spoon, 'Inside Out' Remix

Friday, May 29, 2015

On a Monday night, behind the door of one of Burbank's unmarked and windowless storefront recording studios, DJ Quik was finishing his first remix in over a decade. Standing at the Little Big Room's 64-track mixing board, he eased into the finessing stage of his work on "

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'Has It Come To This?': A Rational Conversation About Music In Museums

Monday, May 04, 2015

"A Rational Conversation" is a column by writer Eric Ducker in which he gets on the phone or instant messenger with a special guest to examine a music-related subject that's entered the pop culture consciousness.

When the Museum of Modern Art in New York opened

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A Rational Conversation With Mac McCaughan And Waxahatchee

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

"A Rational Conversation" is a column by writer Eric Ducker in which he gets on the phone or instant messenger with a special guest to examine a music-related subject that's entered the pop culture consciousness.

Last week Waxahatchee, the project of Alabama-born musician Katie Crutchfield, ...

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A Rational Conversation: Colleen Green And Going Hi(gher)-Fi In 2015

Thursday, March 19, 2015

"A Rational Conversation" is a column by writer Eric Ducker in which he gets on instant messenger or the phone with a special guest to examine a music-related subject that's entered the pop culture consciousness.

Last month, Los Angeles-based musician Colleen Green put out the album ...

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A Rational Conversation: Is EDM Easy Listening Now?

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

"A Rational Conversation" is a column by writer Eric Ducker in which he gets on instant messenger or the phone with a special guest to examine a music-related subject that's entered the pop culture consciousness.

When the catchall term EDM (that would be "Electronic Dance Music," if you ...

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A Rational Conversation: Neal Brennan On What The Hell Happened This Year

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

"A Rational Conversation" is a column by writer Eric Ducker in which he gets on instant messenger or the phone with a special guest to examine a music-related subject that's entered the pop culture consciousness.

To cut to the bone of music in 2014, Ducker got on the ...

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A Rational Conversation: 2014 Through The Eyes Of A Choreographer

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

"A Rational Conversation" is a column by writer Eric Ducker in which he gets on instant messenger or the phone with a special guest to examine a music-related subject that's entered the pop culture consciousness.

To help him wrap his head around music in 2014, Ducker chatted with ...

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A Rational Conversation: Can The Delayed Album Curse Be Lifted?

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

"A Rational Conversation" is a column by writer Eric Ducker in which he gets on instant messenger or the phone with a special guest to examine a music-related subject that's entered the pop culture consciousness.

Flashing back to 2012, Harlem-raised rapper and singer Azealia Banks was riding high ...

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A Rational Conversation: The 20-Year-Old Album That's MF DOOM's Missing Link

Thursday, November 06, 2014

"A Rational Conversation" is a column by writer Eric Ducker in which he gets on instant messenger or the phone with a special guest to examine a music-related subject that's entered the pop culture consciousness.

In May of 1994, KMD were supposed to release their second album, ...

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