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Mark Lint’s PEL Network Holiday Party 2020: Merry Chatting and Songs

December 24, 2020 by Mark Linsenmayer 1 Comment

Join the office party, where Mark holds mini conversations on philosophy, art, and life with all PEL and PMP co-hosts, plus Ken Stringfellow, Jenny Hansen, and the members of Mark Lint’s Dry Folk, whose 12 tunes are presented in succession with nary a partridge in sight. Will these 12 spirits turn you (or Mark) from errant ways? BYOB!

Partially Naked Self-Examination Music Blog: “Structure of a Tragedy”

May 11, 2020 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/Structure_of_Tragedy_5-8-20m.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:11 — 9.6MB)This is my first song written in quite a while, and the most essay-like. In case you wanted to actually read the essay, here it is: The structure of a tragedy is firm, and there will be no change You need some grievable lives, bigger than life, but still relatable Continue Reading …

PEL 10th Anniversary “Brave New World” Song

May 12, 2019 by Mark Linsenmayer 2 Comments

A new Mark Lint tune written specifically to air with our live show #215. Mark mainlines Ramones and chuffs out this ode to the PEL project.

“Just four white men, why four white men? ‘Cause that’s just how it happened back before 2010. And we’ve read a lot of texts. We’re still sticking out our necks, speaking off the cuff at length enough to have almost examined this…”

Mark Lint’s Dry Folk Album Now Available in All the Right Places

January 4, 2019 by Mark Linsenmayer 4 Comments

Hear new, shiny PEL music on Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple music, Amazon, or get the CD at our store.

PEL Music: Lucy Lawless Sings “The Other,” Plus “1984” and More (Earn a 1-on-1 with Mark)

November 18, 2018 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

Hear the new Mark Lint song featuring your favorite PEL guest on lead vocals. …And other witty and pleasurable tunes! Support the effort and earn a full hour chatting directly about philosophy with your practically human PEL host!

Support the Arts: First Mixes Done for the New Mark Lint Album!

October 24, 2018 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

Please wander over to patreon.com/marklint to help support the new album!

Partially Naked Self-Examination Music Blog: Dawning on Me

April 10, 2017 by Mark Linsenmayer 3 Comments

A new song from Mark, featuring The Posies’ Ken Stringfellow, and how it was inspired by the Nakedly Examined Music interview with Ken about Alex Chilton and the whole Big Star phenomenon.

Song Self-Exam (Pilot and How-To): “Write Me Off” by Mark Lint

March 5, 2016 by Mark Linsenmayer 5 Comments

As an accompaniment to the Nakedly Examined Music podcast, I’m launching a project to collect song explanations from our musician listeners: Song Self-Exams. This video explains how to do one of these and explains one of my songs relevant to the project of the new podcast. The point is to really listen, to open yourself to a work, not to treat it like a commodity.

Holiday Special 2015: Mark Lint’s “Songs from the Partially Examined Life” with Many Guest Greetings

December 24, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 3 Comments

Mark is joined by numerous previous guests to catch up and engage the musical part of PEL’s past episodes by introducing and playing the entirety of Mark Lint’s “Songs from the Partially Examined Life,” which you can own, along with the 2016 PEL wall calendar.

Mark on the Gig Gab Podcast

November 20, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 3 Comments

I got a chance to sit down and chat with my old bandmate Dave Hamilton to talk about my musical “career.” Listen to the episode. Also some news about my new album and a request for you to help me come up with artists that my stuff sounds like.

Partially Naked Self-Examination Music Blog: “Reason Enough”

November 1, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 1 Comment

A peppy, pretty Mark Lint song about how you shouldn’t kill yourself even if you’re basically a waste of space. About its cursed origins, and a quick very premature semi-announcement about a possible new PEL spinoff podcast about songwriting.

Partially Naked Self-Examination Music Blog: “The Past Is Not Real” and “I Insist”

August 22, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 3 Comments

A couple of new recordings: one dark, one-man band number written and recorded in just the last couple of days, and one peppy pop fiesta that came together over the last year. Also, some news on eventual album releases.

Partially Naked Self-Examination Music Blog: “Antigone”

June 7, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 4 Comments

A new theme song for our favorite proto-feminist martyr. Isn’t it hard enough just being your daddy’s brother? Please just work the system from within!

Partially Naked Self-Examination Music Blog: “Sleep”

May 24, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 1 Comment

A tune for the Freud episode to listen to late at night, in a recording where past and present meet. Plus, a recap of Mark’s music-completion efforts.

Partially Naked Self-Examination Music Blog: “Jesus Noise”

April 5, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 1 Comment

A newish song about blocking out religion. Very soothing!

Partially Naked Self-Examination Music Blog: The Default Relation

March 2, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 1 Comment

A fake country song for our Gadamer episode with a lot of swearing in it. Enjoy!

Partially Naked Self-Examination Music Blog: Run Away

February 1, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 2 Comments

The definitive version of an acoustic tune written in 1987, completed for our Whitehead episode. With oboe and ukulele!

Partially Naked Self-Examination Music Blog: “Stoobis in the Sky”

January 1, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 2 Comments

A song about grief… but need it aim to be merely beautiful, or sublime (in Burke’s sense) as well?

Musical Anarchists Wanted Immediately: 12 Interminable Days of Xmas Project

December 12, 2014 by Mark Linsenmayer 3 Comments

One-man-band recording types needed to help record the longest Xmas song ever as a musical affront to all those persons and institutions that richly deserve it. Artists also needed to help with images for the video: contact Mark now if you want to get in on it!

Partially Naked Self-Examination Music Blog: “Point of Confusion”

December 2, 2014 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

The song from the end of #106, about a comfortable, stable state of indecision, featuring plentiful keyboards by Swedish listener Daniel Gustafsson.

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