Archive - Deconstruction: Portrait of a Quiet Masterpiece

Part 6: Upon Relistening

Looking back at something whose gaze was aimed ahead

Feb 20, 2022 •

Aaron Gilbreath

Part 5: Art for Sale

Commerce makes things messy

Feb 19, 2022 •

Aaron Gilbreath

Part 4: The Album

Deconstruction deconstructed, song by song

Feb 18, 2022 •

Aaron Gilbreath

Part 3: Four Epiphanies at Once

Making shit up as they go

Feb 17, 2022 •

Aaron Gilbreath

Part 2: Getting Signed

The band finds the record label who appreciates who they are enough to let them do whatever they want to do

Feb 16, 2022 •

Aaron Gilbreath

Part 1: The Hypnosis of the Drone

This is how you make art after your famous band breaks up

Feb 15, 2022 •

Aaron Gilbreath

December 2021

Introduction: A whole music series about an album that came out in 1994 by a band who never performed or recorded again?

Dec 11, 2021 •

Aaron Gilbreath

September 2021

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This is “Deconstruction: Portrait of a Quiet Masterpiece,” a book-length limited series about how Eric Avery and Dave Navarro made music after their…

Sep 11, 2021 •

Aaron Gilbreath

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