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Zach Barocas, Diasporist Diarist

I’m Zach Barocas. I’m a drummer (I play Ludwig Drums), sometime poet (though not lately — see below for links), a publisher, a somewhat cranky cinephile, an amateur photographer, and a stationery shop owner in Brooklyn, New York City.

Measure Twice

Kimberley’s and my
stationery shop.

Poetry

The Cultural Society (2001-present)

Among Other Things (2005)

Looking Up (2010)

drumming

  • Press
  • New Freedom Sound
  • Jawbox
  • BELLS≥
  • Camorra
  • The Up On In
  • E. Fowlkes Sextet
  • Bright Christ
  • Drew O’Doherty
  • Imaginary Johnny

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Mostly Mornings

A tumblr blog of photographs spanning several years, taken mostly and eventually only in the morning, and eventually mostly from the same position of the same tree. I abandoned the project in 2018.

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Tag: united kingdom

Inspiration: Who I Was

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Wildbirds & Peacedrums, “Who I Was,” Rhythm, 2014.
http://www.zachbarocas.com/audio/10WhoIWas.mp3

Posted on June 9, 2015July 15, 2016Categories listening, musicTags inspiration, inspiring beats, inspiring rhythms, united kingdom, wildbirds & peacedrums

Fundamental: Dreaming in Metaphors

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Seal, “Dreaming in Metaphors,” Seal, 1994 (Andy Newmark: drums).
http://zachbarocas.com/audio/03-DreamingInMetaphors.mp3

Posted on February 28, 2014August 15, 2016Categories listening, musicTags drumming, fundamental, inspiring rhythms, united kingdom, united states

Fundamental: Talk Talk

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Talk Talk, “Ascension Day,” Laughing Stock, 1991 (Lee Harris: drums).
http://zachbarocas.com/audio/02AscensionDay.mp3

Posted on February 27, 2014July 15, 2016Categories listening, musicTags drumming, fundamental, inspiring rhythms, united kingdom

Fundamental: Peter Gabriel

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Peter Gabriel, “The Rhythm of the Heat,” Security, 1982 (Jerry Marotta: drums, percussion).
http://zachbarocas.com/audio/01TheRhythmOfTheHeat.mp3

Posted on February 26, 2014July 15, 2016Categories listening, musicTags drumming, fundamental, inspiring rhythms, united kingdom, united states

Fundamental: Gang of Four

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Gang of Four, “Paralysed,” Solid Gold, 1981 (Hugo Burnham: drums).
http://zachbarocas.com/audio/01Paralysed.mp3

Posted on February 26, 2014July 15, 2016Categories listening, musicTags drumming, fundamental, inspiring rhythms, united kingdom

Inspiration: Horizontal Hold

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This Heat, “Horizontal Hold,” This Heat, 1979.
http://zachbarocas.com/audio/02HorizontalHold.mp3

Posted on November 28, 2012July 15, 2016Categories listening, musicTags inspiration, not punk, punk, united kingdom

Inspiration: Here Comes the Flood

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Peter Gabriel, “Here Comes the Flood,” Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats, 1990.
http://zachbarocas.com/audio/09HereComesTheFlood.mp3

Posted on October 30, 2012July 15, 2016Categories listening, musicTags inspiration, peter gabriel, united kingdom

Inspiration: Here Comes the Flood

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Peter Gabriel, “Here Comes the Flood,” from Robert Fripp’s Exposure, 1979.
http://zachbarocas.com/audio/15RobertFripp-Herecomestheflood.mp3

Posted on October 30, 2012July 15, 2016Categories listening, musicTags frippertronics, inspiration, united kingdom

Inspiration: Here Comes the Flood

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Peter Gabriel, “Here Comes the Flood,” Peter Gabriel, 1977.
http://zachbarocas.com/audio/PeterGabriel-09-HereComestheFlood.mp3

Posted on October 30, 2012July 15, 2016Categories listening, musicTags inspiration, peter gabriel, united kingdom

Inspiration: The Colour of Spring

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Mark Hollis, “The Colour of Spring,” Mark Hollis, 1998/2011.
http://zachbarocas.com/audio/01TheColourofSpring.mp3

Posted on September 22, 2012July 15, 2016Categories listening, musicTags inspiration, mark hollis, united kingdom

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