EC1: The Faint "Danse Macabre" & Nurses "Dracula" w/ Ced

<p class="p1">Purchase album picks on Bandcamp: <a href='https://thefaint.bandcamp.com/album/danse-macabre-deluxe-edition-remastered'>https://thefaint.bandcamp.com/album/danse-macabre-deluxe-edition-remastered</a> </p> <p class="p1"><a href='https://nurses.bandcamp.com/album/dracula'>https://nurses.bandcamp.com/album/dracula</a> </p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p3">Nurses’ 2017 follow-up is on Bandcamp on a “name your price” basis and should be owned by everyone w/ the faintest interest in experimental, electronic pop music or edgy music in general:  <a href='https://nurses.bandcamp.com/album/naughtland'>https://nurses.bandcamp.com/album/naughtland</a>    .  The music video for the “single” from the album, “Fortress”, is excellent, involving a Portland queer art collective:  <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq2zcdjA7Ps'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq2zcdjA7Ps</a> </p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p3">Structure:  Ced’s thoughts on “Danse Macabre” (up to 2:36); Songs versus albums, owning versus streaming (2:36-4:10); Ced’s consideration of song themes & genre on “Danse Macabre” and an explanation of the appeal of the controversial “Agenda Suicide” & his legal background/rejection of capitalism (4:10-8:37); Does dance music age well?  Ced’s nostalgia & general taste in music (8:37-10:30); The possibility of dying before 40 & how “successful” are The Faint as a band? Oberlin memories & Beach House connection.  Ced the indie rock partisan was there before the bands hit the big time.  Recommending music to friends & loved ones.  Selling out as a hipster concern  (10:30-19:14).  Black and dark but not goth.  Electronic dance punk as a style of music w/ consideration of imitators & “derivative” sounds.  Cel’s current musical interests & uses for music, his appreciation of Spotify, and his intensity.  (19:14-24:40)  Side projects of The Faint & Wolf Parade, thoughts on the discography (or at least other favorite songs).  Leaving it to Spotify & what makes a good or bad song, thoughts on very popular m