Endless Endless //
Endless Endless //
Adam’s first book studies the Elephant 6 Recording Company, untangling modern music’s biggest mystery and weaving together the massive influence the enigmatic collective had on how we make and consume music during the transformational period when CDs, fancy studios, and glossy magazines gave way to mp3s, home recordings, and music blogs.
A Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery
Endless Endless // Coverage & Interviews
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Sound Opinions
Episode 858The author speaks with hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot about the Elephant 6 collective and its lingering influence.
Bandsplain
“Neutral Milk Hotel”Host Yasi Salek and decorated music writer Mark Richardson discuss Neutral Milk Hotel in the context of original reporting from Endless Endless.
Big Table
“Adam Clair on the Elephant 6 Collective”The author chats with host J.C. Gabel about Endless Endless and why he spent more than a decade researching and reporting for the book.
Athens News Matters, WUGA
“What Happened to Athens Band Neutral Milk Hotel?”Alexia Ridley talks to the author about the story of the collective and why the topic still resonates locally.
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Flagpole
“Adam Clair Explores Imaginative Collective”Jessica Smith blends analysis of the book with an interview with the author on the book’s structure and style.
Look at My Records!
“Adam Clair, Author of Endless, Endless”Tom Gallo dives deep on process, inspiration, and musical and literary influences in a Q&A with the author.
Stereogum
“A New Book And Movie Explore What Made The Elephant 6 Recording Co. So Special”Chris Deville reviews Endless Endless and the concurrently released Elephant 6 documentary.
Study Hall
“‘Endless Endless’ and an Incessant Research Process”Adam chronicles how he conducted dozens of interviews over more than a decade and compiled them into an oral history.
Writing Samples
Vox
What AI in music can—and can’t—do
New AI music generators combine a variety of extant technologies behind a text interface, promising to imbue casuals with the gift of musical creation and streamline the process for accomplished musicians.
The Verge
Slimed: How slime oozed back into our lives
The resurgence is a nostalgic throwback to the '80s and '90s, slime’s golden era. From The Toxic Avenger and Ghostbusters franchises to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Nickelodeon, slime was a dominant visual trope 20 years ago. So, what’s behind its return?
Stereogum
Elephant 6 & Friends Reflect On The Legacy Of The Olivia Tremor Control’s Dusk At Cubist Castle
The Olivia Tremor Control were never a band that quite fit in, nor a band that wanted to. Commercial success was never a goal, and even though it nearly happened anyway, no one seems to harbor any regrets about missing out.
Real Life
I am listening to Coast to Coast AM tonight the way I usually do: on a long, lonely late-night drive home. I’m tired and alone, and the radio is on to keep me awake. The monolithic openness of the highway is perforated sparsely by taillights and winking brake lights. We all keep a respectful distance at this hour.
Vice
The Mysterious, Stubborn Appeal of Mass-Produced Fried Chicken
Except for vegetarians and perhaps the hyperlipidemic, fried chicken is beloved nearly universally. And that’s a universe that includes some pretty discriminating palates—many of whom seem to prefer Popeyes over anything else.
WHYY
Shooting star watch: How to stargaze the Perseid meteor shower
Dust and dirt melt out of the comet’s nucleus and hang in an orbital path. As these bits of debris enter the Earth’s atmosphere, they burn up. Though each is just the size of a grain of sand, burning 25 to 35 miles away, they create fantastic superheated streaks visible for a few seconds at a time.