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Who’s In Command Here, Soldier?

David Biddle — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:49:00 +0000

Finally, the two soldiers in the trench decide to call on The Roach, who is the most badass character in the movie.

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The Psychology of Song

David Biddle — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 19:38:11 +0000

Few things in global culture draw people together so obviously as music (and its close cousin, dance). We’ve gone banana-split crazy during the past six or seven decades for everyone from The Fab 4, MJ, Queen Bey, Bruce, Tay-Tay, The King, Adele, and that guy who coined the very term “Let’s go crazy,” Prince Rogers Nelson…totally freakin’ crazy

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Deep-Fried America Dispatches

David Biddle — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:27:36 +0000

The point is that I learned that I could feel music everywhere in my body all at once that night. Something very special had occurred.

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The Most Perfect Song Ever

David Biddle — Mon, 11 May 2026 16:18:51 +0000

Dare I write this? Maybe this is mostly an exploration of an idea. I know unequivocally what I personally find to be the most perfect song I’ve ever heard. You may say I’m full of shit. I can’t argue with that. No doubt there are hundreds if not thousands of perfectly perfect songs. It’s just […]

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Definitive Edition of “Sound Effect Infinity” to Release May 5

David Biddle — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:51:41 +0000

I say this all the time, I hope some folks understand: if you are a music person, this book is for you. Also, if you know music people, especially those who love rock and electric blues, this is a perfect gift for them.

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Not the Marriage Plot: On Men Reading Novels in the 21st Century

davidbiddle — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:04:42 +0000

As any idiot male with two-thirds of a brain knows, emotional complexity is the very basis from which we each operate every day. Even the fathers of my generation have gotten around to understanding the reality of emotional complexity. There's a bathtub full of stories to be told about that complexity.

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Is the Book World Done with Science Fiction?

davidbiddle — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:04:00 +0000

What I do want to suggest, though, is that science fiction as a category needs to be a protected realm. So does fantasy.

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The Effect of Amplified Sound

David Biddle — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:13:12 +0000

The record companies back then understood they could only partially make the call about what would work and what wouldn't. Artists ruled. So did their listeners.

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Sound Effect Infinity: early adopter special edition

David Biddle — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 21:09:00 +0000

This will likely be the only hardcover version ever published. It contains an extended preface explaining the journey the decades long journey the book took to get to this point.

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A Brief Scene from “Sound Effect Infinity”

David Biddle — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:56:22 +0000

My novel, Sound Effect Infinity, is available exclusively, for now, through Amazon as a hardcover edition. We were busy prepping it for print-on-demand publishing by Flat Branch Press over the first two months of 2026. Dropping a brief passage below, and not from the early sections of the book either. Deep in. You won’t likely […]

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