LD Beghtol
LD Beghtol | |
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Beghtol & friend, 2009. Photo: Holly McDade. | |
Background information |
LD Beghtol (born 1964, Fort Campbell, Kentucky) is an American musician, art director and writer. He is best known for participating in The Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs.[1]
He is a founding member of the band Flare—aka Flare Acoustic Arts League[2]—and the death-pop outfit LD & the New Criticism, and was also in the collective moth wranglers.[3]
In 2012 Beghtol formed LD&CO, with Scott Sosebee (Little Red Rocket) and others to record and play live; their debut single “Morgantown” was mixed by Kramer, but remains unrelease.
Beghtol has served as designer/art director for The Village Voice,[4] Travel Holiday, Outdoor Life and other publications; since 2010 he has worked in advertising.
He is also known for his writing about popular culture for Time Out,[5] The Memphis Flyer, The Advocate, The Oxford American[6] and Gail O'Hara's fanzine chickfactor.
References
- ↑ . He wrote 69 love songs: a field guide, listed as part of the 33⅓ series, Continuum, 2006, ISBN 978-0-8264-1925-5
- ↑ http://www.ink19.com/issues/september2009/musicReviews/flareAcousticArts.html
- ↑ http://www.thefader.com/2005/04/12/kings-of-the-boudoir/
- ↑ http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-01-08/music/resident-alien-klaus-nomi-is-back-from-outer-space-25-years-after-his-death-with-a-wondrous-new-disc/
- ↑ http://www.tigerlillies.com/2003/index.php?main=news&id=27
- ↑ http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/authors/beghtol-ld/articles/
External links
- Test Listen: LD Beghtol's 'AKA Paradise'
- "Flare: an interview with LD Beghtol by Matt Dornan", Comes with a Smile
- Book review at gawker.com
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