Diary of Musical Thoughts

The title says it all.

Monday, April 20, 2026

Bruckner Symphony no. 6 DUEL -- Klemperer/New Philharmonia vs von Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker

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I am extremely proud of my ranking of  Sibelius Fifth Symphonies , but it was an exhausting post to write.  I had planned to turn it into a ...
Thursday, March 26, 2026

90's nostalgia

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I had a yen to hear Sonic Youth’s "Total Trash", which quickly spiraled into a YouTube-assembled playlist of late ’80s/early ’90s ...
Thursday, February 26, 2026

Various, "Tresor 4 -- Solid"

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As I alluded to a few weeks ago, I could keep this blog going indefinitely by revisiting and reevaluating CD's from the 90's. For in...
Sunday, February 08, 2026

Bob Marley, "Legend"

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I have been thinking a lot about a new format for this blog.  The correct choice seems to be taking the entire thing to a video format on YT...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Beach House are still amazing

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I will never catch up with contemporary music ever again, I am checked out on that front. I'm too far behind even with the music release...
Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Israel Philharmonic presents "Little Tchaikovsky", cond. Lahav Shani

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Every year, the Vienna Philharmonic presents a New Year's Day concert of light music based around Strauss-family waltzes and polkas.  Th...
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Another year without a list

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I used to obsess over my year-end lists, but now, I don't miss them in the least.  Non-listmaking friends and online acquaintances used ...
Thursday, December 11, 2025

Various, "A Tribute To Spacemen 3" (Rocket Girl)

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I don't know why I have never written about this album before, seeing as it influenced my buying habits for years afterward.  If memory...
Sunday, December 07, 2025

One Shot with Ed Sheeran

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Of course it’s an advertisement for his upcoming world tour, and yes, he surely got a boatload of money from Netflix for doing it. But set t...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Milli Vanilli -- Grammy revenge

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In 1991, Milli Vanilli became the first and still only act to be stripped of a Best New Artist Grammy.  Now, more than three decades later, ...
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