Diary of Musical Thoughts

There was no shortage of great music released in 2007, but it did seem like a weak year for memorable singles. It was the year of "Umb...

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2007 The list has been in the can for a week (since before December 15, naturally), it's this post that is embarrassing...

This is the time of year when the year-end lists start rolling in and curiosity gets the best of me. I start rushing around, desperately tr...

Idolator collected some reviews and a youtube vid from the Spice Girls' Vancouver show -- the first gig of their comeback tour and thei...

Daft Punk, "Alive 2007". Daft Punk decided to release "Live 2007" on its own as an audio recording, sans DVD. They cl...

Just reporting the news isn't enough anymore, you have to be sure to crack jokes as well. Since Idolator came on the scene one year ago,...

How wonderfully bizarre it was to start reading Mike McGonigal's contribution to the 33 1/3 book series and only a couple of days later...

The Bad: Ummmm ... the entire show, actually. The whole thing crept by like some never-ending joke that I -- and more importantly, the M...

I'm always writing about end-of-year lists (my lists, other people's lists, year-end polls ...) but I don't write much about exa...

1. NPR brings the goods ... I listened to the Animal Collective show today, and it was great to finally hear a quality sound recording of ...