Diary of Musical Thoughts

"So it all comes down to this: Bush vs Kerry for all the marbles. Standard electoral strategy suggests that a successful candidacy dep...

I didn't manage to get hooked by Idol's seventh season. Many times, I simply forgot to watch it (having to catch it on tape delay i...

First it was L'il Louis appearing "Science" (sort of), then came a review of a Spooky-edited collection of essays Sound Unboun...

A few nights ago, I was walking home from the train station at night, along a dimly-lit street with sidewalks covered by low-hanging tree br...

I am years behind on DVD purchases. Give me some time to catch up. I saw concerts on both of these tours, and the differences between the s...

These news items are all about a month old, but let's tackle them anyway: -- The full lineup for ">MUTEK 2008 is AWESOME, proba...

They went missing for ten years, and have returned as a completely different band. As it was with Tricky and his third album, they've r...

On one very memorable night in the fall of 2001, I listened to new albums by two groups, both of whom were inner-circle heroes of mine. Bot...

In Diana Dabby's short perspective entitled ">"Creating Musical Variation" , she cites L'il Louis' "Frenc...

Like many people, I'm sure, I delved into the music of NEU! this week as a reaction to Klaus Dinger's death, because death brings o...