Diary of Musical Thoughts

"Each stage of a Lyot mix is one half the size of the preceding stage" (63 minutes) I've been meaning to record something si...

Around 1994 (my memories are fuzzy), Frankie Goes to Hollywood released a greatest hits collection and the Smiths released or rereleased som...

Both of these bands received Album of the Year "honours" from me (Mogwai '99, Xiu Xiu '04), stayed on a hot streak for a f...

I'll be skipping over the majority of the approximately 2543 performances from the show and will write about only the most interesting ...

About two thirds of the way into his nearly two hour set, Shlomi Shabat started receding into the background, in danger of becoming a mere g...

"The Outer Space Science mix with cooing French Lyrics"  -- 114 minutes It had been a while since I'd done a mix like this o...

So it was yet another dominating win for Kanye West, tying him with Bob Dylan for the most number one albums in the history of the poll.  Wh...

I suppose it's obvious that I enjoy watching music-themed reality TV shows.  I play armchair judge, criticize song choices, and theorize...

"The irony-emphasizing quotation marks underline the mix's futility" - 107 minutes. For my last post of the year, here is my...

I think I crossed a threshold this year where I now enjoy listening to podcasts more than going out to dance in the actual clubs.  Maybe it...