Diary of Musical Thoughts

I was taken aback by the level of hostility toward Dan Brooks' recent article  in the NYT Magazine, entitled "Streaming Music Has L...

In 1990, Gez Varley and Mark Bell aka LFO released their eponymous debut single .  If they'd both retired from music after that, they...

These ballots have gotten more and more interesting for me over the years, as the music I grew up with (as opposed to the music my parents...

This is completely unrelated to my "40 for 40" btw ... This is a tremendous  writeup of Britney's debut single from the UK ...

I've decided to cut this song from my "40 for 40" list. My serious dance/club music fandom began in earnest in '89-...

The release of a new U2 album for free to 500 million iTunes users has become arguably the biggest music story of the year.  I'm surpris...

Earlier this year, I read the Pitchfork 500 book from cover to cover.  The format is a bit exhausting -- five hundred blurbs of 100-150 wo...

"Some of them in the name of national self determination founded their own mixes", 75 min I've been sitting on this mix fo...

Bob Dylan's "Bootleg Series" albums have been huge hits with fans because they allow them to take a peek behind the curtain, o...

The title is rather self-descriptive, and call me crazy, but this is my favourite bit of music criticism of the year thus far.  Kudos to Da...