Diary of Musical Thoughts

Twenty years ago,  used to drop $25-$30 on nearly every imported CD I bought.  Earlier this month, I paid about $30 for fifteen CD's.  ...

In the past couple of weeks, as the rockism vs poptimism debates heated up in print and on the internet, the National somehow became the pos...

This might be the definitive "for fans only" documentary -- essential for fans of Slint and "Spiderland", confusing and ...

Andre 3000 summed it up perfectly when their 90-minute set was abruptly cut off due to curfew -- this was "kind of weird".  Yes, h...

Great article in Billboard about the competition between Apple and iTunes on one side, and the double threat of streaming services and Goog...

I never get tired of reading first hand accounts of life in Berlin during the Cold War. But the only thing shocking or revelatory about t...

NPR's Ann Powers posted a commentary about Lady Gaga's interview at SXSW.  It's a bit cynical and pessimistic, but she makes a ...

Leftfield, experimental house looks to be peaking right now.  It's a catch-all term that means different things to different people and ...

I finally saw this Magnetic Fields documentary that was released a little over three years ago.  The reviews were generally quite positive, ...

"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...