Diary of Musical Thoughts

A typically great year for mixes ... mixes never go into a slump!  As in past years, the list is unranked and presented in chronological ord...

This year my tastes fell way out of step with the hype surrounding the most talked about electronic music , and I couldn't quite put my ...

"On the second day of the convention the mix announced it was taking a $68 million quarterly loss" - 66 minutes Inspired by a fe...

I won't remember 2015 as a great year for new music, and in a few years time I doubt I'll rank any albums from this year among my al...

I pretty much lost my head when I came across this album in the Berkeley Amoeba, for I had no idea it was in the works and didn't know t...

New Order have released three albums in the past twenty years ("Lost Sirens" doesn't count).  Since breaking up for all inten...

U2 have become a very small subplot in the follow up to the attacks in Paris.  They are nearing the end of their tour and their Paris conce...

It was only after getting caught up in the sandstorm of publicity surrounding the release of "Hello" that I learned that "21...

Long flights are a great chance for catching up on recent movies -- especially music-related ones! This short commentary about the DVD...

For me there has always been something sterile about NPR that I could never quite put my finger on.  It's one thing when a "public...