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Mildly informed medium-hot takes on music and music theory.
“You have not yet seen my final form” would make some pretty good last words.
December 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
“You have not yet seen my final form” would make some pretty good last words.
Serving Suggestion #9
November 15, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Serving Suggestion #9
Lightning Strikes by Lou Christie: wtf is up with that guitar solo?
November 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Lightning Strikes by Lou Christie: wtf is up with that guitar solo?
Serving Suggestion #8
November 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Serving Suggestion #8
Spotify sucks: there’s only 2 Rimsky-Korsakov tunes. Flight of The Bumblebee and one movement from Scheherazade.
October 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Spotify sucks: there’s only 2 Rimsky-Korsakov tunes. Flight of The Bumblebee and one movement from Scheherazade.
Serving Suggestion #7
October 17, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Serving Suggestion #7
Serving Suggestion #6
October 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Serving Suggestion #6
Reached a new first in the generational divide between me and my kids, where I prefer Days Go By and they like Sandstorm.
They call it robot music
They call it robot music
September 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Reached a new first in the generational divide between me and my kids, where I prefer Days Go By and they like Sandstorm.
They call it robot music
They call it robot music
I just identified Ravi Shankar playing the main theme from Improvisations On Pather Panchali by ear, after not hearing for about 20 years and I see that as a sign my brain still works.
September 21, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I just identified Ravi Shankar playing the main theme from Improvisations On Pather Panchali by ear, after not hearing for about 20 years and I see that as a sign my brain still works.
Serving suggestion #5
September 20, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Serving suggestion #5
Serving suggestion #4
September 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Serving suggestion #3
September 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Serving suggestion #3
My phone just had a weird loading error due to my adblocker, and this is all I can see
August 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
My phone just had a weird loading error due to my adblocker, and this is all I can see
Serving suggestion #2
August 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Serving suggestion #1
August 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Serving suggestion #1
People hired to sing jingles and TV theme songs are a different breed.
July 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
People hired to sing jingles and TV theme songs are a different breed.
I listen to a lot of challenging music, some of which my family doesn’t allow me to play because it’s so annoying. I met my match yesterday: The Chipmunks.
July 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I listen to a lot of challenging music, some of which my family doesn’t allow me to play because it’s so annoying. I met my match yesterday: The Chipmunks.
I wonder if musicians and other sound artists consider how invasive their art is. With visual art, you can just close your eyes. With sound it takes a bunch of gear to block it out. Puts a lot of responsibility on the artist.
June 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I wonder if musicians and other sound artists consider how invasive their art is. With visual art, you can just close your eyes. With sound it takes a bunch of gear to block it out. Puts a lot of responsibility on the artist.
So of course I just went right in to watching Rogue One
May 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
So of course I just went right in to watching Rogue One
You haven’t lived until you’ve given Louis Prima a listen. For the uninitiated I suggest Yes We Have No Bananas or Just A Gigolo
May 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
You haven’t lived until you’ve given Louis Prima a listen. For the uninitiated I suggest Yes We Have No Bananas or Just A Gigolo
If I needed a drummer for death metal, I would just want them to play Wipeout by The Ventures, but on kick drum.
April 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
If I needed a drummer for death metal, I would just want them to play Wipeout by The Ventures, but on kick drum.
I would like to not hear “Sabotage” for 5 years. Thanks
April 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I would like to not hear “Sabotage” for 5 years. Thanks
Not looking forward to seeing who’s going to be Crispus Attucks this time around.
February 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Not looking forward to seeing who’s going to be Crispus Attucks this time around.
What if all the Attenborough nature docs are actually sequels of The Invisible Man, and he’s on screen the entire time.
February 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
What if all the Attenborough nature docs are actually sequels of The Invisible Man, and he’s on screen the entire time.