All blog posts:

1. So long, OneDrive!
   April 18 2025 technology enshittification, microsoft
2. Announcing my new web site: Resources for Jazz Guitar.
   October 18 2024 music jazz, jazz-guitar
3. Resources for Jazz Guitar: three octave runs
   February 1 2023 music altered, diminished, jazz, jazz-guitar, lydian-dominant, music-theory, whole-tone, musictheory
4. Resources For Composers: Violin Pedagogy
   July 30 2022 music pedagogy, violin, musictheory
5. New Fiction From Writer Nora Maynard
   January 11 2022 arts fiction, writing
6. Fun With Triad Cycles
   May 27 2021 music cycles, triads
7. The next note is never more than a whole-tone away
   May 11 2021 music musictheory
8. A fun way to derive the melodic minor scale
   April 12 2021 music melodicminor, musictheory, wholetone
9. The “Minor 6/9 Shape” Harmonized
   April 9 2021 music musictheory
10. A few tidbits on the melodic minor
    March 6 2021 music musictheory
11. Tidbit: Locally Diatonic Scales
    February 15 2021 music musictheory
12. Tritone Fun Facts, Part One
    April 6 2020 music musictheory
13. A busy week in jazz, and writing!
    October 16 2019 music
14. Altered Scale Minor 3rd Transpositions
    April 22 2019 music altered-scale, diminished-scale, jazz-theory, octatonic-scale
15. Quartal Harmony: Tetrachords
    July 20 2018 music altered-scale, diminished-scale, jazz, jazz-theory, octatonic-scale, quartal-harmony
16. Quartal Harmony: Trichords
    July 19 2018 music altered-scale, diminished-scale, jazz, jazz-theory, octatonic-scale, quartal-harmony
17. Quartal Harmony: Dyads
    July 18 2018 music jazztheory, musictheory, quartal, harmony, jazz
18. A Mode For Every Day Of The Year
    July 16 2018 music modes, musictheory, practiceroutine, jazz
19. A Glass-Steagall Act For Journalism
    June 25 2018 news democracy, journalism, trumpcrisis
20. NEUROLOGICALLY DIVERGENT - A Dramatic Recitiation
    April 24 2018 music hip-hop, musicgenres, pulitzerprize
21. Early Beethoven
    April 16 2018 music beethoven, beethoven-listen-project, classical-music
22. Was Brahms Quoting Beethoven?
    February 24 2018 music beethoven, beethoven-listen-project, brahms
23. Beethoven Listening Project
    January 6 2018 music beethoven, beethoven-listen-project, classical-music
24. Dear Damien Chazelle
    April 22 2017 film music
25. Mondestrunken
    March 4 2017 film music
26. Drop-2 Chord Fun Facts
    July 7 2013 music
27. Site cleanup
    October 16 2011 news
28. On Claude Vivier's Zipangu
    October 16 2011 music
29. Nawlins Sazerac tour
    July 23 2010 travel
30. realtime review: quantum of solace
    May 1 2010 film
31. fun with time's arrow
    April 25 2010 etc
32. which is more outmoded?
    April 24 2010 technology
33. How You Like Me Now?
    January 30 2010 music
34. cyberkrunk labs
    January 29 2010 technology music
35. lifecycles
    January 28 2010 arts writing
36. The Coolin
    April 26 2008 etc
37. On first looking into the Flatiron Lounge
    April 26 2008 etc
38. La vie en road
    April 10 2008 travel
39. An unlikely turn of events
    March 8 2008 music
40. More Like This
    February 24 2008 music
41. 3:10 to Yuma
    January 12 2008 film
42. In case you need some cheering up...
    December 3 2007 music
43. Notes on the new Home Theatre
    November 11 2007 technology
44. Race Day!
    November 4 2007 etc
45. Sex Pistols on Ferguson
    November 1 2007 music
46. Sex Pistols on Leno
    October 31 2007 music
47. Hey, they stole my iPod!
    October 26 2007 travel
48. Hey, they broke my watch!
    September 16 2007 film
49. Speaking of Philip K. Dick
    August 19 2007 etc
50. Are Dream Jokes Real?
    July 3 2007 etc
51. Sometimes I Just Think Funny Things
    July 2 2007 etc
52. Lightning Struck Itself: Television at SummerStage
    June 17 2007 music
53. Lines of the Millennium
    June 1 2007 music
54. Whole lotta Hadrons
    May 15 2007 technology
55. Back to Stem Cells
    May 14 2007 etc
56. Hey Nagel--not done with you yet!
    May 12 2007 etc
57. Nagel on Realism
    April 29 2007 etc
58. New DAWg
    April 28 2007 music
59. Today's Meme
    April 22 2007 etc
60. ex tenebris
    April 21 2007 music
61. Celluloid Potty
    March 11 2007 film
62. Seen this weekend
    February 11 2007 etc
63. In which I go to Best Buy and get a bunch of CDs
    February 3 2007 music
64. Bits 'n pieces
    January 28 2007 etc film, travel
65. I'm IT!
    January 19 2007 etc
66. To Daffodils
    January 18 2007 etc
67. Greed and Wickedness
    January 15 2007 film travel
68. Harlem Saturday Night
    January 14 2007 music
69. Some RSS Evangelism
    January 13 2007 technology web
70. Billsers
    January 13 2007 etc
71. Marion's Gastrointestinal
    January 7 2007 etc
72. What's up with the blog, anyway?
    January 6 2007 etc
73. Post post post punk
    December 29 2006 music
74. whither funky?
    December 27 2006 music
75. Rye, Robot
    December 27 2006 etc
76. Speaking of mind/body
    December 13 2006 etc
77. i, six non-blogs
    December 9 2006 etc
78. Sirenspotting
    December 5 2006 etc
79. About the new tunes
    October 5 2006 music
80. In a station of the metro
    October 2 2006 etc
81. A la recherche du vinyle perdu
    October 1 2006 music technology
82. One-upping the Dionnes
    September 24 2006 film preston-sturges, screwball-comedy
83. Borat
    September 24 2006 film
84. John Scofield Trio at the Blue Note
    September 17 2006 music
85. 2005 Movie Capsule Reviews
    September 3 2006 film
86. Keep on Rockin' in the AARP World
    September 2 2006 music
87. The Second Great Quintet
    July 1 2006 music jazz
88. New York: HSH
    June 25 2006 travel nyc, music
89. Paris blogging: victoire a vendredi
    June 23 2006 travel paris
90. Roma blogging: mercoledi -- cena, or "Trampin-in-Trastavere"
    June 22 2006 travel rome
91. Roma blogging: martedi -- cena
    June 22 2006 travel rome
92. Roma blogging: mercoledi -- pranzo
    June 21 2006 travel rome
93. Paris Blogging: Samedi -- Marchons!
    June 18 2006 travel paris
94. Paris Blogging: Vendredi
    June 17 2006 travel paris
95. Paris Blogging: Jeudi Part Deux
    June 17 2006 travel paris
96. Paris Blogging: Bagatelle
    June 17 2006 travel paris
97. Paris Blogging: Mercredi
    June 15 2006 travel paris
98. Paris Blogging: Jeudi
    June 15 2006 travel paris
99. Paris Blogging: Mardi
    June 14 2006 travel paris
100. New York: Double Happiness
     June 11 2006 etc new-york
101. Mallecontent
     June 11 2006 film
102. iGarbage
     June 7 2006 music technology
103. Roma blogging: martedi -- pranza
     June 6 2006 travel rome
104. Roma blogging: giovedi. Ciao, Roma!
     June 6 2006 travel rome, wine
105. Paris blogging: vendredi encore
     June 6 2006 travel paris
106. Intermezzo
     June 6 2006 travel new-york, paris, rome
107. Little Stephen
     April 30 2006 etc
108. To the editors of the New Yorker
     April 22 2006 etc
109. Let's Get Fooled Again!
     April 16 2006 etc politics
110. Paris: Les Grèves
     April 8 2006 etc
111. It's all a popularity contest
     April 6 2006 etc
112. Two Coyote Stories
     April 1 2006 etc
113. A Living Legend
     March 26 2006 music
114. More good things from Austria
     March 25 2006 etc
115. Two neo-noirs from unlikely sources
     March 18 2006 film
116. Ignorance and certainty
     March 18 2006 etc
117. Stonewalled again, or Erin go brouhaha
     March 17 2006 etc new-york
118. Demics Rule!
     March 17 2006 music
119. Lars von Trier
     March 12 2006 film
120. The L-train word
     March 11 2006 music new-york
121. Clickradio back in the news
     March 8 2006 news music, technology
122. Heart of Gold
     March 4 2006 film music
123. Critical listening
     March 4 2006 music technology
124. A request from Bay Street
     March 4 2006 music
125. Is Bert Evil?
     March 3 2006 etc
126. When the levee breaks
     March 2 2006 etc
127. Dubya, Dubai and the 1993 WTC bombing
     February 26 2006 etc politics
128. Sedrick: Hell Yeah!
     February 20 2006 music
129. Theatre Review: Jazzabel
     February 19 2006 arts jazz, music
130. New York: Sunday Blizzard Blogging
     February 13 2006 etc nyc
131. Coffee Tawk: No Big Whoop
     February 13 2006 etc
132. Things, Alex
     January 29 2006 etc
133. N.A.M. goes a-blogging
     January 24 2006 etc
134. New York: West 27th? And Where?
     January 8 2006 etc nyc
135. Two movie picks: guard your wallet!
     December 31 2005 film
136. Smokin' on the UWS
     December 29 2005 music jazz
137. Toronto: High Atop Bloor
     December 23 2005 travel toronto
138. Saturday Cat Blogging! 2
     December 10 2005 etc cats
139. Violated on the Bowery
     December 3 2005 music
140. New York: The Found Weekend
     November 16 2005 etc
141. The all spins zone
     October 26 2005 music
142. Quack!
     October 23 2005 etc politics
143. Joni said it right
     October 23 2005 music
144. You can't always get what you want
     October 22 2005 etc
145. San Francisco: An SFO Story
     October 22 2005 travel
146. Give 'em heck, Harriet
     October 11 2005 etc politics
147. Jimi got it right
     October 9 2005 music
148. Rodgers that
     September 25 2005 music
149. Fun with the thesaurus
     September 23 2005 news politics
150. Frankentheo Zappamonk
     September 16 2005 etc
151. The Crisis in Leadership
     September 13 2005 news politics
152. The return of the thin white duke
     September 12 2005 film
153. Over, Under, Sideways, Down
     September 7 2005 travel
154. A small break from the dogmatic slumber?
     September 7 2005 etc politics
155. san fran
     September 3 2005 etc
156. They're Back?
     August 20 2005 etc film
157. Saturday Cat Blogging? 1
     August 13 2005 etc cats
158. Rock 'n Roll politics
     August 13 2005 etc politics, music
159. Fizzle, fo-shizzle
     August 12 2005 etc
160. From Cinemarred to Keano Kino
     August 9 2005 film
161. A.N.N.O.Y.I.N.G.
     August 8 2005 etc
162. Positing an alternate reality
     August 6 2005 etc politics
163. yo brutha! / Hey-Micky!
     August 3 2005 etc oscars
164. Our first poetry submission
     August 3 2005 etc
165. Lawrence Tierney: old school tough guy
     July 31 2005 film film-noir
166. The long-awaited return of Friday Cat Blogging!
     July 29 2005 etc cats
167. Command Blogging
     July 29 2005 travel
168. Whole lotta Jankowskis
     June 19 2005 etc marathon, running
169. Proof that advertising works
     May 21 2005 music
170. Movie Review: Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith
     May 19 2005 film reviews
171. Things that go boom... chuppa-chup-chup-chup in the night
     May 5 2005 news new-york
172. Breaking News!
     May 5 2005 news
173. Enron
     April 29 2005 etc politics
174. Steve Martin, tax attorney
     April 27 2005 etc enron, tyco
175. Politcs and the Schiavo story
     April 7 2005 news politics, schiavo
176. Off to the races
     April 6 2005 etc bob-glover, nyrr, running
177. Firewire audio interfaces & such
     April 6 2005 technology audio
178. In their own words
     April 1 2005 news politics
179. Friday Cat Blogging! 4
     March 25 2005 etc cats
180. Another sad day for NYC
     March 21 2005 news nyc, music
181. Sunday bobble-head blogging
     March 20 2005 news politics
182. New York: Thursday St. Paddy's blogging
     March 18 2005 etc nyc
183. Friday Cat Blogging! 3
     March 18 2005 etc cats
184. Cascading Style Sheets: some web design evangelism
     March 18 2005 technology web
185. Last call at the Oak Bar
     March 14 2005 news vanishing-new-york, nyc
186. The Rice Filibuster
     March 13 2005 news journalism, politics
187. Covert Propaganda
     March 13 2005 etc fake-news, journalism, politics
188. Friday Cat Blogging! 2
     March 11 2005 etc cats
189. Remember Googlezon?
     March 8 2005 technology
190. CBGB MBGBB
     March 8 2005 news vanishing-new-york, nyc
191. New York: The Plaza closing its doors
     March 6 2005 news vanishing-new-york, nyc
192. Friday Cat Blogging 1
     March 4 2005 etc cats
193. There and Back Again
     March 2 2005 travel
194. Sweety Das Küken and other weird iMemes
     March 2 2005 etc travel
195. (ex-) Sedrick fan #1
     March 1 2005 music
196. Les Paul at Iridium
     February 24 2005 music reviews
197. 10 great movies
     February 22 2005 film reviews
198. Gates of heck
     February 19 2005 arts nyc
199. Composer John Sherlock declared Leader and/or Dreamer
     December 2 2004 music composers
200. George Tsontakis wins Grawemeyer
     December 1 2004 music composers
201. Welcome to the new site
     November 29 2004 news technology