All blog posts:

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