All blog posts:

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