All blog posts:

1. So long, WordPress!
   February 27 2026 technology wordpress, 11ty, webDev, aws, microsoft, githubPages
2. Plotting Intervals on the Number Line
   January 22 2026 technology python, math
3. The time Iggy Pop was On Top of Us, or Why Blogging is Better Than Social Media
   January 4 2026 music liveMusic, rockAndRoll, blogging, socialMedia
4. A Nice Python Documentary
   December 27 2025 technology python, slop, enshittification
5. Banff International String Quartet Competition 2025
   December 21 2025 music ResourcesForComposers, string-quartet
6. Rob Reiner
   December 15 2025 film television, All in the Family, This is Spinal Tap
7. The acoustics of musical instruments
   December 13 2025 music ResourcesForComposers, music-theory, math, physics, acoustics
8. Calculating MIDI note numbers in your head
   November 23 2025 music ResourcesForComposers, music-theory, math, computer-music
9. Nobuyuki Tsujii at Carnegie Hall
   November 6 2025 music reviews, beethoven, piano
10. So long, OneDrive!
    April 18 2025 technology enshittification, microsoft
11. Announcing my new web site: Resources for Jazz Guitar.
    October 18 2024 music jazz, jazz-guitar
12. Resources for Jazz Guitar: three octave runs
    February 1 2023 music altered, diminished, jazz, jazz-guitar, lydian-dominant, music-theory, whole-tone, musictheory
13. Resources For Composers: Violin Pedagogy
    July 30 2022 music pedagogy, violin, musictheory
14. New Fiction From Writer Nora Maynard
    January 11 2022 arts fiction, writing
15. Fun With Triad Cycles
    May 27 2021 music cycles, triads
16. The next note is never more than a whole-tone away
    May 11 2021 music musictheory
17. A fun way to derive the melodic minor scale
    April 12 2021 music melodicminor, musictheory, wholetone
18. The “Minor 6/9 Shape” Harmonized
    April 9 2021 music musictheory
19. A few tidbits on the melodic minor
    March 6 2021 music musictheory
20. Tidbit: Locally Diatonic Scales
    February 15 2021 music musictheory
21. Tritone Fun Facts, Part One
    April 6 2020 music musictheory
22. A busy week in jazz, and writing!
    October 16 2019 music
23. Altered Scale Minor 3rd Transpositions
    April 22 2019 music altered-scale, diminished-scale, jazz-theory, octatonic-scale
24. Quartal Harmony: Tetrachords
    July 20 2018 music altered-scale, diminished-scale, jazz, jazz-theory, octatonic-scale, quartal-harmony
25. Quartal Harmony: Trichords
    July 19 2018 music altered-scale, diminished-scale, jazz, jazz-theory, octatonic-scale, quartal-harmony
26. Quartal Harmony: Dyads
    July 18 2018 music jazztheory, musictheory, quartal, harmony, jazz
27. A Mode For Every Day Of The Year
    July 16 2018 music modes, musictheory, practiceroutine, jazz
28. A Glass-Steagall Act For Journalism
    June 25 2018 news democracy, journalism, trumpcrisis
29. NEUROLOGICALLY DIVERGENT - A Dramatic Recitiation
    April 24 2018 music hip-hop, musicgenres, pulitzerprize
30. Early Beethoven
    April 16 2018 music beethoven, beethoven-listen-project, classical-music
31. Was Brahms Quoting Beethoven?
    February 24 2018 music beethoven, beethoven-listen-project, brahms
32. Beethoven Listening Project
    January 6 2018 music beethoven, beethoven-listen-project, classical-music
33. Dear Damien Chazelle
    April 22 2017 film music
34. Mondestrunken
    March 4 2017 film music
35. Drop-2 Chord Fun Facts
    July 7 2013 music
36. Site cleanup
    October 16 2011 news
37. On Claude Vivier’s Zipangu
    October 16 2011 music
38. Nawlins Sazerac tour
    July 23 2010 travel
39. realtime review: quantum of solace
    May 1 2010 film
40. fun with time's arrow
    April 25 2010 etc
41. which is more outmoded?
    April 24 2010 technology
42. How You Like Me Now?
    January 30 2010 music
43. cyberkrunk labs
    January 29 2010 technology music
44. lifecycles
    January 28 2010 arts writing
45. The Coolin
    April 26 2008 etc
46. On first looking into the Flatiron Lounge
    April 26 2008 etc
47. La vie en road
    April 10 2008 travel
48. An unlikely turn of events
    March 8 2008 music
49. More Like This
    February 24 2008 music
50. 3:10 to Yuma
    January 12 2008 film
51. In case you need some cheering up...
    December 3 2007 music
52. Notes on the new Home Theatre
    November 11 2007 technology
53. Race Day!
    November 4 2007 etc
54. Sex Pistols on Ferguson
    November 1 2007 music
55. Sex Pistols on Leno
    October 31 2007 music
56. Hey, they stole my iPod!
    October 26 2007 travel
57. Hey, they broke my watch!
    September 16 2007 film
58. Speaking of Philip K. Dick
    August 19 2007 etc
59. Are Dream Jokes Real?
    July 3 2007 etc
60. Sometimes I Just Think Funny Things
    July 2 2007 etc
61. Lightning Struck Itself: Television at SummerStage
    June 17 2007 music
62. Lines of the Millennium
    June 1 2007 music
63. Whole lotta Hadrons
    May 15 2007 technology
64. Back to Stem Cells
    May 14 2007 etc
65. Hey Nagel--not done with you yet!
    May 12 2007 etc
66. Nagel on Realism
    April 29 2007 etc
67. New DAWg
    April 28 2007 music
68. Today's Meme
    April 22 2007 etc
69. ex tenebris
    April 21 2007 music
70. Celluloid Potty
    March 11 2007 film
71. Seen this weekend
    February 11 2007 etc
72. In which I go to Best Buy and get a bunch of CDs
    February 3 2007 music
73. Bits 'n pieces
    January 28 2007 etc film, travel
74. I'm IT!
    January 19 2007 etc
75. To Daffodils
    January 18 2007 etc
76. Greed and Wickedness
    January 15 2007 film travel
77. Harlem Saturday Night
    January 14 2007 music
78. Some RSS Evangelism
    January 13 2007 technology web
79. Billsers
    January 13 2007 etc
80. Marion's Gastrointestinal
    January 7 2007 etc
81. What's up with the blog, anyway?
    January 6 2007 etc
82. Post post post punk
    December 29 2006 music
83. whither funky?
    December 27 2006 music
84. Rye, Robot
    December 27 2006 etc
85. Speaking of mind/body
    December 13 2006 etc
86. i, six non-blogs
    December 9 2006 etc
87. Sirenspotting
    December 5 2006 etc
88. About the new tunes
    October 5 2006 music
89. In a station of the metro
    October 2 2006 etc
90. A la recherche du vinyle perdu
    October 1 2006 music technology
91. One-upping the Dionnes
    September 24 2006 film preston-sturges, screwball-comedy
92. Borat
    September 24 2006 film
93. John Scofield Trio at the Blue Note
    September 17 2006 music jazz, octatonic-scale
94. 2005 Movie Capsule Reviews
    September 3 2006 film
95. Keep on Rockin' in the AARP World
    September 2 2006 music
96. The Second Great Quintet
    July 1 2006 music jazz
97. New York: HSH
    June 25 2006 travel nyc, music
98. Intermezzo
    June 24 2006 travel new-york, paris, rome
99. Paris blogging: victoire a vendredi
    June 23 2006 travel paris, food-blogging
100. Paris blogging: vendredi encore
     June 23 2006 travel paris
101. Roma blogging: giovedi. Ciao, Roma!
     June 22 2006 travel rome, wine
102. Roma blogging: mercoledì 2 cena, or "Trampin-in-Trastavere"
     June 21 2006 travel rome, food-blogging, wine
103. Roma blogging: mercoledì 1 pranzo
     June 21 2006 travel rome, food-blogging, wine
104. Roma blogging: martedì cena
     June 20 2006 travel rome, food-blogging, wine, cocktails, ibf, pizza
105. Paris Blogging: Samedi Marchons!
     June 17 2006 travel paris
106. Paris Blogging: Bagatelle
     June 17 2006 travel paris
107. Paris Blogging: Vendredi
     June 16 2006 travel paris, food-blogging
108. Paris Blogging: Jeudi
     June 15 2006 travel paris
109. Paris Blogging: Jeudi Part Deux
     June 15 2006 travel paris
110. Paris Blogging: Mercredi
     June 14 2006 travel paris, food-blogging, wine
111. Paris Blogging: Mardi
     June 13 2006 travel paris, food-blogging, nyc, wine
112. New York: Double Happiness
     June 11 2006 etc new-york
113. Mallecontent
     June 11 2006 film
114. iGarbage
     June 7 2006 music technology
115. Roma blogging: martedì—pranzo
     June 6 2006 travel rome, food-blogging, wine
116. Little Stephen
     April 30 2006 etc
117. To the editors of the New Yorker
     April 22 2006 etc
118. Let's Get Fooled Again!
     April 16 2006 etc politics
119. Paris: Les Grèves
     April 8 2006 etc
120. It's all a popularity contest
     April 6 2006 etc
121. Two Coyote Stories
     April 1 2006 etc
122. A Living Legend
     March 26 2006 music
123. More good things from Austria
     March 25 2006 etc
124. Two neo-noirs from unlikely sources
     March 18 2006 film
125. Ignorance and certainty
     March 18 2006 etc
126. Stonewalled again, or Erin go brouhaha
     March 17 2006 etc new-york
127. Demics Rule!
     March 17 2006 music
128. Lars von Trier
     March 12 2006 film
129. The L-train word
     March 11 2006 music new-york
130. Clickradio back in the news
     March 8 2006 news music, technology
131. Heart of Gold
     March 4 2006 film music
132. Critical listening
     March 4 2006 music technology
133. A request from Bay Street
     March 4 2006 music
134. Is Bert Evil?
     March 3 2006 etc
135. When the levee breaks
     March 2 2006 etc
136. Dubya, Dubai and the 1993 WTC bombing
     February 26 2006 etc politics
137. Sedrick: Hell Yeah!
     February 20 2006 music
138. Theatre Review: Jazzabel
     February 19 2006 arts jazz, music
139. New York: Sunday Blizzard Blogging
     February 13 2006 etc nyc
140. Coffee Tawk: No Big Whoop
     February 13 2006 etc
141. Things, Alex
     January 29 2006 etc
142. N.A.M. goes a-blogging
     January 24 2006 etc
143. New York: West 27th? And Where?
     January 8 2006 etc nyc
144. Two movie picks: guard your wallet!
     December 31 2005 film
145. Smokin' on the UWS
     December 29 2005 music jazz
146. Toronto: High Atop Bloor
     December 23 2005 travel toronto
147. Saturday Cat Blogging! 2
     December 10 2005 etc cats
148. Violated on the Bowery
     December 3 2005 music
149. New York: The Found Weekend
     November 16 2005 etc
150. The all spins zone
     October 26 2005 music
151. Quack!
     October 23 2005 etc politics
152. Joni said it right
     October 23 2005 music
153. You can't always get what you want
     October 22 2005 etc
154. San Francisco: An SFO Story
     October 22 2005 travel
155. Give 'em heck, Harriet
     October 11 2005 etc politics
156. Jimi got it right
     October 9 2005 music
157. Rodgers that
     September 25 2005 music
158. Fun with the thesaurus
     September 23 2005 news politics
159. Frankentheo Zappamonk
     September 16 2005 etc
160. The Crisis in Leadership
     September 13 2005 news politics
161. The return of the thin white duke
     September 12 2005 film
162. Over, Under, Sideways, Down
     September 7 2005 travel
163. A small break from the dogmatic slumber?
     September 7 2005 etc politics
164. san fran
     September 3 2005 etc
165. They're Back?
     August 20 2005 etc film
166. Saturday Cat Blogging? 1
     August 13 2005 etc cats
167. Rock 'n Roll politics
     August 13 2005 etc politics, music
168. Fizzle, fo-shizzle
     August 12 2005 etc
169. From Cinemarred to Keano Kino
     August 9 2005 film
170. A.N.N.O.Y.I.N.G.
     August 8 2005 etc
171. Positing an alternate reality
     August 6 2005 etc politics
172. yo brutha! / Hey-Micky!
     August 3 2005 etc oscars
173. Our first poetry submission
     August 3 2005 etc
174. Lawrence Tierney: old school tough guy
     July 31 2005 film film-noir
175. The long-awaited return of Friday Cat Blogging!
     July 29 2005 etc cats
176. Command Blogging
     July 29 2005 travel
177. Whole lotta Jankowskis
     June 19 2005 etc marathon, running
178. Proof that advertising works
     May 21 2005 music
179. Movie Review: Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith
     May 19 2005 film reviews
180. Things that go boom... chuppa-chup-chup-chup in the night
     May 5 2005 news new-york
181. Breaking News!
     May 5 2005 news
182. Enron
     April 29 2005 etc politics
183. Steve Martin, tax attorney
     April 27 2005 etc enron, tyco
184. Politcs and the Schiavo story
     April 7 2005 news politics, schiavo
185. Off to the races
     April 6 2005 etc bob-glover, nyrr, running
186. Firewire audio interfaces & such
     April 6 2005 technology audio
187. In their own words
     April 1 2005 news politics
188. Friday Cat Blogging! 4
     March 25 2005 etc cats
189. Les Paul at Iridium
     March 22 2005 music reviews, guitar, jazz, blues, nyc
190. Another sad day for NYC
     March 21 2005 news nyc, music
191. Sunday bobble-head blogging
     March 20 2005 news politics
192. New York: Thursday St. Paddy's blogging
     March 18 2005 etc nyc
193. Friday Cat Blogging! 3
     March 18 2005 etc cats
194. Cascading Style Sheets: some web design evangelism
     March 18 2005 technology web
195. Last call at the Oak Bar
     March 14 2005 news vanishing-new-york, nyc, oakbar, cocktails
196. The Rice Filibuster
     March 13 2005 news journalism, politics
197. Covert Propaganda
     March 13 2005 etc fake-news, journalism, politics
198. Friday Cat Blogging! 2
     March 11 2005 etc cats
199. Remember Googlezon?
     March 8 2005 technology
200. CBGB MBGBB
     March 8 2005 news vanishing-new-york, nyc
201. New York: The Plaza closing its doors
     March 6 2005 news vanishing-new-york, nyc, oakbar, cocktails
202. Friday Cat Blogging 1
     March 4 2005 etc cats
203. There and Back Again
     March 2 2005 travel paris, nyc
204. Sweety Das Kuken and other weird iMemes
     March 2 2005 etc travel, ringtones, bands, memes
205. (ex-) Sedrick fan #1
     March 1 2005 music ottawa, bands, punk
206. 10 great movies
     February 22 2005 film reviews
207. Gates of heck
     February 19 2005 arts nyc
208. Composer John Sherlock declared Leader and/or Dreamer
     December 2 2004 music composers
209. George Tsontakis wins Grawemeyer
     December 1 2004 music composers
210. Welcome to the new site
     November 29 2004 news technology