All blog posts:

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