All blog posts:

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