My mix of the month (not on CD) for tonight's long-awaited November meetup is You Don't Say. This one's a collection entirely composed of instrumental tracks.  read

My CD mix of the month for tonight's February meetup is A Hip-Hop Primer, with A Hip-Hop Companion thrown in as a bonus. The first is a mix I put together to provide a friend's teenage son with an intro...  read

My CD mix of the month for January is Struts & Frets. It's a (mostly) instrumental collection of many tasty and virtuosic varieties of (mostly) acoustic guitar music.  read

Temporary Fandoms is a group for plunging into complete discographies, and for days, weeks, or on rare occasions, even months, listening exclusively to the work and evolution of a single artist. Starting Monday, I will be guest-curating a two-week immersion...  read

My CD mix of the month for tonight's increasingly rare and precious October meetup is Trips off the Tongue. A lot of words in this one. (Try playing that five times fast.)  read

My CD mix of the month for tonight's rare June meetup is The Accidental Terrorist: An Imaginary Soundtrack to the Movie of the Memoir. However, it could equally well serve as a soundtrack to the book, especially in the form...  read

Yes, the controversial music video defaces sacred LDS symbols, but in doing so it brings to visceral life the nightmare journey of the apostate.  read

This morning we wake up to a world without David Bowie. It seems impossible that he's gone. If anyone on Earth seemed otherworldly enough to transform himself into something eternal and transcendent, it was Bowie. But even he tried to...  read

I lived it almost thirty years ago. I started writing it almost seventeen years ago. Today, at long last, The Accidental Terrorist is here. (Quick, lock your doors!) What more can I say to you about it? I hope you'll...  read

I wasn't able to make Saturday night's CDMOM meetup, but my mix of the month for June was a historical recreation I'm calling Community Radio. "Listeners' Choice" was a show that aired every Friday evening on KRCL 90.9 FM, Salt...  read