2009: singles of the year

Three huge winners: Best Yang: The MFA – Throw It Back (We Will Destroy You) [Border Community] I’ve been waiting for this New-Order-Meets-James-Holden-and-then-they-all-go-to-New-York-in-1979 masterpiece for…

2009: sets of the year

I could write about these for days, but here are the standouts of the standouts: Best Reason To Go Out: Kenzie Clarke – NYPD A…

2009: concerts of the year

Welcome to the end of the decade. Ooof. Regardless, here are the best (out of so many good ones!) concerts of 2009. The decade can…

communication, 2009

I was having a talk with a friend about new laptops / phones, and that led to me thinking about how I communicate with people,…

live from dub riddims

People tell me this one was good, so I’m posting it.  You’ll see the kind of noodling I try to do live, for better or…

All My Friends Are Invited Over: a mixtape special

Imagine a fabulous dinner party.  Imagine that the following wonderful people are invited: Now imagine that entrance music will play for each of them.  In…

pausing in a minor key

Things are starting to return to normal…where normal means a lot of schoolwork, as opposed to an impossible amount of schoolwork.  Some quick hits, then:…

the science fiction canon

(Edit, 2022:  yikes, let’s add Le Guin, Butler, Jemisin, etc – this probably needs a total rewrite, but we’ll caveat it for now) My sister…

reading break thoughts

Five minutes to breath before starting on class design.  Please allow me a moment to say that I cannot wait until next term. Moving on,…

some time, but no longer

Not sure where I’m finding the time to write this, but here’s some worthwhile things: moonbell:  The Japanese Space Agency recently did a bunch of…