Chomsky's "Selections:" Rebooting With Possibilities

Review and Discussion on Chomsky’s 1999 release A Few Possible Selections to the Soundtrack of Your Life.

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I consider this album to be my 2000 Album of the Year

Spring Album Roundup Part 2: The Fo' Realz Quarantine Collection

A new album overview for late Spring 2020, including

J. Balvin – Colores (2020)

Brutus – Nest (2019)

Igorrr – Spirituality and Distortion (2020)

Mdou Moctar – Ilana, the Creator (2019)

Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts V: Together (2020)

Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts VI: Locusts (2020)

And the playlist grows!

Kate Davis' Trophy: Sticky Ideas and Classic Repertoire

Review and discussion on Kate Davis' background and debut album Trophy (2019).

Swimming With the Fish Part 2: Marillion's Fugazi

Review and discussion on Marillion’s Fugazi (1984).

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Part I of this series: Script for a Jester’s Tear

A text post on a more recent album: F.E.A.R.

Another text post addressing Anoraknophobia

Fountains of Wayne's Utopia Parkway: Ennui and Responsibility

Review and discussion on Fountains of Wayne's 1999 album Utopia Parkway, as well as an overview of Adam Schleisinger's career.

Spring Album Overview Part 1: The Quarantine Collection

Overview of recent albums in rotation, including:

Steve Hackett: At the Edge of Light (2019)

avery r. young: tubman. (2019)

dumama + kechou: buffering juju (2020)

Dana Jean Phoenix: PixelDust (2018)

Anna Meredith: FIBS (2019)

Venetian Snares: Rossz Csillag Alatt Született (2005)

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Older text review of Anna Meredith’s Varmits

Venetian Snares’ Traditional Synthesizer Music

2020 Spotify playlist

Duran Duran's New Ordinary: The Wedding Album

Review and discussion around Duran Duran’s 1993 self-titled release, often referred to as The Wedding Album.