2026 Tier 1 Album Roundup Part 8: Transcendence and Altered States

More great music, with some classic artists this time around:

Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchinananda (1971) Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1969) Frank Zappa - Chunga's Revenge (1970) Oneohtrix Point Never - Tranquilizer (2025)

And then the ol' Dr. Spin's Radio keeps on a-growin'

The Shocking End: Frank Zappa's You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore v.6

Review and discussion on Volume 6 of Zappa's live compilation series.

Crafting a Dialog: Frank Zappa's "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol. 5"

Part five in a six part series! Review and discussion on Zappa's 1992 entry in the You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore catalog.

Album Previews for 2021 Part 6: The Curtain Closes

Previews of new music for 2021, including:

Frank Zappa - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5 (1992) Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports (1978) The Foreign Films - The Ocean Moon (New Songs and Hidden Gems) (2020) The Once and Future Band - Deleted Scenes (2020) Amir ElSaffar - Inana (2013) (Sound muted due to copyright restrictions) Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020)

Relevant Links: Amir ElSaffar's Al Badia

The 2021 Radio playlist, always up to date....

Top 20 of 2020 Part 1: #11-20

 The lower half of my annual Top 20 list!

The Ostinato Problem: Frank Zappa's You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore v. 4

Review and discussion over Frank Zappa’s 1991 release You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore vol. 4.

Relevant links:

This is the fourth entry in a series covering these releases.

Vol.1

Vol.2

Vol. 3

Two Things At Once: Frank Zappa's "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol.3"

Review and discussion of Frank Zappa’s You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3 (1989)

Relevant Links

The first post in this series

And the second