Five Songs, 6/3/2026
Anything On Your Mind? Well, that’s more than a month of the reboot, 10 of these things, and it’s still feeling pretty good and sustainable. I even have a...
Five Songs, 5/31/2026
Anything On Your Mind? In addition to my slow walk through the 2010s, I have a Music League going right now that is going through the 90s. I hadn’t really...
Five Songs, 5/24/2026
Anything On Your Mind? All right, let’s check out 2014 now. I think of this year as the year that I kind of woke back up to music, but as I look over the...
Five Songs, 5/27/2026
Anything On Your Mind? 2015! If my internal narrative is right, I should see this year as being more in-step with what was going on with music. In this...
Five Songs, 5/20/2026
Anything On Your Mind? Let’s set aside our slow stroll through my Music Idiot years for a show report. But not just any show report, it’s a show report ala...
Five Songs, 5/17/2026
Anything On Your Mind? Let’s move on to 2013. First, a bit of business. If you want someone with actual taste, writing chops, knowledge, and everything else...
Five Songs, 5/13/2026
Anything On Your Mind? Well, it was fun visiting 2011, so let’s maybe consider 2012 while we’re at it. As mentioned last time, 2012 was a mess for me,...
Five Songs, 5/10/2026
Anything On Your Mind? I was chatting with a buddy about music the other day, as you do, and I mentioned that I have a pretty big blind spot in music...
Five Songs, 5/6/2026
Well, I’m still tinkering a little bit with how the pages interact with the RSS feed (which, in turn, is what powers the mailing list). I’m using Buttondown...
Five Songs, 5/2/2026
Well, that was fun. The RSS was goofed up (it wasn’t doing full text), which I fixed by updating the RSS template on the site. The email subscription was...
Five Songs, 4/29/2026
Welcome to the new Five Songs! The plan is for me to post a weekly thing rather than the previous daily-ish ones. We’ll see how the format is going to...
