Category: Music
My Sunday Confession
My Sunday confession: I remember when writing used to be a hobby. Have you ever had a hobby? This is the definition of ‘hobby’: an activity ...
Wolf Alice Takes the Stage
When I first heard Wolf Alice’s “Blush”, I don’t know that I really heard the song. It caught my attention in a background-kind-of-way. I think ...
Songs of the 90s: Writing Fuel
The songs of the 90s included some that never hit the mainstream but that are so big and epic and powerful, that they inspire me ...
The Best Writing Music – A Secret Stash
Spotify has revised how I find and consume music. Once, it was listening to the radio and writing down song names. Then it was file-sharing. ...
The Greatest Song of the Past Decade
Ten years ago, a song came out that has not been equalled in the decade since. In the last ten years, we’ve had a pandemic. ...
Songs from 2024 You’ll Never Hear on the Radio
Writer brain dislikes sleep and loves coffee, even though writer body likes rest and is positive that caffeine is bad. What are you going to ...
Urban Hymns
It’s pernicious, the way we think on memory. I like to make things up and insert them into the past. Some people call that fraud. ...
The Best Songs of 2023
Nine songs from 2023 and into the first month of 2024. That’s what I’ve chosen to write about, as I languish in the US deep ...
Under-appreciated Songs Everyone Should Know
There’s more music out there than ever before just now. I thought I’d throw out a few underappreciated songs from artists that I would consider ...
Why Young People are Listening to Abba
I heard that Abba is being embraced by young people. Long ago, I started drinking coffee because Tim Hortons had their roll-up-the-rim-to-win contest. I hated ...