MUSIC: MAY CAPTAIN'S LOG So last time I was not-so-quietly pleased with myself for having knocked out a first draft of a short novel. I ...

MUSIC - MARCH WRITING On the 4th of March I started work to expand my short story, 'Ambient Ecstasy', which I wrote late last year a...

MUSIC - JAN BOOKS 14 books in 9 weeks. Not on pace for 100. Cae Sera. The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz (novel, US, audiobook, 2021) Absolute...

Not the best books that came out in 2021, just the best books I read in that calendar year. Same story as for  2020 ,  2019 , 2018 , 2017 , ...

I did albums yesterday . Anyone who got in the top 10 for that list can't make this one. Before I get to my fave songs released in the y...

This annual tradition has lasted long enough [ 2020 ,  2019 ,  2018 ,  2017 , (...),  2014 ,  2013 ,  2012 ,  2011 , &  2010 ]  it deser...

MUSIC - NOVEMBER The space bar on my laptop went on the fritz as I was battling a deadline earlier this month. Met the deadline (short story...

MUSIC - SEPTEMBER BOOKS Swann's Way by Marcel Proust (novel, audiobook) So I've now read Proust. Not all of À la recherche du temps ...