RIP Sinead O’Connor
Just heard about Sinead O’Connor’s untimely death. She stood up for black musicians before they were officially recognized at award ceremonies. When told by her...
Category: music
Top 10 songs of 2022
As with my lists of favourite books I read year to year, I’ve also recently been doing an annual list of favourite songs I added to various playlists. Rat...
Songs added in 2022
Shortly before the pandemic, I started tracking what songs I added to my various streaming service playlists every year. For anyone who’s interested in th...
Everything is phases
I realized about a decade ago that everything happens in phases. This may come across as old news to some — “the only constant is that everything ch...
Separating art from artist isn’t always easy
As I’ve become more aware over the decades of not just art but the artists who make the art, I’ve noticed that there’s inherent baggage that c...
Finally kicking Spotify to the curb
I’ve been mulling over what to do for a (more) ethical music streaming service for a while, largely writing about it here after already noodling on it for...
Top 10 favourite songs of 2021
Despite the craziness of this year–hey, don’t tell anyone, but planning a reno and then moving out while purging a ton of belongings that was long o...
#tidalfail
A few months ago I posted about giving the Tidal music streaming service another shot. Well… I did, and I’m disappointed to say that it didn’t...
Giving Tidal another shot
To say I enjoy music is a huge understatement. There is no other art that speaks to me so deeply in such a breadth of emotion. It’s more than just being g...
In praise of broadening focus
Recently I’ve been listening to a podcast by comedian Mike Birbiglia called Working It Out. Episode 4 is less his usual quasi-formatted approach to interv...