(this post accompanies my longer, less emotional post about how to get into classical music — read that one first if you wanna read em both. but this one can also be read on its own! the context that that post supplies is that, while reflecting on my history with…

(this one is real long (as usual) so if you want the Quick Tips just skip all the way to the end. also I am interspersing some pictures of cool cover art from my record collection so look forward to that) step -2: wait hear me out I know that just the premise and the length…

(a sorta-review of Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania) a few weeks ago I experienced the pleasure of playing a new “remake” of a treasured childhood game with a treasured kinda-childhood friend. in the years since I experienced this game for the first time, its unique place in my inner world…

(disclaimer: ok, first of all, I don’t actually watch a lot of movies. I will not claim to be an expert on film music, but I do know some things about music in general. I took a film music class in college and the only thing I really remember about…