Lately I’ve been feeling nostalgic for the mixed tapes I made for my Sony Walkman in the 1980s. I’d take the train into NYC from suburban ennui. My adolescent life had a sound track and it sounded something like this.

This month I’m listening to allot of dance music, the gayer the better. This playlist begins with Louis La Roche’s “One Big Gay Disco,” which spins a very danceable track around a rightwing christian nationalist rant against “smug elites” and “gays”, and “disco”. What a great way to turn a …

This month I’ve been thinking about my early religious education that was mostly centered around my participation in a church choir through much of my youth. That experience established a life long love of music, especially gospel, jazz, folk and rock-n-roll. In spite of the many contradictions and misgivings I …

Oooh la la, music from my inner francophile that I’m listening to in the studio. Enjoy. La Mer by Charles Trenet La merQu’on voit danser le long des golfes clairsA des reflets d’argentLa merDes reflets changeantsSous la pluie La merAu ciel d’été confondSes blancs moutonsAvec les anges si pursLa merBergère …