critical listening 202506

albums/LPs listened to from start-to-finish critically and preferably w/zero distractions.

20250614 Krzysztof Penderecki / London Symphony Orchestra / Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra A Portrait of Krzysztof Penderecki, 2CD: Warner Classics 50999-6-78424-2-1 EU [2012]
20250613 Marc Ribot Marc Ribot Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus, Knockwurst KW-002 ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: marcribot.bandcamp.com [2021]
20250613 Mary Halvorson About Ghosts, Nonesuch 075597896565 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: maryhalvorson.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250612 Fishbone Give a Monkey a Brain…and He’ll Swear He’s the Center of the Universe, CD: Columbia CK-52764 [1993]
20250611 Tallah The Generation of Danger, Earache MOSH657 ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: tallah.bandcamp.com [2022]
20250610 Bernie Worrell Funk of Ages, CD: Gramavision R2-79460 [1990]
20250609 Skunk Anansie The Painful Truth, CD: FLG FL-CD-1482 IT [2025]
20250609 Ches Smith Clone Row, Otherly Love OLR-017 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: chessmith.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250607 Dan Weiss Quartet Unclassified Affections, PI PI108 ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: danweiss.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250606 Orthodox A Door Left Open, CD: Century Media 19802898512 [2025]
20250606 Hedvig Mollestad Trio Bees in the Bonnet, Rune Grammofon RLP3237 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: hedvigmollestadtrio.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250605 Deon Estus Spell, CD: Mika / Polygram 835-713-2 [1988]
20250605 Julia Úlehla & Dálava Understories, PI PI107 ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: pirecordings.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250604 M.O.D. Gross Misconduct, CD: Megaforce 20286-6906-2 [1992]
20250603 Gustav Holst / Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal The Planets, Decca 417-553-2 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: prestomusic.com [2004]
20250602 Vektor Terminal Redux, Earache MOSH553 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: vektor.bandcamp.com [2016]
20250601 Sparks Mad!, CD: Transgressive TRANS850CD [2025]

uncritical listening 202506

singles, albums, playlists, and podcasts listened to throughout the day; typically while exercising (e.g., outdoor walking, gym) or infrequently while doing/otherwise at work. shout out to SomaFM; i listen to their various stations (all-time favorite: Illinois Street Lounge) on a daily basis far too often to annotate herein.

20250613 ByoNoiseGenerator Subnormal Dives, Transcending Obscurity, 2025
20250613 Joe Armon-Jones All the Quiet [Part II], Aquarii, 2025
20250612 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Fake Immigration Crisis Triggers Actual Violence
20250611 Roland Haynes 2nd Wave, Black Jazz, 1975
20250608 Roger Miller King of the Road: The Genius of Roger Miller, 3CD: Mercury / Nashville 314-526-993-2 [1993]
20250608 The Retro Cocktail Hour #1074 - June 7, 2025
20250606 Direct Measure Might and Might Alone, WAR, 2025
20250604 Dark Tranquility Damage Done, Century Media, 2002
20250604 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Artificial Intelligence Is Making Everything Weird

l3 timeline

19760709 - Born. Sioux City, IA, USA
199008 - 1st Year High School. Wentworth Military Academy. Lexington, MO
199208 - 3rd Year High School. Shattuck-St. Mary’s School. Faribault, MN
199405 - Complete High School. Shattuck-St. Mary’s School. Faribault, MN
199408 - 1st Year Bachelor’s Matriculation. Berklee College of Music. Boston, MA
199905 - Complete Bachelor’s, Film Music. Berklee College of Music. Boston, MA
20000521 - 1st Marriage.
201104 - 1st Marriage Failure.
20141012 - 2nd Marriage.
201809 - 1st Year Master’s Matriculation. Syracuse University. Syracuse, NY
202206 - Complete Master’s, Information Management. Syracuse University. Syracuse, NY
202206 - Complete Certificate of Advanced Study, Data Science. Syracuse University. Syracuse, NY
…

Pivotal LPs:

albums purchased on/near release day that i have listened to 100+ times:

19900828 Alice in Chains - Facelift
19900828 Living Colour - Time’s Up
19910514 Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
19910813 Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle
19920608 Faith No More - Angel Dust
19920623 Helmet - Meantime
19930209 Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
19940308 Soundgarden - Superunknown
19950328 Faith No More - King for a Day…Fool for a Lifetime
19960820 John Zorn - Bar Kokhba: Masada Chamber Ensembles
19970218 Various - Lost Highway
19981109 Meshuggah - Chaosphere
19981116 Seal - Human Being
19990921 Chris Cornell - Euphoria Mourning
20010911 Secret Chiefs 3 - Book M
20090217 Zu - Carboniferous
…

Favorite LPs:

other albums i have discovered in my lifetime that are favorites:

1958 John Coltrane - Soultrane
1967 Antonio Carlos Jobim - Wave
1969 John Barry - On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
1969 Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
1970 Antonio Carlos Jobim - Stone Flower
1973 Milt Jackson - Sunflower
1974 Herbie Hancock - Thrust
1974 Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness’ First Finale
1974 Frank Zappa / The Mothers of Invention - Roxy & Elsewhere
1977 David Bowie - Low
1980 XTC - Black Sea
1988 Ravi Shankar - Inside the Kremlin
1989 XTC - Oranges & Lemons
1990 Naked City - Naked City
1992 Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1995 David Bowie - 1. Outside
1995 The Cardigans - Life
…

uncritical listening 202505

20250530 Poison the Well You Come Before You, Atlantic, 2003
20250530 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Trump’s War on Harvard
20250529 Torrential Downpour Truth Knowledge Vision, Torrential Downpout, 2014
20250528 Poison the Well You Come Before You, Atlantic, 2003
20250526 Thus Spoke Zarathustra I’m Done with Self Care, It’s Time for Others’ Harm, Prosthetic, 2025
20250526 Onslaught Origins of Aggression, Reigning Phoenix, 2025
20250523 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: The GOP Budget Is Big, Bloated, B.S.
20250517 Soundgarden Superunknown, A&M, 2014
20250517 Faith No More King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime, Reprise / Slash, 1995
20250517 Podcast: The Groove Pod: Decisions in audio: upgrade, tinker or replace?
20250517 Podcast: Real Time with Bill Maher: Ep. #696: Stanley McChrystal, Scott Jennings, Peter Hamby
20250514 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: What Did We Learn from DOGE?
20250512 Meatwound Macho, Pax Aeternum, 2025
20250510 Podcast: Making Sense with Sam Harris: “More from Sam”: Trump & Israel, Corruption, Free Speech Violations, the Democrats, & Ezra Klein
20250510 Henry Mancini The Thorn Birds, Warner Bros. / Craft, 2025
20250509 Hedvig Mollestad Trio Bees in the Bonnet, Rune Grammofon, 2025
20250508 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Trump’s War on Childhood
20250505 Podcast: The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds: ep497: mclusky is still here with andrew falkous
20250501 David Fiuczynski / Rufus Cappadocia KiF, FuzeLicious Morsels, 2003
20250501 Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges Side by Side, Verve / UMG, 1959
20250501 EYES SPINNER, Prosthetic, 2025

critical listening 202505

20250528 Johann Sebastian Bach / Columbia Symphony Orchestra Stravinsky Piano Concertos, CD: Sony Classical / RCA Red Seal 88875026162 EU [2015]
20250527 Igorrr Nostril, CD: Nuclear Blast NB-5583-0, 27361-55830 EU [2020]
20250524 Weather Report Mysterious Traveller, CD: Sony / Columbia 88985467492 IT [2017]
20250523 Cryptopsy None So Vile, CD: Season of Mist SOM-830 [2025]
20250523 Chepang Jhyappa, CD: Relapse RR7603 [2025]
20250523 Praxis Profanation: Preparation for a Coming Darkness, M.O.D. Technologies MOD0005 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: modtechnologies.bandcamp.com [2011]
20250521 Julian Bream The Golden Age of English Lute Music, CD: RCA Red Seal / Sony 88843003502 EU [2014]
20250520 Extra Life The Sacred Vowel, CD: Last Things - [2024]
20250520 Full of Hell Broken Sword, Rotten Shield, Closed Casket Activities CCA145 ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: fullofhell.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250516 Frank Zappa Cheaper than Cheap, 2CD: Zappa / UMe ZR20047, 00602475394242 [2025]
20250515 Stravinsky Stravinsky Conducts Favorite Short Pieces, CD: Sony Classical / RCA Red Seal 88875026162 EU [2015]
20250515 Pink Floyd Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXII, 2CD: Columbia / Sony 19802876242 DE [2025]
20250514 Klaus Nomi Simple Man, CD: RCA SICP-31626 JP [2023]
20250513 The Headhunters Survival of the Fittest, CD: Arista / Sony SICJ-302 JP [2017]
20250512 Michael Sarin Esquina, Greenleaf GRE-CD-1115 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: michaelsarian.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250511 Behemeoth The Shit ov God, CD: Nuclear Blast NBR-7262-2 [2025]
20250510 Stravinsky / Schoenberg / Charles Rosen: Pianist Serenade in A + Sonata + Suite, op. 25 + Two Piano Pieces, op. 33a & op. 33b
20250510 Chris Benstead The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, CD: BFD / Filmtrax BFD1125 [2025]
20250509 mclusky the world is still here and so are we, CD: Ipecac IPC-289CD FR [2025]
20250508 Saint-Saëns / Britten / Boston Pops Orchestra Carnival of the Animals + The Young Person’s Guide to Orchestra, CD: RCA Red Seal / Sony 88843003502 EU [2014]
20250507 Erykah Badu New Amerykah Part One: 4th World War, CD: Universal Motown B0010800-02 [2008]
20250506 Panzerballett Übercode Œuvre, 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: us.7digital.com [2025]
20250505 Gillian Weir French Virtuoso Organ Music, CD: Decca / Eloquence 484-1435 AU [2020]
20250504 Béla Bartók / Detroit Symphony Orchestra The Miraculous Mandarin + Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, CD: London 411-894-2 DE [1985]
20250503 Margo Guryan Take a Picture, Numero NUM608 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: margoguryan.bandcamp.com [2024]
20250503 EYES SPINNER, Prosthetic PROS106513 ~ ALAC: eyeshxc.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250502 Freddie Hubbard On Fire: Live from the Blue Morocco, Resonance HCD-2073 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: freddiehubbard.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250501 Johann Sebastian Bach / Glenn Gould The Goldberg Variations, CD: Sony Classical 88875032222 EU [2015]

uncritical listening 202504

20250430 Wretched Blessing Psychic Barriers to Entry - EP, Two Mongrels, 2025
20250429 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Trump’s Independent Voter Problem
20250428 Fontaines D.C. Romance, XL / County Love Train, 2024
20250427 Podcast: The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds: Ep492: Zev Feldman Returns! RSD Picks with The Jazz Detective
20250426 Nils Kugelmann Trio Life Score, ACT, 2025
20250423 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Why Due Process Matters
20250420 Heaven’s Gate Tales from a Blistering Paradise, Beach Impediment, 2025
20250417 Bloodbath “Survival of the Sickest”, Napalm, 2022
20250411 Öz Ürügülü Della Morte dell’Artista - EP, Öz Ürügülü, 2024
20250408 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Can Anyone Stop Trump’s Tariffs?
20250405 Goblin The Other Hell, Cinevox, 2025
20250402 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Time for a DOGE Dance Party
20250401 Eli Roth’s Red Light Disco, Creazioni Artistiche Musicali C.A.M. Srl, 2025