critical listening 202509

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

20250917 The Intergalactic Maiden Ballet feat. John Zorn Square Dance, CD: Solid / Enja CDSOL-6852 JP [2022]
20250917 Imperial Teen Seasick, CD: Slash / London 422-828-728-2 [1996]
20250916 Led Zeppelin Live EP, CD: Swan Song R2-727583, 603497815302 DE [2025]
20250916 David Bowie Nothing Has Changed, 3CD: Columbia / Legacy 88875030982SC1 [2014]
20250915 GuruJazzmatazz, Vol. 1: An Experimental Fusion of Hip-Hop and Jazz, CD: Chrysalis 0946-3-21998-2-9 [1993]
20250914 Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool, 2CD: GRP / The Red Hot Organization GRD-9794 [1994]
20250913 Dark Angel Extinction Level Event, Reversed ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: store.reversedrecords.com [2025]
20250912 Venera Exinfinite, PAN PAN153LP ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: veneramusic.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250911 Ned Rothenberg Looms & Legends, Pyroclastic PR-41 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: nedrothenberg.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250909 Fieldwork Thereupon, Pi PI109 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: fieldworktheband.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250907 Pino Palladino & Blake Mills That Wasn’t a Dream, CD: Impulse! / New Deal 602478506710 [2025]
20250906 Tallah Primeval: Obsession // Detachment, CD: Earache MOSH713CD [2025]
20250906 James Yorkston & Friends Songs for Nina and Johanna, CD: Domino WIGCD539 EU [2025]
20250905 Brad Mehldau Ride into the Sun, Nonesuch 075597896206 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: bradmehldau.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250905 Dave Douglas Alloy, Greenleaf GRE-CD-1116 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: davedouglas.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250904 Motherland Peace 4 Me, CD: 550 / Epic BK-57103 [1994]
20250902 Deftones Private Music, CD: Reprise 093624832263 DE [2025]
20250901 Public Enemy He Got Game, CD: Def Jam 314-558-130-2 [1998]
20250901 Christian McBride Big Band Without Further Ado, Vol. 1, Mack Avenue MAC12032 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: christianmcbride.bandcamp.com [2025]

uncritical listening 202509

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.

20250916 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: To Honor Charlie Kirk, Reject Cancel Culture
20250915 Podcast: 100 Songs that Defined Heavy Metal: Sepultura - “Dead Embryonic Cells”
20250914 The Retro Cocktail Hour #1087 - September 13, 2025
20250912 Maruja Pain to Power, Music for Nations, 2025
20250911 Piece Rambler’s Axe, This Charming Man, 2025
20250910 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: MAGA Is Wrong About AI. Trump Is Right.
20250907 The Retro Cocktail Hour #1086 - September 6, 2025
20250905 Bonham The Disregard of Timekeeping, CD: WTG PK-45009 [1989]
20250905 Podcast: Talk Louder: John Bush
20250904 Anthrax Persistence of Time, CD: Island / Megaforce - [2020]
20250904 Pinkshift Earthkeeper, Hopeless, 2025
20250903 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: RFK Jr.’s Wild Week
20250901 Prayer Group Michael Dose, 811090, 2022
20250901 Cruel Bomb Cruel Bomb, Cruel Bomb, 2025

uncritical listening 202508

20250831 The Retro Cocktail Hour #1085 - August 30, 2025
20250830 KoЯn Life Is Peachy, CD: Immortal / Epic / Legacy 88883719882D2 EU [2013]
20250830 Wax Chattels Clot, Captured Tracks, 2020
20250828 Podcast: 100 Songs that Define Heavy Metal: King Diamond - “Welcome Home”
20250828 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Is It Too Late to End the Fed?
20250824 Bask The Turning, Season of Mist, 2025
20250824 Podcast: Making Sense with Sam Harris: #430 — “More From Sam”: Trump, Gavin Newsom, Class War, DOGE, & Rapid Fire Questions
20250822 (hed) p.e. (hed) pe, CD: Jive 01241-41606-2 [1997]
20250822 Pino Palladino / Blake Mills That Wasn’t a Dream, New Deal / Impulse!, 2025
20250821 Secret Chiefs 3 Book M, CD: Web of Mimicry WoM-006 [2001]
20250821 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: The Trump Economy Is Now Pay to Play
20250817 Justice for the Damned Stay Relentless, JFTD, 2025
20250816 Celtic Frost Monotheist, Century Media, 2006
20250816 Podcast: Talk Louder: Chip Z’Nuff
20250813 Ministry The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste, CD: Sire / Rhino 8122797541 EU [2011]
20250813 Ministry ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ [Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs], CD: Sire / Rhino 8122797541 EU [2011]
20250812 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Lower Crime Hasn’t Stopped Gun Control Push
20250811 Anthrax The Greater of Two Evils, CD: Nuclear Blast / Scarecrow SR0983 [2014]
20250811 Melpomene A Body Is a Suggestion, Melpomene, 2025
20250810 Sepultura The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart, CD: Nuclear Blast NB-3099-0 [2013]
20250810 Podcast: Real Time with Bill Maher: Ep. #702: George F. Will, Stephen A. Smith, Dr. Phil
20250807 Sepultura Nation, CD: Roadrunner 1686-179482 [2008]
20250806 BAEST Colossal, Century Media, 2025
20250806 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: The New York Times Doesn’t Understand Men
20250803 Centuries of Decay A Monument to Oblivion, Centuries of Decay, 2025
20250803 Podcast: Real Time with Bill Maher: Ep. #701: Tristan Harris, Rep. Jason Crow, James Kirchick

critical listening 202508

20250831 End It Wrong Side of Heaven, Flatspot FSR85 ~ flatspotrecords.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250829 Joseph Holbrooke Trio Last Live 2001: In Memorian Derek Bailey & Tony Oxley, 2CD: Tzadik TZ-4056-2 [2025]
20520829 BAEST Colossal, CD: Century Media 19802926822 [2025]
20250828 Dom Salvador / Adrian Younge / Ali Shaheed Muhammad Dom Salvador JID024, CD: Jazz Is Dead JID024 [2025]
20240827 Zeena Parkins Modesty of the Magic Thing: For the Pink Cup, Seven Pillars, CD: Tzadik TZ-4057 [2025]
20250823 Miles Davis Miles ’55: The Prestige Recordings, 2CD: Prestige / Craft CD00692 MX [2025]
20250823 Einstürzende Neubauten Tabula Rasa, 2CD: Mute 0724357681308, CDStumm156 EU [2004]
20250822 Marissa Nadler New Radiations, Sacred Bones SBR-371 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: marissanadler.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250821 Kayo Dot Every Rock, Every Half-Truth Under Reason, Prophecy PRO-354 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: kayodot.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250820 Centuries of Decay A Monument to Oblivion, 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: centuriesofdecay.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250818 Terri Lyne Carrington THe Mosaic Project: Love and Soul, Concord CRE3778225 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: prestomusic.com [2015]
20250817 Raymond Scott & The Secret 7 The Unexpected, CD: Basta 309106-2 NL [2003]
20250816 Guy Klucevsek Flying Vegetables of the Apocalypse, CD: Experimental Media Foundation XI-104 [1991]
20250814 Portal Vexovoid, CD: Profound Lore PFL111 [2013]
20250811 Ernesto Martínez Mutaciónes, CD: Tzadik TZ-7096 [2004]
20250809 Black Sabbath The Eternal Idol, CD: Warner R2-25548, 603497813612 DE [2025]
20250808 Car Bomb Tiles Whisper Dream, 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: carbomb.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250808 Christian McBride Number Two Express, CD: Verve 314-529-585-2 [1996]
20250807 Kayo Dot Choirs of the Eye, CD: Tzadik TZ-7092 [2003]
20250805 Sharon Mansur Trigger, ACT ACT-8032 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: qobuz.com [2025]
20250803 Exhumed / Gruesome Twisted Horror, Relapse RR7464 ~ 44.1kHz/24bit ALAC: gruesomedeathmetal.bandcamp.com [2020]
20250802 Gruesome Savage Land, Relapse RR7295 ~ 48.0kHz/16bit ALAC: gruesomedeathmetal.bandcamp.com [2015]

uncritical listening 202507

20250730 Cymande Cymande, Partisan, 1972
20250730 Podcast: The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie: Streaming Music Isn’t a Free Market. It’s a Regulated Monopoly.
20250729 Podcast: 100 Songs that Define Heavy Metal: Slayer: “Raining Blood”
20250729 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: South Park Is Saving Free Speech!
20250728 Podcast: 100 Songs that Define Heavy Metal: Anthrax’s “Caught in a Mosh”
20250725 Sepultura Roots, CD: Roadrunner R2-562035 [2017]
20250725 Sepultura Chaos A.D., CD: Roadrunner R2-562036 [2017]
20250723 Sepultura Arise, CD: Roadrunner R2-565085 [2018]
20250723 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: What Should Libertarians Make of the Epstein Files?
20250721 Sepultura Quadra, 2CD: Nuclear Blast 27361-51575 EU [2020]
20250721 Gorthon A Barren Emptiness, Gorthon, 2025
20250720 Slaughter to Prevail GRIZZLY, Sumerian, 2025
20250720 Naked City Naked City, CD: Tzadik TZ-7344-5 [2005]
20250719 Shardik Cruelty Bacchanal, CD: Tzadik TZ-4055 [2025]
20250719 Cy Coleman Playboy’s Penthouse, Everest, 1960
20250717 Slayer Soundtrack to the Apocalypse, 4CD: American B0001519-02 [2003]
20250717 Podcast: Making Sense with Sam Harris: Episode 424 “More From Sam”: Nazi Grok, ICE, Epstein, Social Media, Rapid Fire Questions
20250716 Marty Paich The Rock-Jazz Incident, Reprise, 1966
20250716 Podcast: Honestly with Bari Weiss: The Words That Made America
20250716 Neal Hefti Harlow, Columbia, 1965
20250715 Podcast: Honestly with Bari Weiss: Why Young People Love Socialism
20250714 Slayer Divine Intervention, CD: American 314-586-800-2 [2002]
20250714 Slayer Decade of Aggression, CD: American 314-586-799-2, 314-586-804-2 [2002]
20250712 Area Arbeit Macht Frei, Black Beard, 1973
20250712 Podcast: Making Sense with Sam Harris: Episode 423 “More From Sam”: Democracy, Populism, Wealth Inequality, News-Induced Anxiety, & Rapid Fire Questions
20250712 Slayer Seasons in the Abyss, CD: American 314-586-798-2 [2002]
20250711 Slayer Reign in Blood, CD: American 314-586-796-2 [2002]
20250709 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: The Insanity of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill
20250708 Sharon Mansur Trigger, ACT, 2025
20250707 Podcast: The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds: Ep505: Desolë and Reunions: Umlaut’s New Album and Mr Bungle Memories
20250706 Meshuggah I, CD: Nuclear Blast NB-3402-2 [2014]
20520706 Kreator Outcast, Sanctuary, 2018
20520705 Metallica …And Justice for All, CD: Blackened BLCKND007RD-1 [2018]
20250705 Reverend World Won’t Miss You, CD: Charisma 2-91411 [1990]
20250704 Pig Pen Mental Madness, Flatspot, 2025
20250704 Deadguy Near-Death Travel Services, CD: Relapse RR7527 [2025]
20250703 Ando San OH KAY - EP, Independent, 2025
20250703 Kreator Coma of Souls, Sanctuary, 2018
20250702 Podcast: The Reason Roundtable: Did NYC Vote for Socialism or Against the Establishment?
20250701 Soulfly Soulfly, CD: BMG 538745100 TR [2022]

critical listening 202507

20250730 Frank Sinatra Sinatra and Swingin’ Brass, CD: Universal 0602527200033 EU [2010]
20250730 Count Basie & His Orchestra April in Paris, CD: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDCD-652 [1995]
20250729 Ghost Train Orchestra & Kronos Quartet Songs and Symponiques: The Music of Moondog, CD: Cantaloupe CAS1192 [2023]
20250728 Enrico Rava / Fred Hersch The Song Is You, ECM ECM-2746 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: prestomusic.com [2022]
20250728 The Beau Hunks Sextette Celebration on the Planet Mars: A Tribute to Raymond Scott, CD: Koch KOC-3-7909-2 [1995]
20250726 Count Basie & His Orchestra Basie: E=MC² = Count Basie Orchestra + Neal Hefti Arrangements, CD: Jazz Heritage 514620X [1997]
20250724 Bram De Looze / Joey Baron / Hank Roberts / Thomas Morgan Live at Brussels Jazz Festival: Edition X Flagey 2025, CD: Challenge CR73609 AT [2025]
20250722 John Barry On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, 2CD: La-La Land LLLCD-1667 [2025]
20250720 John Zorn / Brian Marsella Trio Impromptus, CD: Tzadik TZ-9322 [2025]
20250719 John Zorn & Dave Lombardo Memories, Dreams, and Reflections, CD: Tzadik TZ-9324 [2025]
20250717 Terri Lyne Carrington Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue, CD: Concord Jazz CJA-34026-02 [2013]
20250717 The Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble Mr. Machine, !K7 K7286 ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: brandtbrauerfrick.bandcamp.com [2011]
20250716 Dave Pike Jazz for the Jet Set, CD: Atlantic / Warner / Rhino 8122796024J EU [2014]
20250716 Gillian Weir The Organ at Hexham Abbey, CD: Decca / Eloquence 484-1435 AU [2020]
20250716 Classic Cocktail: 54 Cool Cuts, 3CD: EMI 7243-5-35541-2-5 EU [2001]
20250715 Esquivel Loungecore, CD: Camden / BMG 74321-578152 EU [1998]
20250715 Brad Mehldau Trio House on Hill, CD: Nonesuch 79911-2 [2006]
20250714 Terri Lyne Carrington Real Life Story, CD: Verve Forecast 837-697-2 [1989]
20250712 Vince Guaraldi You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown, CD: Lee Mendelson LM25GS02 [2025]
20250711 Joshua Redman Elastic Band Momentum, CD: Nonesuch 79864-2 [2005]
20250709 Duke Ellington / Charlie Mingus / Max Roach Money Jungle, CD: Blue Note 7243-5-38227-2-9 [2002]
20250708 Janis Siegel & Fred Hersch Slow Hot Wind, CD: Varèse Sarabande Jazz VSD-5552 [1995]
20250706 Gruesome Silent Echoes, CD: Relapse RR7582 [2025]
20250704 Joshua Redman Wish, CD: Warner Bros. 9-45365-2 [1993]
20250704 The Budus Band Budos VII, Diamond West DWR-007 ~ 48.0kHz/24bit ALAC: budosband.bandcamp.com [2025]
20250702 KILTER AXIOM, ALTER-NATIV AN20O ~ 44.1kHz/16bit ALAC: kiltertrio.bandcamp.com [2020]
20250701 Sodom The Arsonist, CD: SPV / Steamhammer SPV-257472-CD EU [2025]
20250701 Joshua Redman Words Fall Short, CD: Blue Note 00602475915096 [2025]