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February 18

Week 458: “Chaconne In G” by Moondog

For 30 years, people walking 6th Avenue between 52nd and 55th streets in New York…

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February 4

Week 456: “Une Larme” by Modest Mussorgsky

Of all the human body’s processes, crying has to be one of the weirdest. It…

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November 19

Week 445: “Toccata Arpeggiata” by Johannes Kapsberger

If Baroque music isn’t really your thing, you’re probably not familiar with the theorbo. It’s…

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October 29

Week 442: “Ferris Wheel” by Gábor Szabó

If you’re the kind of person who feels weighed down by unreasonable expectations, then you…

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October 22

Week 441: “Horisont” by Lars Jakob Rudjord (Kid Koala remix)

Many years ago, I left my apartment early one morning to go to work in…

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October 8

Week 439: “Vissel” by José González

Whistling might not be a uniquely human trait, but we are probably the species that…

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September 3

Week 434: “She’s Alive” by OutKast (Bremer/McCoy cover)

NOTE (2025): In this post, I go on for quite a while mansplaining the Netherlands.…

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August 20

Week 432: “Sunshine on Fish Skin” by Girls in Airports

The multi-coloured shimmer given off by fish skin is called iridescence, and it’s pretty fascinating.…

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June 25

Week 424: “Le Depart (version acoustique)” by L’Imperatrice

There are three things I remember about going off to my first summer job as…

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June 18

Week 423: Passepied (Debussy) by Punch Brothers

Despite being contemporaries, Debussy and Tchaikovsky were different in many ways. Tchaikovsky, older by 22…

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June 4

Week 421: “Pater Noster” by Peteris Vasks

As well as being home to composer Peteris Vasks, Latvia is home to a waterfall…

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May 28

Week 420: “Ezra Was Right” by Grandbrothers

Pianos are miracles of musical engineering. Each one is a miniature wooden cathedral, filled with…

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March 19

Week 410: “Twice” by Little Dragon

Surprising fact: the oldest form of puppetry is one that doesn’t involve puppets. Well, kind…

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November 13

Week 392: “Sculpture” by Skalpel

Back when DVDs were considered legitimate gifts, I was given a really interesting DVD as…

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October 9

Week 387: “Angel Wings” by James Maloney (Tontario remix)

One of my favourite pastimes is to watch my nearly-three-year-old son do anything that requires…

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September 18

Week 384: “Come Silence” by Dag Rosenqvist

I used to think that white was a pretty straightforward colour. Then I tried to…

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July 3

Week 373: “Consequence” by The Notwist

Some albums are constructed through meticulous planning and and granular focus on songwriting. Others are…

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June 12

Week 370: “The Plum Blossom” by Yusef Lateef

Shakespeare insisted that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. True as…

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June 5

Week 369: “Cello Sonata in E Minor (First Movement)” by Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi, had he been born a few centuries later, might have fit in well…

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April 17

Week 362: “Prelude No. 3, Op. 17” by Alexander Scriabin

I think one of the big mistakes we often make when setting goals or making…

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