Tag Archive: music

Glitter Up The Dark: How Pop Music Broke The Binary by Sasha Geffen

I am always searching for a new lens into music history and music storytelling and I found it with Geffen’s Glitter Up The Dark. The University of Texas Press American Music Series, edited… Continue reading →

Disco Is Love: I Love Disco, A Personal History

OK here’s the scene: I can’t stop listening to “Searching For Love” by Crown Heights Affair. I started writing this post three weeks ago but instead of words, my head started to fill… Continue reading →

A Radio Tale, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Tell Myself I Can Control The Algorithm

I’ve done a lot of dancing with The Devil. And by The Devil I mean big media. As a former Sirius XM employee (@ me for stories!!!) I know how the sausage gets… Continue reading →

¡Hay Un Amigo En Mi!

The other day we re-watched Toy Story 3 (2010) because it’s excellent. This was after re-watching Toy Story 2 (1999), my favorite, and then we watched the original (1995). As an audio engineering… Continue reading →

Two Speeds: Ronnie Wood or David Berman. Everything Old Is New Again 2022

I have two speeds. I like Chick Webb’s big band swing orchestra or Black Sabbath. It’s The Grateful Dead or the Saturday Night Fever (1977) OST. Bjork or Dylan. My husband is a… Continue reading →

There Are Many Like It But This One Is Mine: Favorite Albums of 2022(!), etc.

Since I brought my blog back, let’s sink our teeth in to the timeless Music Blog Album Of The Year list tradition. Yum yummm. Being a Music Snob is exhausting. I was one,… Continue reading →

New! Wave! (I like?? it!)

For the last few weeks (or longer, who knows what time is) I’ve been contemplating something Past Sarah would’ve poo-pooed: New Wave. I decided long ago, after not really exploring it because that’s… Continue reading →

Friday Night Live: Plains & MJ Lenderman

So glad I got my act together to see MJ Lenderman open for Plains at Webster Hall last night. His record Boat Songs is a strong Album Of The Year contender for me.… Continue reading →

I’m Really Into Jazz Now

A few years ago I read Ted Gioia’s The History of Jazz, Second Edition (2011) and made a playlist including every artist mentioned. It is my magnum opus and why I won’t leave… Continue reading →

Ya’ll! I’m Back!

If you’re new: welcome to my blog, hippies and hipsters, where you don’t have to choose a side because SPOILER they’re the same. I started this blog in 2011 to put my music… Continue reading →