reports/essays

Longer-form studies of subjects, generally in the form of essays or annotated lists.

Best of 2009: 10 Commercial Ambient/Electronic Albums

Best of 2009: 10 Free “Netreleases”

Best of 2009: 10 iPhone/iPod Touch Music/Sound Apps

One Bow to Infinity

Liner notes for the Oo-Ray album Magnifications (Luvsound, 2009).

Blasts of Silence

Liner notes for the Kenneth Kirschner album Filaments & Voids (12k Records, November 2008).

The Index of Pulse! Magazine Comics

A decade of music-based comics, from 1992 to 2002

What Instrumental Hip-Hop Looks Like

The graphic design of vocal-free versions of full-length rap records, from blank sleeves to coy visual puns.