CDs listened to today:

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto (Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting)
• Claudio Monteverdi: Ogni Amante e Guerrier
• Prince: The Black Album
• The Streets: Original Pirate Material
• Wolfgang Rihm: Jagden und Formen
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 9
  

CDs listened to today:

• Hanson: Middle Of Nowhere
• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Concerto For Violin And Orchestra
• Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 7
• Jason Lindner: Premonition
• The Distillers: Coral Fang
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 9
• Arthur Lourié: Concerto da Camera
• ¡Forward Russia!: Give Me A Wall
  

CDs listened to today:

• Beastie Boys: Check Your Head
• Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 20
• Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
• Terence Trent d'Arby: Neither Fish Nor Flesh
• Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra: Consummation
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 8
• Frederic Chopin: The Waltzes, disk 1
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 9
  

CDs listened to today:

• Usher: Confessions
• Phoenix: It's Never Been Like That
• Various Artists: Sounds of the Seventies: 1975
• Edison Denisov: Choral Varié
• Sam Phillips: Don't Do Anything
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 8
• The Zutons: Tired Of Hanging Around
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 9
• Ludwig van Beethoven: The Piano Trios, disk 5
  

CDs listened to today:

• Prince: O(+>
• The Streets: Original Pirate Material
• Wallingford Riegger: Symphony No. 3
• Sonic Youth: Dirty
• Henri Dutilleux: Tout Un Monde Lointain
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 7
• Ralph Shapey: The Covenant
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 8
  

CDs listened to today:

• The Distillers: Coral Fang
• Nikolai Lopatnikoff: Concerto for Wind Orchestra
• New Order: Substance
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto (Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting)
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 7
• Claudio Monteverdi: L'Ottavo Libro dei Madrigali
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 8
  

CDs listened to today:

• Frederic Chopin: Preludes and Impromptus
• Green Day: Nimrod
• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Concerto For Violin And Orchestra
• Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 4
• Lightning Bolt: Hypermagic Mountain
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 6
  

CDs listened to today:

• Beastie Boys: Paul's Boutique
• Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 20
• Hector Berlioz: Grande Symphonie Funebre et Triomphale
• D'Angelo: Voodoo
• Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra: Consummation
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 6
  

CDs listened to today:

• Urge Overkill: Saturation
• Phoenix: It's Never Been Like That
• Various Artists: Sounds Of The Seventies: 1974
• Edison Denisov: Choral Varié
• The Kooks: Inside In/Inside Out
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 6
• The Zutons: Tired Of Hanging Around
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 7
• Ludwig van Beethoven: The Piano Trios, disk 4
  

CDs listened to today:

• Dutilleux: Tout Un Monde Lointain
• Roger Sessions: When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd
• Richard Wagner: Siegfried
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 5
  

CDs listened to today:

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto (Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting)
• Claudio Monteverdi: Il Sesto Libro dei Madrigali
• Prince: Graffiti Bridge
• The Streets: Original Pirate Material
• Joseph Rheinberger: Nonet in E-flat major
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 5
• Social Distortion: Somewhere Between Heaven And Hell
  

CDs listened to today:

• Green Day: Insomniac
• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Concerto For Violin And Orchestra
• Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 3
• The Libertines: Up The Bracket
• The Distillers: Coral Fang
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 5
• Gyorgy Ligeti: Three Pieces For Two Pianos
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 6
• Oliver Nelson: The Blues And The Abstract Truth
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 7
  

CDs listened to today:

• Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 20
• Luciano Berio: Ritorno degli Snovidenia
• The Cure: Wish
• Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra: Consummation
• Frederic Chopin: Polonaises, disk 2
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 4
  

CDs listened to today:

• Edison Denisov: Choral Varié
• Technotronic: Pump Up The Jam
• The Zutons: Tired Of Hanging Around
• Ludwig van Beethoven: The Piano Trios, disk 3
• Bahia Black: Ritual Beating System
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 4
  

CDs listened to today:

• Henri Dutilleux: Tout Un Monde Lointain
• Roger Sessions: Symphony No. 9
• Urge Overkill: Exit The Dragon
• Phoenix: It's Never Been Like That
• Various Artists: Sounds Of The Seventies: 1973
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 4
  

CDs listened to today:

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto (Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting)
• Claudio Monteverdi: Il Quarto Libro dei Madrigali
• Prince: Batman
• The Streets: Original Pirate Material
• Verne Reynolds: Partita
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 4
  
• The Smithereens: Blow Up
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 5
  

CDs listened to today:

• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Concerto For Violin And Orchestra
• Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 1
• The Lemonheads: It's A Shame About Ray
• The Distillers: Coral Fang
• Gyorgy Ligeti: Drei Phantasien nach Friedrich Holderlin
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 3
• Bill Nelson: The Strangest Things
  

CDs listened to today:

• Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 20
• Luciano Berio: Notturno
• The Cure: Wild Mood Swings
• Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra: Consummation
• Frederic Chopin: Polonaises, disk 1
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 3
• Green Day: Dookie
  

CDs listened to today:

• Various Artists: Sounds Of The Seventies, 1972
• Edison Denisov: Choral Varié
• The Prodigy: Firestarter
• Soho: Hippychick
• The Zutons: Tired Of Hanging Around
• Ludwig van Beethoven: The Piano Trios, disk 2
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 3
• Arrested Development: 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days…
  

CDs listened to today:

• The Streets: Original Pirate Material
• Roger Reynolds: Dream Of The Infinite Rooms
• Smithereens: 11
• Henri Dutilleux: Tout Un Monde Lointain
• Roger Sessions: Symphony No. 4
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 2
• UB40: Labour Of Love II
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 3
• Phoenix: It's Never Been Like That
  

CDs listened to today:

• Gyorgy Ligeti: String Quartets And Duets
• Ned's Atomic Dustbin: God Fodder
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto (Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting)
• Claudio Monteverdi: Il Terzo Libro dei Madrigali
• Dafnis Prieto: Absolute Quintet
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 2
  

CDs listened to today:

• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Concerto For Violin And Orchestra
• Georg Friedrich Handel: Sound An Alarm
• The La's: (eponymous)
• The Distillers: Coral Fang
  

CDs listened to today:

• Louis Armstrong: Volume VII: You're Driving Me Crazy
• Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 20
• Luciano Berio: Différences
• The Cure: Staring At The Sea
• Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra: Consummation
• Frederic Chopin: Nocturnes, disk 2
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 2
• Green Day: American Idiot
  

I've been really sticking to my vow to read more recently.

It's been a fine thing to feel like I'm not only doing something that's good for me--just sticking to my resolution for longer than a few weeks has been a pleasant achievement. I'm not exactly reading exclusively top-notch, high-quality stuff, but it's not been all junk, either. Since I really started to read again in earnest (partly thanks to my flirtation with H and the realization that I couldn't keep up the front of erudition if I didn't actively practice it more), the volume of reading has accelerated. During my time off over the holidays, I blasted through a startling volume of books and the new year has kept that pace, even as I return to work.

So... since this is a journal to some extent, here's what I've read since August (while they're still sitting on one shelf and easy to recall--well, not recall, just type):

• The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction; Gardner Dozois, ed.
• Freakonomics; Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
• Postmortem; Patricia Cornwell
• The Penguin History of the World; J. M. Roberts
• The Golden Age; John C. Wright
• The Phoenix Exultant; John C. Wright
• The Golden Transcendence; John C. Wright
• The 42nd Parallel; John Dos Passos
• 1919; John Dos Passos
• The Big Money; John Dos Passos
• Angels & Demons; Dan Brown
• The Da Vinci Code; Dan Brown
• Founding Brothers; Joseph J. Ellis

CDs listened to today:

• Luciano Berio: Rendering per Orchestra
• Nine Inch Nails: The Perfect Drug
• Porno For Pyros: Pets
• Edison Denisov: Choral Varié
• The Zutons: Tired Of Hanging Around
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disks 1-2

CDs listened to today:

• Roger Sessions: Symphony No. 3
• 24-7 Spyz: Gumbo Millenium
• Henri Dutilleux: Tout Un Monde Lointain
• Various Artists: Sounds of the Seventies: 1971
• Phoenix: It's Never Been Like That
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 1

CDs listened to today:

• The Presidents of the United States: (eponymous)
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto (Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting)
• Roger Reynolds: Coconino…A Shattered Landscape
• Elliott Smith: XO
• The Streets: Original Pirate Material
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 1

CDs listened to today:

• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
• Gyorgy Ligeti: Sonata for Solo Viola
• Fats Navarro: The Fats Navarro, disk 4
• The Distillers: Coral Fang
• Claudio Monteverdi: Il Secondo Libro dei Madrigali
• Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies, disk 1

CDs listened to today:

• Frédéric Chopin: The Nocturnes, disk 1
• Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band: XXL
• Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra: Consummation
• Jesus Guridi: Sinfonia Pirenaica
• L7: Bricks Are Heavy

CDs listened to today:

• Louis Armstrong: Volume VI: St. Louis Blues
• Sam Phillips: Don't Do Anything
• Luciano Berio: Continuo
• The Cure: Mixed Up
• Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 20
• The Zutons: Tired of Hanging Around

CDs listened to today:

• Henri Dutilleux: Tout Un Monde Lointain
• Janet Jackson: Miss You Much
• John Mayer: Heavier Things (EP)
• Phoenix: It's Never Been Like That
• Edison Denisov: Choral Varié
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Octet
• The Zutons: Tired of Hanging Around

CDs listened to today:

• Richard Wagner: Die Walkürie
• Various Artists: Sounds of the Seventies: 1970
• The Zutons: Tired of Hanging Around