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Reflections on a piece of music that came to mind for Al Bellenchia or Jackie Ralston on a specific day. There are very few repeats, so exploring the archive is a good idea. Never any AI/LLM slop.

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Music of the Day, 10 October 2026

I interrupt my irregularly scheduled MotDing with an important celebration. It’s my dear friend TEB’s1 birthday today!

As this is also the weekend before Canadian Thanksgiving, I didn’t want her celebration to be overshadowed by that. Tha...

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Music of the Day, 9 October 2026

What a week it has been for me, musically speaking! Yinz are getting this introvert to be quite chatty: first, had me drop in for Five for Friday (54F), which turned into a very long, Rushtastic 54(3)F; and yesterday my USian counterpart i...

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Music of the Day, 7 October 2026

All the energy I had this morning to Get Shit Done has evaporated. And I need to Get Shit Done! Instead, my head feels like it could float away from the rest of me, and that observation doesn’t really bother me.

Before I could sink too dee...

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Music of the Day, 5 October 2026

I didn’t intend for the CanCon content1 to continue today, but here we are. And if I ever knew that this great song was by a Canadian band, it was long forgotten.

It’s anyone’s guess2 why the bars that contain a line from the US national a...

7 days ago
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Music of the Day, 2 October 2026

Today is the day that some1 of us in MusicStack are celebrating a longtime delight, and I cordially invite everyone here to partake in it. Before giving you directions to its location, though, I’d like to set the stage a bit.

I can’t do it...

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  • Jackie Ralston

    Word wrangler, music lover, perpetually curious, former experimental/cognitive psychologist, secular humanist

  • Al Bellenchia

    Escapee from corporate America unbroken. Now a non-profit executive looking for good trouble, trying to build community, and writing about the journey. Columbiagreenehabitat.org

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