Music of the Day
Jackie Ralston, Al BellenchiaReflections 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, 15 August 2026
Blah. My shoulder hasn’t improved much,1 largely because I simply can’t avoid using my left arm. The only reason I’m mentioning it today is because it’s the linchpin in the story of today’s MotD.
If I were of a conspiratorial mindset, I’d...
Music of the Day, 13 August 2026
My presence here has been sporadic and sparse because I’ve been dealing with an injured deltoid in my left arm.1 I’m not sure what originally caused it, but needing to change out the light bulbs in an overhead fixture just when I thought it...
Music of the Day, 11 August 2026
We are about one month away from our first anniversary of moving to Pittsburgh, and it’s been on my mind. That’s kinda weird, actually, as I generally don’t mark such anniversaries; but for whatever reason(s), I’ve been reflecting on how I’...
Music of the Day, 10 August 2026: MM4
Well, my Monday is 75% through as I’m composing this piece, and it feels like it should be Wednesday. I’ve been so busy and distracted that I almost forgot about Motown Monday. When I realized I needed something to lift my spirits, the line...
Music of the Day, 7 August 2026
There has not been a picosecond1 since today’s MotD was released in 1989 in which it has been irrelevant. I could have featured it any day since launching MotD just over three years ago2—it has been a regularly recurring3 earworm during tho...
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Word wrangler, music lover, perpetually curious, former experimental/cognitive psychologist, secular humanist
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