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My brain is full of sounds and pictures. But I like to organize my thoughts in words, too, and I’ve been an occasional music journalist. As a freelance writer I’ve written articles, features, and liner notes for NPR Music, Downbeat Magazine, The Talkhouse, WNYC, Mercury Records, and others. I was a writer and editor (and an Art Director) for the new music journal Ear Magazine from 1979 to 1981.

My biggest project was writing the liner notes for “Brain In a Box: The Science Fiction Collection,” issued by Rhino Records in 2000. I wrote a cultural history of science fiction music, which filled most of the 200-page, illustrated hardback book that came in the lavishly packaged set. 

brain in the box rhino liner notes
some articles

David Garland Talks Deradoorian’s The Expanding Flower Planet
The Talkhouse

First Listen: Meg Baird, ‘Seasons On Earth‘
NPR Music, “first listen“

A Lost Singer’s Music, Finally Found
NPR Music, “music articles“

Top Ten Genre-Busting CDs of 2007, from WNYC
NPR Music, “music articles“

Laura Marling: Striking Songs and a Supple Voice
NPR Music, “favorite sessions”

Callers: Better Living Through Limitation
NPR Music, “favorite sessions”

Jozef van Wissem: Transcendental Lute
NPR Music, “favorite sessions”

Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger: Odd Charm
NPR Music, “favorite sessions”

Lau Nau & Kuupuu: The Finn Sound From Way Out
NPR Music, “favorite sessions”

Diane Cluck: A Singular Vision, Sung Sweetly
NPR Music, “favorite sessions”

Alex Lukashevsky: Resisting All Obstacles
NPR Music, “music articles“

brain in the box rhino liner notes