Dancing About Architecture!

 Welcome all to my album review blog!  I decided to title this blog after one of my favorite quotes about music criticism.   The quote has been attributed to many folks; Frank Zappa, David Byrne, Elvis Costello, etc.  But the quote is this: "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture."  The idea being, of course, that music cannot be evaluated by words, but by experience. 

Well, my aim is to use this platform to make writing about music actually, well, exciting.  Exciting, and wonky, and fun, and informative.  I believe that a lot of album reviews and musical criticism are dismissed as they are short on detail and rife with the author's attitude.  Not their feeling; music is *about* feeling, experience, painting your sonic landscape.

This blog will aim to tell stories about albums.  The album reviews will contain anecdotes about the band, my own experiences with the band (if and when applicable), an exploration of the studio as well at the zeitgeist of the making of the work, and a track by track review of the music.  The rationale here is to either get you to give something a first spin, or a re-listen.  Maybe even something that you, dear reader, have dismissed or looked over.  We will review classics, new releases, underground stuff, and platinum records.  Music is our culture, it is our history, and this blog will hopefully stand as a testament to music's important place in our culture.  

So, go and do a tango in front of your favorite edifice, do the foxtrot next to a downtown skyscraper, slalsa next to a bridge, and lets all celebrate dancing about architecture, and lets enjoy reading and writing about music.  I hope this blog makes you drop the needle on a new record, or spin a new CD, or stream a new song.  Or maybe it makes you just want to jump back in to something your forgot about, or explore something you didn't know existed.  No matter what, music is meant to be shared, and loved.  And for that, even if writing about music does not convey the emotion and passion of the listening experience, I hope this at least motivates you to go and give some records a listen.