I thought it might be fun to select 10 songs that have some special meaning to me from a lyrical perspective. These are songs that I keep coming back to both for the lyrics and the music. They tend to help get me into a positive mood, so I thought …

I have an unreasonable affection for Naxos recordings.

One of the series they have is a historical collection. They take 78RPM records that have fallen into the public domain (in the UK, where they're based) and remaster them on CD. They're doing the same thing that the Internet Archive does …

I've been binge-watching the documentary series "Soundbreaking" (which leaves PBS streaming tonight. :( ) and overall I've enjoyed it. It's an ambitious series and I've learned a few things from it:

• I wasn't aware of the TONTO synthesizer and Tonto's Expanding Head Band, which formed the synth periods of Stevie Wonder and …

For whatever reason I decided to make a mixtape of electronic music that I normally wouldn't be able to share via Open Metalcast and Club Metal (the show that features most of the industrial-influenced metal music I play). So, rather than keep it to myself I decided to release it …

This morning I fired up the "Favorite Artists" Smart Mix on my Squeezebox.

I think it knows me.