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<height>32</height></image> <item> <title>Media diet for Q2 2025</title> <link>https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q2-2025/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:47:40 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Lists]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://lukemuehlhauser.com/?p=9013</guid> <description><![CDATA[Music Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter:1 DJ Koze: Music Can Hear Us (2025) Wayne Horvitz: Those Who Remain mvt 1 (2018), “A Walk in the Rain” & “Barber Shop” (2014) George Russell: “Time Spiral” and “Ezz-thetic” (1983) Aaron Parks: Invisible Cinema (2008) Spiro Dussias: “Negative” (2024) Vijay Iyer: Far from Over (2017) Christian […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Music</h3><p>Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter:<sup><a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q2-2025/#footnote_0_9013" id="identifier_0_9013" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="Here are ~all the works I listened to for some of the composers below: Yamada, Subramaniam, Einaudi.">1</a></sup></p><ul><li>DJ Koze: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6Jq7lj2FjFmUuTjQllSTL0?si=m4Cef4zkT-mL6L85nVtEKA"><em>Music Can Hear Us</em></a> (2025)</li><li>Wayne Horvitz: <a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/1470616-Wayne-Horvitz-Those-Who-Remain"><em>Those Who Remain</em></a> mvt 1 (2018), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6jjmBneRQvQCkwRREu0B8y?si=4a55d8d9b903408b">A Walk in the Rain</a>” & “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5iDBl8nu3fovL90xxFEk2F?si=2cbdb6170295435e">Barber Shop</a>” (2014)</li><li>George Russell: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7aA1QryvnLc1kMXIHFTOAB?si=4b1afd137caa4ade">Time Spiral</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5qBIjzJ8kTrCyoqwHRXaxR?si=900c573c99a34d87">Ezz-thetic</a>” (1983)</li><li>Aaron Parks: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3xfueIrMUw57owAiYVKt8S?si=cqs9xsytRTi8VOUojyZMJA"><em>Invisible Cinema</em></a> (2008)</li><li>Spiro Dussias: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mzDPF5230M">Negative</a>” (2024)</li><li>Vijay Iyer: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1m3KyOooTz89Dt6U30Ad7c?si=8d57118638e141f8"><em>Far from Over</em></a> (2017)</li><li>Christian McBride: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/christian_mcbride/live_at_tonic/"><em>Live at Tonic</em></a> (2006)</li><li>McCoy Tyner: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/mccoy-tyner-big-band/the-turning-point/"><em>The Turning Point</em></a> (1992)</li><li>Chris Potter: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/chris-potter-underground/follow-the-red-line-live-at-the-village-vanguard-1/"><em>Follow the Red Line</em></a> (2007)</li><li>Eskaton: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/eskaton/musique-post-atomique/"><em>Musique post-atomique</em></a> (1979)</li><li>Bob Brookmeyer: “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/mel-lewis-and-the-jazz-orchestra/make-me-smile-and-other-new-works-by-bob-brookmeyer.p/">Make Me Smile</a>” (1982)</li><li>Levi McClain: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2PhlUz6nU5RmIXbH8UJysh?si=e9809e8adcda4c62"><em>Etch a Sketch</em></a> (2018)</li><li>Graeme Shields & others: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2XkyeaSLHYHwnl8Lnv25sv?si=lm7atWW_STu1TsYC2U_KXQ"><em>Pocket Grooves</em></a> (2019)</li><li>Adrián Berenguer: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5nU4u6hTdtpsp3NLDsgeG1?si=081f8009ac864219">Overture</a>” (2025)</li><li>Matyáš Novák: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf0uHnJB4sQ">Vltava</a>” (2021)</li><li>Carla Bley: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/47KY3K6kfZya22Dtr8dUPb?si=KNEfixWWRyuFbw2-NYAH1w"><em>Fleur Carnivore</em></a> (1989)</li><li>Too Many Zooz: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1QAf99iaIM">Lose Control</a>” (2024), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE5w4WmYpWQ"><em>Severance</em> Theme</a>” (2025)</li><li>Aaron Hibell & Dan Heath: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1luDTOkUqKMQ8gQvB3U3gO?si=018721af2c1142af">Odyssey</a>” (2025)</li><li>Natural Information Society & Bitchin’ Bajas: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1VZmZOYJqaFBeLP7LDQavG?si=94ac859ebb8e4edc">Clock no Clock</a>” (2025)</li><li>Josef Gung’l: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6Q3MSlZ8VAzNx0NTwwjjIl?si=df33c9916ad643fe">Narren Galopp</a>” (c. 1855)</li><li>Eduard Strauss: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3G8EmbAsj0">Bahn Frei!</a>” (1869)</li><li>Trombone Shorty: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/10yqXWUbVgZy0XzonDOIgs?si=ebf53f2d7e9943d3">Hurricane Season</a>” & “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3KywmaqyvQtM4fwrRWgbBf?si=8ca67ca32fce4c51">Neph</a>” (2010)</li><li>Andrew Wrangell: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qskm9MTz2V4">Rush E</a>” (2018)</li><li>Darcy James Argue: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4TdS4sPPd6sbowfZyy9QaG?si=b2c9163320ca4f0f">Best Friends Forever</a>” (2016)</li><li>Woody Shaw: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/woody-shaw/the-moontrane/"><em>The Moontrane</em></a> (1975)</li><li>Gustavo Santaolalla: “Babel”</li><li>Saagara: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3bYJhlYenYM6qavKCBkle8?si=Cyb0hKDOTMOXLTqZJVbecQ"><em>3</em></a> (2024)</li><li>New Age Doom / Tuvaband: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5Jq0GkE0QwgCVtoz021PE1?si=_1Iwk1eJRByHeTB9EdmQcQ"><em>There Is No End</em></a> (2023)</li><li>KALI Trio: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1wLeQeyfAIaRtTWBBqrB6n?si=834fb1052aaf4ce8">Transitoriness</a>” (2021)</li><li>Avishai Cohen: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7sCU0pZZix0KirptfjERbL?si=JfM86hUkQaCqSKkMIUabvw"><em>Continuo</em></a> (2006)</li><li>Jacques Loussier: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5vqYEfaZR3GfXDSTcOIdlq?si=0PrPc7rDQXOQNDVOdBqqWQ"><em>Plays Bach, the 50th Anniversary Recording</em></a> (2009)</li><li>Bent Knee: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2vuKWHbzBSVPSUSUPsWAFY?si=x7Z2GzjvSWWCrEwisywUqQ"><em>Twenty Pills Without Water</em></a> (2024)</li><li>Soap&Skin: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/79sDO0rbc6RvPsuqIotmeE?si=p852GdteQ3a5LkBi2TZNSQ"><em>Untitled</em></a> (2008), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7eex3pfG9WHkV9GQFDss8w?si=4b3fbd9d3e8447e1">Sugarbread</a>” (2013)</li><li>Danny Elfman: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6Zygqehrio0AFB2QEmSr3X?si=f42737612143461a"><em>Back to School</em></a> (1986), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3SmBQlLkMxasykapCZ7b8V?si=31f05e348a774aca"><em>Darkman</em></a> (1990), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/danny-elfman/serenada-schizophrana/"><em>Serenada Schizophrana</em></a> (2006), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5J52JE3ZoXlngxu5EyvQKY?si=9xNHQQI-SXKeZZXxXsY_GQ"><em>Rabbit & Rogue</em></a> (2008), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/10XfqrimjbFVGU16XVR9wH?si=PVUvRoN4TIClYvPnVYllvw"><em>Iris</em></a> (2011), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0yVh1OOqCE8Up2Qcaqa0p8?si=8183cb58e2334d02"><em>Eleven Eleven</em></a> (2017), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1gFl3GqZO5oWA82VP7SsIL?si=f0935c72988c4056"><em>Percussion Quartet</em></a> (2019), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lnujidTyFHeFmwwnJBQ1x?si=f7996c8c1ab24ff7"><em>Percussion Concerto</em></a> (2022), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5zycm5QzcdGrH9BHWa4HtY?si=ab74ac61f1374981"><em>Wunderkammer</em></a> (2022), <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMSIOD5JJI0&list=RDQMSIOD5JJI0"><em>Cello Concerto</em></a> (2024)</li><li>Christopher Tin: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0s1sXci3Ok4t6fy2y1Xzh5?si=30ZxNF0pQEuSBC3HGwDb6A"><em>Calling All Dawns</em></a> (2009), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6p1bmI6atX9j44uz0LDEsc?si=5O8t9Hm1Roila0l_xc-vvQ"><em>The Drop That Contained the Sea</em></a> (2014), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4FaBKEQ5pbxJSuOG8pkZNF?si=01ugLUYtT0y56OUXjAqizw"><em>To Shiver the Sky</em></a> (2020)</li><li>Kosaku Yamada [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3P5RRO5fu8VvzYZS68W70O?si=18f60c7c27884de5">playlist</a>]: <em>Symphony in F Major</em> mvt 4 (1912), “Sunayama” (1923)</li><li>L. Subramaniam [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2JuiXnktvr0qoc6JywI6qQ?si=e0e83b6f74114177">playlist</a>]: “Rainbow Serenade” & “Kali Dance” (1981), “Garland” (1982), <em>Double Concerto for Violin and Flute in E Major</em> (1983), “Flight of the Humble Bee” (1984), <em>Fantasy on Vedic Chants</em> (1985), <em>Spring Rhapsody</em> (1986), <em>Turbulence Concerto</em> mvts 1 & 3 (1987), <em>Shanti Priya</em> mvts 1 & 3 (1988), <em>Freedom Symphony</em> (2007), “Tribute to Bach” (2015), <em>Isabella Violin Concerto</em> (2016), <em>Bharat Symphony</em> (2017), <em>Mahatma Symphony</em> (2022)</li><li>Ludovico Einaudi [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1e51xWVnVlTh6IWDk8IulA?si=d9781af40fa44a90">playlist</a>]: “The Apple Tree” (1995), <em>Doctor Zhivago</em> (2002), “Nuvole Bianche” & “Dietro Casa” (2004), “Primavera” & “Divenire” (2006), “Lady Labyrinth” & “Nightbook” (2009), <em>Intouchables</em> (2011), “Wetlands” (2012), “Experience” & “Life” & “Run” (2013), “Night” (2015), <em>Nomadland</em> (2021)</li><li>MONACA Inc. [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1dxqkFHDxmUffYrJ85IjxC?si=524d87a3870143ee">playlist</a>]: several tracks from <em>NieR Gestalt & RepliCant</em> (2010)</li><li>Miles Davis: <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1oIZBAdJ2QojYwnNCzGDNW?si=QyAnPd1ZQh-WoN8L_WtVjA">‘Four’ & More</a></em> (1966)</li><li>Terence Blanchard [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1csj22HGyeTcSP81PIkV92?si=ba71d0a0bcae41cb">playlist</a>]: “Hannibal” & “Kaos” & “Unchanged” & “Soldiers” (2018)</li><li>Kurt Rosenwinkel [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6uocOTmWhf6QK2ZgWB7fL5?si=39807b9eee4b4ceb">playlist</a>]: “Chords” & “Flute” (2008)</li><li>Sonny Rollins: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6AtWpHLGXr4eCYbqW34Enr?si=4wiBulr6RhOeQGqvKPQ7Cw"><em>G-Man</em></a> (1987)</li><li>Heiner Goebbels: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0ZjjG7jPmZSWANw806Oazy?si=808644256b604065">Ballade vom zerrissenen Rock</a>” (1998)</li><li>Annie Gosfield: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5O6o3m1MPcspmOUxYPiv5P?si=59b0550fadd54968">Impulse Turbine: Inlet, Exhaust-cumbustion Chamber</a>” (1999)</li><li>Daniel Bernard Roumain: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6NXOhSBzXHBD34LBwBJmeC?si=ac248c780eee45b3"><em>Voodoo Violin Concerto</em></a> (2002)</li><li>Matthew Hindson: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3jFKTdYxsrItCvPTT4ZNqa?si=cd6e7e6a408f469c"><em>Speed</em></a> (1997)</li><li>Mike Mills: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ldKr8RT1A1RdQJd49Nwsx?si=c3d0d52c0dbc4758"><em>Concerto for Violin, Rock Band, and String Orchestra</em></a> (2016)</li><li>Cannonball Adderley: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6Utj0CAgAWsPLFCVfaqDnB?si=abb607f3145247f5"><em>Mercy, Mercy, Mercy</em></a> (1967)</li><li>Dexter Gordon: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5PRo0pvRdcrJzoMleTTflV?si=773b83e3eb944a43"><em>Homecoming</em></a> (1977)</li><li>VSOP the Quintet: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5APEZLkpF5pck0nzqUY9SR?si=AjFsFTVCQhmn_CtEPArsjA"><em>Live Under the Sky</em></a> (1979)</li><li>Lubomyr Melnyk: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4pKxRPrLlbXKW06HIPBgLh?si=_ckhAz9qSkCpLDns1Zz0rA"><em>Corollaries</em></a> (2013)</li></ul><p><span id="more-9013"></span></p><p>Rediscovered or revisited, and really liked:<sup><a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q2-2025/#footnote_1_9013" id="identifier_1_9013" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="I think I hadn’t heard some of the classical pieces before, but I’m not sure which ones.">2</a></sup></p><ul><li>Arcangelo Corelli: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2J0ZyJGNH7y9jRMLbqtXNS?si=8409110bbb784b54">La folia</a>” (1700)</li><li>Wayne Horvitz: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4KUpSjcyhpIi0tDFE3CVWZ?si=4fa569b30d1d4a5f">Prodigal Sun Revisited</a>” (1990)</li><li>Claudio Monteverdi: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/53BD93PorygaI2VJrLWC2s?si=504d10128ab54bf2">Zefiro torna e di soavi accenti</a>” (1632)</li><li>George Frederic Handel: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0oRNd4BnlWkpQOojcFG2Rm?si=9af2148236c44926"><em>Suite in D Minor</em></a> [HWV 437] (1706)</li><li>Saint-Saens: “Havanaise” (1887), <em>Piano Concerto No. 5</em> mvt 3 (1896)</li><li>Beethoven: <em>Piano Sonata No. 23 “Appassionata”</em> mvts. 1 & 3 (1806), <em>Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”</em> (1809)</li><li>Mozart: <em>Piano Concerto No. 20</em> mvt. 3 (1785), <em>Piano Concerto No. 21</em> mvt. 2 (1785), <em>Piano Sonata No. 16</em> mvt. 1 (1788)</li><li>Karl Jenkins: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1SeuDxCewZcCdxLUFACb8G?si=3317df27d5bf4904"><em>Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary</em></a> (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/59CePotGR37Bhf0a2xVDOp?si=3334d53cd68e4462"><em>Adiemus II: Cantata Mundi</em></a> (1996), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3OT5afyfJ2dJfDmdzFB8sH?si=5416493e5ad8408e"><em>Adiemus III: Dances of Time</em></a> (1998), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1VsVrkxUBJuLlqTiiApYLx?si=9e724488058b4d54"><em>Adiemus IV: The Eternal Knot</em></a> (2001), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6ZAbyTNBjgIepIVJEOMKTk?si=b53a743822a04c89"><em>Adiemus V: Vocalise</em></a> (2004), “<a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/769270-Karl-Jenkins-Adiemus-Colores">Canción Amarilla</a>” (2013), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3ROSZyD97Qw2M1ZCsrsDgg?si=d88a10aa85fe4e0b"><em>Symphonic Adiemus</em></a> (2017)</li><li>Sons of Kemet: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6KPAS8bKufxqev7XFgg8ss?si=1db3ebf90b934d59"><em>Burn</em></a> (2013), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6qn50nE6B11WZJpmu3yEHH?si=It6ZJczYSZS_wQqA8Wfeqw"><em>Lest We Forget What We Came Here to Do</em></a> (2015)</li><li>Metallica: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3kVRcb2fuCcKcqltzczxRP?si=L1lwpIgVRNm-QAnograZLQ"><em>S&M</em></a> (1999)</li><li>Frank Zappa: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/25E0fQywCDnJq3UPzye4tM?si=18c9c94d509b470a"><em>King Kong</em></a> (1969), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1SRLAz6J32NjkSWbfxpGL0?si=2b85c70424f947fa">Strictly Genteel</a>” (1971)</li><li>Soap&Skin: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6culXQMuw6H6XF8KwNkH7Q?si=fAxXM3jVTmK52er7FlHIQw"><em>Lovetune for Vacuum</em></a> (2009), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0xdIchzm2D9N7cAWKye1cQ?si=bce94d1309d74670"><em>Narrow</em></a> (2012)</li><li>Robert Rodriguez: “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/rodriguez-debney-revell/sin-city/">Sin City</a>” & “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/rodriguez-debney-revell/sin-city/">Sin City End Titles</a>” (2005)</li><li>Philip Glass: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2GRIEd8GXjQA15iDtA8U4e?si=7fb0383f26b64161"><em>Powaqqatsi</em></a> (1988), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4xA8HPOZdWsEQOjjbJ4Fmt?si=e261471242f947cf">It Was Always You, Helen</a>” (1992), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3afkfBT34YQCQZJXOVl3er?si=f908136f1e7b4445">Escape to India</a>” (2003) “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4SUWxTjobw2cZaHkbPYNpu?si=351a085f0029476e">Intensive Time</a>” (2002), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6QT1MtC8Pl0z6TMoOV2Ynv?si=23eabd9e35f3493e">100,000 People</a>” & “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0oUQdOhEejFc3TOrNpGTGR?si=99d59472dd664c11">Target Destruction</a>” (2003), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0GFe3J9EJSYri4reBjdk7A?si=ff9a5800294f4fe8">Miller’s Theme</a>” (2003)</li><li>Kamasi Washington [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3HXkth1ExSIEPjl1iSNzRi?si=fa786ce2447f4f8e">playlist</a>]: “The Conception” & “The Bombshell’s Waltz” & “Bobby Boom Bap” (2007), “Change of the Guard” & “Askim” & “Miss Understanding” & “Leroy and Lanisha” & “The Magnificent 7” & “Malcolm’s Theme” & “The Message” (2015), <em>Harmony of Difference</em> (2017), “The Secret of Jinison” & “Fists of Fury” & “Hub-Tones” & “One of One” & “Vi Lua Vi Sol” & “Show Us the Way” & “Will You Sing” (2018), “Lesanu” & “The Garden Path” & “Prologue” (2024), <em>Lazarus</em> (2025)</li><li>Wim Mertens [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5isCah0biewdNeCZpRBbaI?si=ce943f4130a4433a">playlist</a>]: “Birds for the Mind” & “Struggle for Pleasure” & “4 Mains” (1987), “No Testament” & “The Whole” (1989), “Iris” & “Far” (1991), “Their Duet” & “His Own Thing” & “Watch Over Me” & “Shot One” (1993), <em>Jardin Clos</em> (1996), <em>Skopos</em> (2003), <em>Partes Extra Partes</em> (2006), <em>Receptacle</em> (2007), <em>Zee Versus Zed</em> (2010)</li><li>Ill Considered: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6WC9rrYDJ7iooLlbX6zWx9?si=1XqoBIAnSkuK_YpMJhjmCw"><em>Ill Considered</em></a> (2017), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6OQcRcUX6lgfJmxBAJ950D?si=73190bd9c9d94068">Delusion</a>” (2018), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6nGzllqyeFuG976fVESQuF?si=f9555e518320475e">Incandescent Rage</a>” & “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7etVwCMml2vykhaSkmIZj2?si=18b72a32e5ac4b4a">Single Leaf</a>” (2019), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5d7i7p5mP76Gi4kY2YurSw?si=24ff7176d50d4abe"><em>Liminal Space</em></a> (2021), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5XJM3GJwgesWDpSW0ZBQzg?si=483b2e9f8dac4052"><em>Precipice</em></a> (2024)</li><li>Rollerball: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3AGiusXVZBPCe492rU7kyB?si=YHo414W4ShK_u5ArKin3iw"><em>Ahura</em></a> (2008), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5A3HWELC2Ne9QxMFuvXphA?si=x8QU_T4zTrCqK7-tK86cMA"><em>Murwa Mbwa</em></a> (2011)</li><li>Fire! [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6bjS5l4tY2R8VkJn0t2Kai?si=36369b50434f4bf1">playlist</a>]: “Can I Hold You for a Minute?” & “You Liked Me Five Minutes Ago” (2009), “And the Stories Will Flood Your Satisfaction” & “He Wants to Sleep in a Dream” (2012), “Exit! Pt. 1” (2013), “Enter Part Four” (2014), “Ritual, Pts 1-2” (2016), “The Hands” & “Washing Your Heart in Filth” (2018), “Weekends” & “Blue Crystal Fire” (2019), “A lost farewell” (2023)</li><li>Anna von Hausswolff [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1xPstGTjPDxUP2cA16sNCn?si=07fe51fb1488459a">playlist</a>]: “Lost at Sea” (2010), <em>Ceremony</em> (2014), “Pomperipossa” (2015), “The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra” & “Ugly and Vengeful” (2018)</li><li>Howard Shore [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5qHuHA3PH1LBBthxh7gl3O?si=2b33c51791734811">playlist</a>]: “A. Hauser and O’Brien B. Bugpowder” (1991), “The Shire” & “Bag End” & “The Council of Elrond Assembles” & “The Road Goes Ever On…” (2001), “The Three Hunters” (2002), “The Battle of Pelennor Fields” & “The Lighting of the Beacons” & “For Frodo” (2003), “Believe” (2010)</li></ul><p>I also listened to a significant portion of the works by each of the composers listed below.<sup><a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q2-2025/#footnote_2_9013" id="identifier_2_9013" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="For Liszt, I listened to this ~complete works playlist through S427 before switching to this highlights playlist. For Berlioz, I listened to this complete works playlist through H81b before switching to this highlights playlist. I listened only to highlights playlists (plus a smattering of other pieces) for Holst, Mussorgsky, Verdi, Smetana, Rossini, Franck (note the repeated pieces), Weber, Rameau, Alkan, Torelli, Telemann, Spohr, Albeniz, Gounod, Bruch, Duparc, Smyth, C.P.E. Bach (only through 6 Prussian Sonatas), Bruckner, Borodin, Glazunov, MacDowell, d’Indy, Gade, Raff, Goldmark, Vieuxtemps, Martucci, Elgar, Glinka, and Dohnányi. I listened to complete works playlists for Lalo and Wieniawski.">3</a></sup> My favorites pieces from them were (names linked to playlists):</p><ul><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/54zKH0ygbYZlNVI31IyKZ5?si=b397863568fc4de6">Franz Liszt</a> (b. 1811): <em>Schubert Marches</em> Nos. 3 & 4 (1846), <em>Totentanz</em> (1849), “Un sospiro” (1849), <em>Liebesträume</em> No. 3 (1850), <em>Paganini Studies</em> Nos. 3 & 4 (1851), <em>Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2</em> (1851), <em>Transcendental Études</em> No. 4 (1852), <em>Piano Concerto No. 2</em> mvt 2 (1861)</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4HzXDEFvTA0XD0vfTg3n3s?si=cb93cdafca6c4207">Hector Berlioz</a> (b. 1803): “Marche hongroise” (1845)</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0F1DCjDTTeZJXh0pPxrORJ?si=c07bc5e0a4964e13">Gustav Holst</a> (b. 1874): <em>The Planets</em> (1917)</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/58nAR4r5JG1K30eTsZ2a9Y?si=5e65b214c1b148e1">Modest Mussorgsky</a> (b. 1839): <em>Night on Bald Mountain</em> (1867), “Varlaam’s Drinking Song” (1873), <em>Pictures at an Exhibition</em> (1874)</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4IcQxnlT0YJnQ50bhM4vAV?si=3d52447a0c16440f">Giuseppe Verdi</a> (b. 1813): “La donna è mobile” (1851), “Libiamo ne’ lieti calici” (1853), <em>Messa da Requiem</em> mvts. 3 & 19 (1874)</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4NfKrpgVVSzlc1PNhIOMrL?si=5a51e6df9ab54216">Bedrich Smetana</a> (b. 1824): <em>Triumphal Symphony</em> (1853), <em>The Bartered Bride</em> (1866), <em>Ma vlast</em> (1879)</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0n3zhNiFYVb8BeFO7cYMG2?si=9446eea6fbc3478b">Gioachino Rossini</a> (b. 1792): <em>The Italian Girl in Algiers</em> “Overture” (1813), <em>The Barber of Seville</em> “Overture” and “Largo al factotum” (1816), <em>William Tell</em> “Overture (Finale)” (1829)</li><li>Cesar Franck (b. 1822): [none]</li><li>Carl Maria von Weber (b. 1786): [none]</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/72rBlmAOxsBcweNfuRDA3I?si=e7f7a374ece34b5e">Jean-Philippe Rameau</a> (b. 1683): “Les cyclopes” (1724), “Les Sauvages” (1725), <em>Platée</em> act 1 scene 6’s air & orage (1745), <em>Zais</em> overture (1748)</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6xJ176pVw32FZzq1oNBWXL?si=8e8aed9d2bee4435">Charles-Valentin Alkan</a> (b. 1813): Etude [from <em>Encyclopédie Du Pianiste Compositeur</em>] (1840), <em>Piano Trio No. 1</em> mvt 4 (1841), <em>Symphony for Solo Piano</em> mvt 1 (1857)</li><li>Giuseppe Torelli (b. 1658): [none]</li><li>Georg Philipp Telemann (b. 1681): [none]</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5FLxSGwRNsh4GuA1KSuCyN?si=df53ec83dac1424a">Edouard Lalo</a> (b. 1823): <em>Fantasie Originale</em> mvt 1 (1848), <em>Divertissement</em> mvt 4 (1872), <em>Norwegian Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra</em> mvts 1 & 3 (1878), <em>Norwegian Fantasy</em> (1878), <em>Romance-Sérénade</em> (1879), <em>Fantasy-Ballet for Violin and Orchestra</em> (1885), <em>Symphony in G Minor</em> mvts 1 & 4 (1886), <em>Piano Concerto in F Minor</em> (1889)</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2RKcYVJ4M1FBVCu0LQKY5C?si=e3e4e37e7bb448ec">Louis Spohr</a> (b. 1784): <em>String Quartet No. 3</em> mvt 1 (1806)</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/15j4Mo2ntHXoQw5IPCbhxF?si=1365a151ef2f4f91">Isaac Albeniz</a> (b. 1860): <em>Iberia</em> mvts 1 & 2 (arr. for orch.) (1908), <em>Suite española</em> (arr. for orch.) (1889), “Asturias (Leyenda)” (arr. for guitar) (1889), “Tango” (arr. for orch.) (1890)</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/01GMppuwevXOLKVkmwW2o3?si=acc7b5cba1874025">Charles Gounod</a> (b. 1818): “Funeral March of a Marionette” (1872)</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5c5ok1rJd2QLuzKVYJbmbE?si=65588be719ed493e">Henryk Wieniawski</a> (b. 1835): <em>Adagio elegiaque</em> (1852), <em>Capriccio-Valse</em> (1852), <em>Violin Concerto No. 1</em> mvt 3 (1853), <em>Variations on an Original Theme</em> (1854), <em>8 Etudes-Caprices</em> No. 4 (1862), “Scherzo Tarantelle” (1885)</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2aXhtxuOgjFGdyAmJ2S0pR?si=4bc7be6c917445a1">Max Bruch</a> (b. 1838): <em>Violin Conerto No. 1</em> mvt 3 (1867), <em>Symphony No. 1</em> mvt 3 (1868), <em>Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra</em> (1880), <em>Violin Concerto No. 3</em> mvt 3 (1891), <em>8 Pieces</em> Nos. 2 & 7 (1910)</li><li>Henri Duparc (b. 1848): [none]</li><li>Ethel Smyth (b. 1858): [none]</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4tSwWIUd4U2xpLZP4RcMM7?si=e7afb21225ca47c6">C.P.E. Bach</a> (b. 1714): <em>Symphony in E Minor</em> [Wq 178] mvt 1 (1756), <em>Symphony in E-Flat Major</em> [Wq 179] mvt 1 (c. 1757), “Solfeggio” [H 220] (c. 1766)</li><li>Anton Bruckner (b. 1824): [none]</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5ySu8FFKMfgC1tkpWfbPdB?si=465ce0c0ffec4083">Alexander Borodin</a> (b. 1833): <em>String Sextet in D Minor</em> mvt 1 (1861), <em>Piano Quintet in C Minor</em> (1862), <em>Symphony No. 2</em> mvt 4 (1876), “Requiem” (1878), <em>Petite Suite</em> (1885), <em>Prince Igor</em> “Overture” (1887)</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0nVy864WbHOF5JIXFGYWAS?si=2960bcda6571441c">Alexander Glazunov</a> (b. 1865): <em>Symphony No. 1</em> (1884), “Slavonic Feast” (1888), <em>Oriental Rhapsody</em> mvts 2 & 5 (1889), <em>Chopiniana</em> mvts 1 & 4 (1892), <em>Symphony No. 4</em> (1893), <em>Symphony No. 5</em> (1895), <em>The Seasons</em> (1900), “Grand Waltz” and “Little Peasant Dance” (1900)</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0cRuWuMdcZ1CLQ5N6Nmk9F?si=3b0f5aae58c54339">Edward MacDowell</a> (b. 1860): <em>Piano Concerto No. 1</em> mvts 1 & 3 (1885), <em>Piano Concerto No. 2</em> (1890), <em>Woodland Sketches</em> (1896)</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5YJcbt51vuaBK4NR4nxdJQ?si=73dcb59b2082425f">Vincent d’Indy</a> (b. 1851): <em>Symphony No. 1</em> mvt 1 (1872)</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/32DDZ8nE9UVToVbk489ilS?si=138fa3bfcfcb4b2e">Niels Gade</a> (b. 1817): <em>Symphony No. 5</em> (1852)</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3fkTBQTarFi5LuaWcz1CvO?si=f05eb8a6e1af4b6d">Joachim Raff</a> (b. 1822): <em>String Sextet in G Minor</em> mvt 2 (1872), <em>Orchestral Suite No. 2</em> (1874), <em>Symphony No. 9</em> mvt 4 (1878)</li><li>Karl Goldmark (b. 1830): [none]</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Qx4AXLHSuN0bF8w0Mxm9P?si=8353648b2fdf487a">Henri Vieuxtemps</a> (b. 1820): <em>Violin Concerto No. 3</em> mvt 3 (1844), <em>Violin Concerto No. 4</em> mvts 2-4 (1850)</li><li>Giuseppe Martucci (b. 1856): none</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MJ1qNeFtSVc8PanSkefX3?si=37b7130d7e014961">Edward Elgar</a> (b. 1857): <em>Enigma Variations</em> (1899), <em>Pomp and Circumstance Marches</em> (1901-1907 & 1930), <em>Cello Concerto</em> (1919)</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2c5HbhSxfGyDyym6B6V7hk?si=c3298f862b9d4aff">Mikhail Glinka</a> (b. 1804): <em>Spanish Overture No. 1</em> (1845), <em>Spanish Overture No. 2</em> (1851)</li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2q9RtwKuoA2pEMTrk9bCSW?si=4aa11bcefc734ca9">Ernst von Dohnányi</a> (b. 1877): <em>Ruralia Hungarica</em> [orch.] mvts 2 & 5 (1924)</li></ul><p>As a reminder, when I don’t list any works by a given composer, that just means I didn’t “love” or “strongly like” any of their works that I listened to, even if I “liked” a lot of them. And liking or disliking a piece is different from thinking it’s good/bad aesthetically.</p><h3>Movies/TV</h3><p>Ones I “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):</p><ul><li>Soderbergh, <em>Black Bag</em> (2025)</li><li>Ho, <em>Mickey 17</em> (2025)</li><li>Linklater, <em>Hit Man</em> (2023)</li><li>Baker, <em>Anora</em> (2024) ★</li><li>Various, <em>Black Mirror</em>, season 7 (2025)</li><li>Various, <em>The Righteous Gemstones</em>, season 4 (2025) ★</li><li>Hobkinson, <em>Lover Stalker Killer</em> (2024)</li><li>Saulnier, <em>Rebel Ridge</em> (2024)</li><li>Borgli, <em>Dream Scenario</em> (2023)</li><li>Rogen & Goldberg, <em>The Studio</em>, season 1 (2025) ★</li><li>Various, <em>What We Do in the Shadows</em>, season 1 (2019) ★</li><li>Various, <em>What We Do in the Shadows</em>, season 2 (2020) ★</li></ul><h3>Games</h3><p>All games I finished or decided to stop playing:</p><ul><li>★ <em>Cyberpunk 2077</em> and <em>Phantom Liberty</em>: A unique and highly ambitious game that, years after its release (with the 2.0 update and <em>Phantom Liberty</em> expansion), has finally come close to achieving its original ambitions. Great world-building, massive scope, open-ended exciting gameplay, frequently good storytelling, thought-provoking themes, and just lots of fun.</li></ul><h3>Books</h3><p>I post book ratings and reviews to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/43134201-luke-muehlhauser?order=d&ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=read&sort=date_read">my Goodreads account</a> instead of here.</p><ol class="footnotes"><li id="footnote_0_9013" class="footnote">Here are ~all the works I listened to for some of the composers below: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Dk8IZrcwk0M1dRzWFgiVi?si=36b9ec9d7b224e8f">Yamada</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/66Fi9gKbQHelK9RKe02qe7?si=995b81e184ec499d">Subramaniam</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1E2wfyD7qnhLxJy77VaTyA?si=c7c01dfa236a4add">Einaudi</a>.</li><li id="footnote_1_9013" class="footnote">I think I hadn’t heard some of the classical pieces before, but I’m not sure which ones.</li><li id="footnote_2_9013" class="footnote">For Liszt, I listened to <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3JtjMF4xHtd9bK0KHkB874?si=c9287f7a887640a8">this ~complete works playlist</a> through S427 before switching to <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX93wmY669mVj?si=00e1e2b534e64504">this highlights playlist</a>. For Berlioz, I listened to <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Jg8Kb9ADYrP1QiPjMuiNf?si=e5f826cf753e4f01">this complete works playlist</a> through H81b before switching to <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWWq1x4amZ5Ls?si=6e777f0a8d934b86">this highlights playlist</a>. I listened only to highlights playlists (plus a smattering of other pieces) for <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6YERU0u9noHSIAvrnFUNjb?si=9d5712f128044d18">Holst</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX7NmqJ8kaoJN?si=0d47e29ad6e24106">Mussorgsky</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX0FIO61wizta?si=fede92bf01014ae9">Verdi</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX2hpSN9Q4Hfd?si=4494552a7b4b4de2">Smetana</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX0VplLa7NC0a?si=14910bc8974a4dc8">Rossini</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1td9dRrGIZoqAFAlGlwDl8?si=0f3174e8c22d45b0">Franck</a> (note the repeated pieces), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4WaNK4gmb5Z8VCDSNuQ9H8?si=d0cb655c817c4b3f">Weber</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2qtwZLxvx8c8eWHrVWssAn?si=25699876da754204">Rameau</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2DGQ4Qn31gHI2lGL8WJeOS?si=a24d95cf4f0c402d">Alkan</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2n0JFR2qWz2eXhIgVbtwx7?si=04b3d1dfd23a4b3c">Torelli</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5HnwFJftPsc9aioNsJfcai?si=e056c57856214491">Telemann</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/51Yro3adT1cem184VkdV9C?si=dcb183b7331e4398">Spohr</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/776xPZdB5NoU82kG0KHS0m?si=8633587b159f4d42">Albeniz</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3FcCji0JKQ0tSBaDElHHIO?si=72c32684f9bf4e7c">Gounod</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7jKHZFwyswyku1hdTfRSRH?si=8a404dd537fa4b24">Bruch</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7i7lAHCpIXDYyQE6yW3Uzy?si=5d70867c6d144f4a">Duparc</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7fpPlL2kebiL1dEu4DVJrS?si=860c993fa7524655">Smyth</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/024BVqhSk3DmILxyevgusm?si=55ee1fe6692044e0">C.P.E. Bach</a> (only through <em>6 Prussian Sonatas</em>), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2fxpoxVzHFXogVRKndOcBb?si=cfe479a2aac34260">Bruckner</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2HB2TDR6HLRc493dFBA7Ag?si=b784a5a30664431e">Borodin</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6WU1rm8MdAAMIHvvitRwZx?si=1d9380ce4508469c">Glazunov</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7HQpvXxchogps5umd7pMnI?si=917b600a23d444be">MacDowell</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1D45ECelfKamRm7Y48AGbj?si=ab890da7ebb948e0">d’Indy</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4kYsHUeAc4dtTfijTbQQez?si=e0d9528b06104ca3">Gade</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2oyritffBV3r1SrCrQuGzg?si=38d99d1103444fd3">Raff</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1kJCXxqMTanJFIGPu9qxew?si=92cc49c343784de5">Goldmark</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jNkJPDnXvVsgfqBny1TNP?si=c65639393de7405e">Vieuxtemps</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7nVapIeOdEdtlcPSi619mG?si=2415403c2a944032">Martucci</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6IKHULQ9qeNrklSvZ4HJQD?si=d0351256fd7d4841">Elgar</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6aY0v74yHaa6sxRK2Smg9L?si=c7daa915453344ab">Glinka</a>, and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2QcnFVZEoETiA9HRONbwPA?si=ad9952771303413f">Dohnányi</a>. I listened to complete works playlists for <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0yNJyY25tfxoCQENeoyKc7?si=3cc1ad06dc644048">Lalo</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6l1bxNGt0aJfno5ToWUqMx?si=ca855a4564534397">Wieniawski</a>.</li></ol>]]></content:encoded> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">9013</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Favorite musical artists, ranked by playtime of my favorite works of theirs</title> <link>https://lukemuehlhauser.com/favorite-musical-artists-ranked-by-playtime-of-my-favorite-works-of-theirs/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2025 22:02:05 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Lists]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://lukemuehlhauser.com/?p=9198</guid> <description><![CDATA[I recently made Spotify playlists for all the music I “strongly like” (or better) by each of my favorite musical artists. That makes it easy to tell how many minutes of music I strongly like by each of them, so now I can rank them by that metric. This metric’s biggest downside is that it […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I recently made Spotify playlists for all the music I “strongly like” (or better) by each of my favorite musical artists. That makes it easy to tell <em>how many minutes</em> of music I strongly like by each of them, so now I can rank them by that metric.</p><p>This metric’s biggest downside is that it can’t track enjoyment differences <em>within</em> “strongly liked.” E.g. if I had to choose between the 3.5 hours I strongly like from <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7iSMp2IpEoDC6uKdDhajFQ?si=83dc65b794b74d15">Foals</a> and the 0.5 hours I strongly like from <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2JDmPfgewn0mz64XCZ4MoT?si=20f24ac2f9e2464e">Erik Satie</a>, I’d choose the Satie.</p><p>But still, I like this as a measure of my “favorite” artists, because:</p><ul><li>I didn’t know in advance how the ranking would turn out.</li><li>It tracks something central: how <em>much</em> music did they make that I strongly like?</li></ul><p>Before I present the ranking, a few clarifications:</p><ul><li>I’ve rounded to the nearest 0.5 hours.</li><li>I typically only include <em>one</em> recording per track/composition (typically from a studio album), but in some cases I include additional performances by the original artist if they’re significantly changed from the original <em>and</em> I strongly like them, e.g.: some Phish live tracks, orchestral re-imaginings of Metallica tracks in the <em>S&M</em> albums, or live jazz performances that differ substantially from the originals while still involving the original composer (e.g. the high-speed versions of Miles Davis classics on <em>Four & More</em>).</li><li>For classical composers, I sometimes include later re-arrangements of their compositions either (a) instead of the original composition, if I like it better, or (b) in addition to the original composition, if they are now sufficiently “canon” (e.g. Ravel’s re-arrangements of Mussorgsky’s <em>Pictures at an Exhibition</em>).</li><li>The numbers below might not match what you see if you click through to a particular playlist, because I plan to continue updating the playlists as I listen and re-listen to music by these artists.</li></ul><p>Now, the ranking:</p><p><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT-g4DfxApNBrErQYqq3R4TDjpsLq9_HFg5T65wNxBvJRZrESP-AgXaqAO2_pBRVGpDXvztL-4sKQk1/pubhtml?widget=true&headers=false" width="100%" height="600"></iframe></p><p>A few observations:</p><ul><li>This list is very different from what I would’ve said in response to “Who are your favorite musical artists?” before constructing this list. But when I look at each one, I think “Oh yeah, I <em>do</em> strongly like all the music on this playlist!” So this exercise was eye-opening to me.</li><li>This ranking privileges musical artists who are highly prolific and write long pieces, e.g. classical and jazz over rock/pop. But this is a feature not a bug: the classical and jazz artists really do compose more minutes of music I strongly like as a result of being more prolific.</li><li>I’m surprised by how diverse the genres represented at the top are. I would’ve expected my tastes to be more concentrated at the very top, rather than including not just jazz and contemporary classical but also e.g. psychedelic pop, post-rock, prog rock, industrial, electronica, a singer-songwriter, tribal ambient, art pop, jungle, etc.</li><li>Many of these artists are probably unusual choices for “favorite” artists, but only a few of them are truly “obscure” — on this “>5hrs” list it’s mainly Vampire Rodents / Ether Bunny, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, Spring Heel Jack, and Ghost Rhythms (each have <1000 monthly listeners on Spotify).</li><li>After >20 years of listening to a huge variety of music fairly comprehensively, I am still discovering new favorite artists! For example, I more-or-less discovered L. Subramaniam in 2025, and David Maslanka in late 2024.</li></ul>]]></content:encoded> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">9198</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Useful prompts for getting music recommendations from AI models</title> <link>https://lukemuehlhauser.com/useful-prompts-for-getting-music-recommendations-from-ai-models/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:03:56 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Lists]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://lukemuehlhauser.com/?p=9212</guid> <description><![CDATA[Today’s best AI “large language models” are especially good at tasks where hallucinations and other failures are low-stakes, such as making music recommendations. Here is continuously-updated doc of music search prompts I’ve found helpful, a few examples below: Which compositions by [composer] are most popular and/or highly regarded today? Please list 20 of their compositions […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today’s best AI “large language models” are especially good at tasks where hallucinations and other failures are low-stakes, such as making music recommendations.</p><p><strong><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/11iONknq4M_w4QMD9AV-_JerW0SJvPQhPT94LfMJwg0w/edit?tab=t.0">Here</a> </strong>is continuously-updated doc of music search prompts I’ve found helpful, a few examples below:</p><p style="padding-left: 40px;">Which compositions by [composer] are most popular and/or highly regarded today? Please list 20 of their compositions in a table, along with the evidence that they are popular and/or highly regarded, and direct Spotify links to complete recordings where available (but it’s fine to list many compositions which aren’t available on Spotify).</p><p>**</p><p style="padding-left: 40px;">What are 20 of the most celebrated covers or re-interpretation of compositions by [musical artist]? Please list each one in a table along with the performer(s), the release year of the cover/re-interpretation, a few notes about what is changed from the original, and a direct link to the piece on Spotify (where available).</p><p>**</p><p style="padding-left: 40px;">Who are the top 20 most highly respected composers of [genre]? Please list them in a table, and for each composer please list 4 of their most celebrated works/albums.</p><p>**</p><p style="padding-left: 40px;">Who are the top 20 contemporary classical composers who (a) mainly write notated music for performance by classically trained musicians, but who (b) frequently draw inspiration from popular electronic music genres in their compositions (e.g. breakbeat, drum and bass, dubstep, electro, EDM, grime, IDM, techno, or trance)? Please list them in a table with four columns: Composer, Example 1, Example 2, Example 3. Each of the three examples should be a composition by that composer which draws inspiration from popular electronic music genres, along with a short description of how, exactly, it draws inspiration from popular electronic music genres. Where possible, please link each listed composition title to a recording of the piece on Spotify (but it’s fine to list many compositions which aren’t available on Spotify).</p><p style="padding-left: 40px;">Please don’t include any of the following composers, because I’m already familiar with them: [list of composers]</p><p>**</p><p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What are 20 of the most creatively unique and ambitious [genre] albums/compositions after 2000 that are also relatively “tonal” and “accessible” to the general listener? Please list each album/composition in a table along with its composer, release year, a paragraph describing what is so creatively ambitious about it, and a direct link to a complete recording of the piece on Spotify (where available). Please also limit yourself to one album/composition per musical artist.</span></p>]]></content:encoded> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">9212</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Find classical music on Spotify with AI</title> <link>https://lukemuehlhauser.com/find-classical-music-on-spotify-with-ai/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 11:52:05 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Musings]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://lukemuehlhauser.com/?p=9048</guid> <description><![CDATA[Spotify is very bad at searching for classical music recordings. For example: if I search Spotify for “telemann oboe concerto in a major”, my top results are Telemann’s Oboe Concerto in E Minor, Telemann’s Concerto for Flute… [TWV 54], Vivaldi’s Oboe Concerto in C Major, and many other other pieces I wasn’t looking for. If […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Spotify is very bad at searching for classical music recordings.</p><p>For example: if I search Spotify for “telemann oboe concerto in a major”, my top results are Telemann’s <em>Oboe Concerto in E Minor</em>, Telemann’s <em>Concerto for Flute…</em> [TWV 54], Vivaldi’s <em>Oboe Concerto in C Major</em>, and many other other pieces I wasn’t looking for. If I search the TWV catalogue number (“telemann 51:A2”), my top results are TWV 55:B1, TWV 51:G9, TWV 51:G2, and so on, without a TWV 51:A2 in sight.</p><p>Does this mean Spotify doesn’t have the piece I’m looking for? No, it has at least three recordings of it! <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6OLgSJRygT9K0a28jccIFl?si=tHZzqB6iTqiqdc27rcPvtw">One</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3GNEVyhChUyzUkASjIyW3y?si=bYbSB1T3S-uxEtXHvFeX8g">two</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3De6j8ZpHUEHVbsEqLbp0l?si=bJpPCTtgQkKl-FbiVEOplQ">three</a>.</p><p>So how did I find those? I asked <a href="https://www.perplexity.ai/">Perplexity</a> “Are there recordings of Telemann’s TWV 51:A2 available on Spotify? Please provide links.” This requires more typing and more clicks to find a recording than Spotify search would if Spotify wasn’t broken, but I’ve found Perplexity to be much better at finding classical music recordings on Spotify than Spotify is. (Other web-search-enabled AI systems may be similarly capable.)</p>]]></content:encoded> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">9048</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Media diet for Q1 2025</title> <link>https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q1-2025/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 17:22:04 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Lists]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://lukemuehlhauser.com/?p=8895</guid> <description><![CDATA[Music Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter: Pinkshinyultrablast: Everything Else Matters (2015) Third Coast Percussion: Perspectives (2022) Chuquimamani-Condori [Elysia Crampton]: “Breathing” (2023) Bryce Dessner: Quilting (2014), “Haven” (2019), Trombone Concerto (2020), Violin Concerto (2021) Edward Ratliff: Wong Fei-Hong Meets Little Strudel (2000) Goat: Joy in Fear (2023) Eric Christian: Trois Valses Sentimentales (2022) Richard Harvey: […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Music</h3><p>Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter:</p><ul><li>Pinkshinyultrablast: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5i4chaWK0h50pbc3WJNXhL?si=62f1725366d54035"><em>Everything Else Matters</em></a> (2015)</li><li>Third Coast Percussion: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2AUnmw07MFTeszEU3myFhO?si=d94d6121c7cf48da"><em>Perspectives</em></a> (2022)</li><li>Chuquimamani-Condori [Elysia Crampton]: “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/chuquimamani-condori/dj-e/">Breathing</a>” (2023)</li><li>Bryce Dessner: <a href="https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/52916/Quilting--Bryce-Dessner/"><em>Quilting</em></a> (2014), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5PzH6fvZEf1N0PzXOMWbB5?si=5e5df086caef4adb">Haven</a>” (2019), <a href="https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/61080/Trombone-Concerto--Bryce-Dessner/"><em>Trombone Concerto</em></a> (2020), <a href="https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/61079/Violin-Concerto--Bryce-Dessner/"><em>Violin Concerto</em></a> (2021)</li><li>Edward Ratliff: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2iP4JfxIFqDc65hpo5peha?si=BVw0ELLTSByJqKlCIvlqQg"><em>Wong Fei-Hong Meets Little Strudel</em></a> (2000)</li><li>Goat: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/goat/joy-in-fear/"><em>Joy in Fear</em></a> (2023)</li><li>Eric Christian: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3IqingAnd6dDQUCSksY99U?si=xFvIcHBMRzCKHoconcAlBA"><em>Trois Valses Sentimentales</em></a> (2022)</li><li>Richard Harvey: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5HOpPUHy2sSOAAOpNKm0YU?si=dcb32dac736942a4"><em>Concerto Antico</em></a> (1995)</li><li>Los Angeles Guitar Quartet: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2aZQ3Kb8kYJOny3yUe7S3R?si=257c9258ed914e53">Jumpin’ at the Woodside</a>” (1995), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0I5t5uzRPaDKjYdj2dowcO?si=LtD3pG_NSlaD4pkYymUNNw"><em>LAGQ</em></a> (1998)</li><li>Ian Krouse: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2HhwXvhSQEY7Md6JeRkZTe?si=0088760c81314c1b"><em>Symphonies of Strings No. 1 “La Follia”</em></a> (1993), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ofWso9azNrDUV61fv3fp3?si=7de68659db7d4a21"><em>Guitar Quartet No. 5 “Labyrinth”</em></a> (1995)</li></ul><p><a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q3-2023/">Previously</a>, I listened to hundreds of orchestral arrangements of non-orchestral compositions and listed my favorites. This quarter, I decided to explore acoustic guitar arrangements of classical compositions (by a different composer). Ones I especially liked, listed by performer, are [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4aDwSn3CrG9HSRWTy0HD74?si=63763c699e344448">playlist</a>]:</p><ul><li>Kazuhito Yamashita: Bach’s <a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/12119114-Kazuhito-Yamashita-Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Kazuhito-Yamashita-Plays-J-S-Bach">BWV 1006 mvt 1</a> & <a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/12119114-Kazuhito-Yamashita-Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Kazuhito-Yamashita-Plays-J-S-Bach">BWV 1007 mvt 1</a>; Debussy’s <a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/13570983-Kazuhito-Yamashita-Naoko-Yamashita-2-Rimsky-Korsakov-Debussy-Fran%C3%A7aix-Rimsky-Korsakoff-Scheherazade"><em>Petite Suite</em></a> & “<a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/13570983-Kazuhito-Yamashita-Naoko-Yamashita-2-Rimsky-Korsakov-Debussy-Fran%C3%A7aix-Rimsky-Korsakoff-Scheherazade">Passepied</a>“; Vivaldi’s <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Concerto-Guitar-Strings-Horns-Op/dp/B09QX9D4G2">RV 425 mvts 1 & 3</a></li><li>John C. Williams: Bach’s “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0CpGBtsDjKEM33mlR3Yt19?si=2ec851d4c01242fd">Air on a G String</a>“; Vivaldi’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2eevlWhpsfUNdrN6hlE0NJ?si=6d5ba813bacf4c5a">RV 93 mvt 2</a>; <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4fp5coGXlWNbFQpMWoze26?si=87df3a41982c4b2e"><em>The Baroque Album</em></a></li><li>Dublin Guitar Quartet: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2JSDiHyjo42UEL07mKVzg2?si=009993013f894465"><em>Performs Philip Glass</em></a></li><li>Johan Smith: Schubert’s “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5cBhnG4cQq19QyzWBNZUIr?si=b0e3eb293ddf471a">Erlkönig</a>“</li><li>Los Angeles Guitar Quartet: Rimsky-Korasakov’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3csI5I1YQur29tzZQF8iL8?si=6f17465620124958"><em>Capriccio espagnol</em></a>; <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2ax63dKLsY1mJzF09An9TN?si=PGXSQt5IRwatip8pOHKJJA"><em>For Thy Pleasure</em></a>; Bizet’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3D3lAVcaBoCjFQkT6IY1aq?si=89bf849dfe4a4f8b"><em>Carmen Suite</em></a>; Tchaikovsky’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1C4NmpaLBDHsJtR7wCo8RK?si=8d499aaa75474eee"><em>The Nutcracker Suite</em></a>; Warlock’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/71nCxocmpN9RqEdV5ogIxe?si=3315c1ecb67f4d0a"><em>Capriol Suite</em></a>; Copland’s “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6Mc2Y4LQ8PFq5RXINLYexy?si=d9ed919b6a8f4df8">Simple Gifts</a>“</li><li>Amsterdam Guitar Trio: Vivaldi’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0Ho6hGH2g9kS4EprAJKIHt?si=9b0b672512644b62"><em>The Four Seasons</em></a></li><li>Los Romeros: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0gAYmLP8jf2qhn3SNVMvy1?si=d0db44adf58145b9">Vivaldi Guitar Concertos</a></li><li>Vincent Airault: Debussy’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boxQZICU72U"><em>Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun</em></a> (w/ flute);</li><li>Philip Hii: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4aldyoibuVaxK4VsuI9zWt?si=a2da8a7b0483465b"><em>J.S. Bach: New Transcriptions for Guitar</em></a>;</li><li>Tariq Harb: Bach’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/458j0SwnI4VV5EuycU9meO?si=c8acb97b650842c9"><em>Toccata and Fugue in D Minor</em></a>; Debussy’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3hoLr2WX5E5ZJVN9G5isqv?si=658287d9d98b463c"><em>Clair de lune</em></a>; Beethoven’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3Nfz2XlNVkcuI0t4WMpOd5?si=fd3f8d08c8604de6"><em>Fur Elise</em></a>;</li><li>Moran Wasser: Bach’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4cAzEvMsHE"><em>Toccata and Fugue in D Minor</em></a>;</li><li>Vancouver Guitar Orchestra: Bach’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP1KkpWMZjg"><em>Brandenburg Concerto No 3</em> mvt 1</a>;</li><li>Edson Lopes: Mozart’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f70UL6CZ8Lw"><em>Eine kleine Nachtmusik</em> mvt 1</a>;</li><li>Vera Danilina: Mozart’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydqjP3mj1pA">Turkish March</a>;</li><li>Rolf van Meurs: Beethoven’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1OLLeDGhIXII4wRGEjwioH?si=d490d3fcaa1b473f"><em>Symphony No. 7</em> mvt 2</a>; Shostakovich’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5TfRVTWKREgP0kn4asQTQZ?si=d079453eb7a9440b"><em>Jazz Suite No. 1</em>, Waltz No. 2</a>;</li><li>Bridget Mermikides: Mozart’s “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0vEnTGjd9o">Lacrimosa</a>“;</li><li>Emre Sabuncuoglu: Dvorak’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzpEKPhdGIM"><em>Serenade for Strings</em> mvt 2</a>;</li><li>Tim Sparks: Tchaikovsky’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4bDCt9vMnPhU649CFXYXJZ?si=42118cd127e14af5"><em>Nutcracker Suite</em></a>;</li><li>Julian Bream: Bach’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/72Z9yKG5CmkAA7BadiFkUx?si=40b9d71191704d2f">BWV 1006 mvt 1,</a> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3G0fj7kWVJZyfdxrfKz2cf?si=19cb73fa441f4aca">BWV 999</a>;</li><li>Eliot Fisk: Bach’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3AK7wXERcfNTA4aavChOWO?si=87571730b4704cce">BWV 1006 mvt 1</a>;</li></ul><p><span id="more-8895"></span></p><p>Rediscovered or revisited, and really liked:<sup><a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q1-2025/#footnote_0_8895" id="identifier_0_8895" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="I think I hadn’t heard some of the classical pieces before, but I’m not sure which ones.">1</a></sup></p><ul><li>Seirom: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5MMDUk87rppjo8y1rp2XLb?si=332c906ce9664ab4"><em>1973</em></a> (2012)</li><li>Kings of Leon: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/28rNyM2CKtOb4PYmsulQhF?si=88c593b5f187418f">Knocked Up</a>” (2007), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5VGlqQANWDKJFl0MBG3sg2?si=31b0a6c0fbe64316">Use Somebody</a>” (2008)</li><li>Fucked Up: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7zkEsxNt7y1KVlWJk1T0MK?si=a308650a11764719">Solomon’s Song</a>” (2010), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0B1vcLXP5Ffl3CVEp1ACin?si=1c50eef3ba6a4255">Onno</a>” (2012), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4t5vUCQhvP5BOwjMm6PYKI?si=a877b98cd8914d70">Act Four</a>” (2021)</li><li>Health: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7uL9Q8h4hzzCuGTZ3Yttmv?si=9d8487b20a0545c8">Stonefist</a>” & “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7KnisSDxCCNAjl3ZH2t68M?si=d0314fee5cec4326">Men Today</a>” (2015)</li><li>Deerhunter: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7BbHXG8AmJNQ0w3hE6dU4q?si=PR45GjVyQlK5DC-_D2QumA"><em>Cryptograms</em></a> (2007)</li><li>M83: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/44Sy39wQjQFX0jJOufXTvv?si=xlu9Sg3yRGytTYIOzzIkYg"><em>Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts</em></a> (2003), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3l2yrGYoorWgamklnDhnQ1?si=bk1xv7R8RJC9NB9s26QyVg"><em>Before the Dawn Heals Us</em></a> (2005), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6R0ynY7RF20ofs9GJR5TXR?si=3XIZI60wTCy5KRyhYYwCpA"><em>Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming</em></a> (2011)</li><li>Serena-Maneesh: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5Op3sgXfa2wPGDzySdXKyH?si=yCOfNaMYT-2OV_UoVdFD5g"><em>Serena-Maneesh</em></a> (2006)</li><li>Flotation Toy Warning: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7dtI4gOyh3dD8jW6mSLMg7?si=a9w8bXY1QsqFULKqCqQvNw"><em>Bluffer’s Guide to the Flight Deck</em></a> (2004), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6QUlM3W4m7WawXsi14VcJn?si=IzHntsrVRRS57dKLdoPgaA"><em>The Machine That Made Us</em></a> (2017)</li><li>Plants: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/plants/double_infinity/"><em>Double Infinity</em></a> (2006)</li><li>Brightblack Morning Light: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5K7nW8ddZbvFUNPjyNKPd8?si=2-MhpV1aTzWB6k2qHu_cSg"><em>Brightblack Morning Light</em></a> (2006)</li><li>Gang Gang Dance: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1xmLomJ9aykHvxz3M2xiYQ?si=XPXxzp00RUuCvj0XuqHrtw"><em>Saint Dymphna</em></a> (2008), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4bq7GESFNztOvUBKpWeh6N?si=e_Bh2Q78QQWX6wX_0NU_tw"><em>Eye Contact</em></a> (2011)</li><li>Cave: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2pdUvvlEizh2PVjfuZxYmf?si=oNR030quQ3mB3Uew3EilVQ"><em>Psychic Psummer</em></a> (2009), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3AT7qbnze2ihfjeVcfNb5a?si=z3vw194tQ-mhQUslE6CxxA"><em>Pure Moods</em></a> (2010), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0a4GYQnTdJV4GFxDMmkOBN?si=73d305b0eb53468c"><em>Neverendless</em></a> (2011)</li><li>Shit and Shine: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4u7CKzsqd64BuWl3Xx6evJ?si=135e6c13bb3248be"><em>Ladybird</em></a> (2005), “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/shit-and-shine/jealous-of-shit-and-shine/">Practicing to Be a Doctor</a>” (2006)</li></ul><p>And with that, I finally finished my third listen-through of every album and track listed in <a href="https://scaruffi.com/history/long.html">Scaruffi’s history of rock music</a>. (A couple years ago I finished my 2nd listen-through of his <a href="https://scaruffi.com/history/jazz.html">jazz history</a>, and last year I listened through <a href="https://scaruffi.com/history/film.html">his history of film music</a>.) The Spotify playlists I made for each chapter in the rock history book are <a href="https://scaruffi.com/history/playlist.html">here</a>.</p><p>More albums I rediscovered and really liked:</p><ul><li>Eddie Henderson: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/eddie-henderson/realization/"><em>Realization</em></a> (1973), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/eddie-henderson/inside-out/"><em>Inside Out</em></a> (1974)</li><li>Joe Jackson: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2CoIFjkzcU36UfCDaHPmUq?si=JKLeUgF1SnCTLjVA2Iwlaw"><em>Heaven & Hell</em> </a>(1997)</li><li>Slow Loris: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/slow_loris/the_ten_commandments_and_two_territories_according_to___/"><em>The Ten Commandments and Two Territories According to…</em></a> (1996)</li></ul><p>I also resumed listening through complete works playlists for classical composers, picking up with <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0EE1R6xLQwvjTpKsJVjWVy?si=7964ed4ef1304f0b">Rimsky-Korsakov </a>and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0P6jnRxZaE3yoH6K8i9sHn?si=8644577d80d442c1">Mendelssohn</a>. My favorites were:</p><ul><li>Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7nR1NIV5kzjPZ7tlYy4qp3?si=ca20ab4ea8cf4684">playlist</a>]: <em>Quintet in B Flat</em> mvt 1 (1876), <em>Capriccio espagnol</em> (1887), <em>Scheherazade</em> (1888), <em>Russian Easter Festival Overture</em> (1888), <em>Mlada Suite</em> (1890), <em>The Snow Maiden Suite</em> (1895), “Flight of the Bumblebee” (1900), <em>Christmas Eve Suite</em> (1903)</li><li>Felix Mendelssohn [<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7tDIyGf6R79wRQEFPA5Ikb?si=df3726ce21d8402b">playlist</a>]: <em>String Octet in E-Flat Major</em> (1825), <em>String Quartet No. 1</em> mvt 4 (1829), <em>The Hebrides</em> (1830), “Ich will hier bei Dir stehen” (1830), <em>Capriccio Brillant in B Minor</em> (1832), <em>Rondo Brillante in E Flat Major</em> (1834), <em>Symphony No. 3</em> mvt 2 (1842), “Wedding March” (1842), <em>Violin Concerto</em> (1844), <em>Piano Trio No. 2</em> (1845)</li></ul><h3>Movies/TV</h3><p>Ones I “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):</p><ul><li>Various, <em>It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia</em>, season 14 (2019)</li><li>Schaffer, <em>Curb Your Enthusiasm</em>, season 12 (2024) ★</li><li>Various, <em>Sever</em><em>ance</em>, season 2 (2025) ★</li><li>Randall, <em>Slow Horses</em>, season 4 (2024) ★</li><li>Barantini, <em>Adolescence</em> (2025) ★</li><li>Guadagnino, <em>Challengers</em> (2024)</li><li>Mann, <em>Inside Out 2</em> (2024)</li></ul><h3>Games</h3><p>All games I finished or decided to stop playing:</p><ul><li><em>Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom</em>: The new “echoes” mechanic brings in some of the creative freedom of <em>Breath of the Wild</em> and especially <em>Tears of the Kingdom</em>, but this 2D Zelda is still much smaller and less open-world than those games, and it has too high a portion of its time spent in unskippable dialogue or miniature cutscenes, and the Zelda series has never been well-written. Still fun overall.</li><li><em>Indiana Jones and the Great Circle</em>: A very on-point nostalgia trip for fans of <em>Raiders of the Lost Ark</em>, and consistently fun, with diverse locations and great pacing.</li><li><em>Horizon: Forbidden West</em>: A very good game that had the misfortune of being released one week before what turned out to be the best video game of all time (<em>Elden Ring</em>). <em>Forbidden West</em> improves on <em>Zero Dawn</em> in every way: the already-great combat is even deeper and richer while still being accessible; the world is more varied and well-populated; the gear and enemies are more varied; the side quests are more varied, dynamic, and interesting; and the story is better-told and with fewer annoying exposition dumps. There are still some weaknesses, and I still prefer open-world games with less hand-holding / checkboxes, but this is probably one of the best open-world action/adventure/RPG games this side of <em>Zelda</em> and <em>Elden Ring</em>.</li><li>★ <em>Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree</em>: A fantastic expansion pack, basically as good as the base game except of course less innovative. Very plausibly the best game of its year despite being a DLC. I haven’t beaten the final boss yet but otherwise I made it through most of the content. The build variety and balance in this game is crazy good, and FromSoft’s level/world design remains unmatched (afaik) in the Soulslike genre.</li><li>★ <em>Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2</em>: Less technically polished than many big-budget open world games, but the gameplay systems are especially immersive and addicting, the quest design is very good, the world is rich and alive, the writing and voice acting are next-level, and the commitment to realism pays off in numerous ways. Overall, it reminded me most of <em>RDR2</em>. The hype is real; this has to be one of the best open-world RPGs ever made. The review I resonate with most is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wFHtqKYMaM">this one by <em>Skill Up</em></a>.</li><li><em>Ghost of Tsushima</em>: Its gorgeous visuals are typically unobstructed by any HUD. A surprisingly good story, and I really liked the final chapter. The gameplay was good but not great, e.g. the enemy targeting was kinda janky, the loot was minimal (most of it just generic “supplies”!), a lot of the game was too on-rails for my tastes (“return to the quest area in 15 seconds!”), and more.</li></ul><h3>Books</h3><p>I post book ratings and reviews to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/43134201-luke-muehlhauser?order=d&ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=read&sort=date_read">my Goodreads account</a> instead of here. Last year I averaged ~5000 pages per month, but this year I’m reading much less so far.</p><ol class="footnotes"><li id="footnote_0_8895" class="footnote">I think I hadn’t heard some of the classical pieces before, but I’m not sure which ones.</li></ol>]]></content:encoded> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8895</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Best and favorite “books” as of the end of 2024</title> <link>https://lukemuehlhauser.com/best-and-favorite-books-as-of-the-end-of-2024/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 05:16:10 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Lists]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://lukemuehlhauser.com/?p=8578</guid> <description><![CDATA[Since I began reading fiction again in late 2023 (in my late 30s, after a >15yr hiatus from fiction), I’ve been tracking my reading on Goodreads, and rating works I finish 1-5 stars based on pure enjoyment rather than e.g. artistic merit. I’ve now finished reading 151 “books” (including e.g. short stories), all but 8 […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since I began reading fiction again in late 2023 (in my late 30s, after a >15yr hiatus from fiction), I’ve been tracking my reading on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/43134201-luke-muehlhauser?order=d&ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=read&sort=date_read">Goodreads</a>, and rating works I finish 1-5 stars based on pure enjoyment rather than e.g. artistic merit. I’ve now finished reading 151 “books” (including e.g. short stories), all but 8 of those in 2024, with an average work length of 425 pages. (Counting “books read this year” with no mention of pages is strange to me, since books vary enormously in length. E.g. Goodreads says the shortest “book” I read in 2024 was <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17563539-the-egg">3 pages</a>, and the longest was <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10016013-harry-potter-and-the-methods-of-rationality">2184 pages</a>.) My reading rate was surprisingly steady in 2024: I read between 4500 and 5800 pages each month, without exception.</p><p>Of works I’ve finished (151) or <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/43134201-luke-muehlhauser?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=did-not-finish">DNF’d</a> (quit; 80), I rated only 5% (13 total) of those 5 stars. But I expect the “favorite” and “best” lists below to change significantly from year to year, as I’ve read very few books so far.<sup><a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/best-and-favorite-books-as-of-the-end-of-2024/#footnote_0_8578" id="identifier_0_8578" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="My TBR (to be read) list is >3800 items long, and that’s only counting one work per series for books in a series. To give you a sense of how little I’ve read, some famous authors I haven’t yet tried at all (as an adult) include the Brontës, Shakespeare, Mann, and Dumas. Even within my favorite genres (fantasy, sci-fi, historical fiction), I haven’t yet tried (as an adult): JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, Roald Dahl, GRR Martin, Steven Erikson, Anne Rice, Frank Herbert, Robert Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, Jules Verne, William Gibson, Michael Crichton, Liu Cixin, Hilary Mantel, Colleen McCullough, Bernard Cornwell, James Clavell, Edward Rutherfurd, or Patrick O’Brian.">1</a></sup></p><h3>Favorite works</h3><p>Below are the 5-star works I most enjoyed so far. When multiple works are from the same author and I enjoyed them similarly, I combine them into one item.</p><ol><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54493401-project-hail-mary"><em>Project Hail Mary</em></a></li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/256008.Lonesome_Dove"><em>Lonesome Dove</em></a></li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5043.The_Pillars_of_the_Earth"><em>The Pillars of the Earth</em></a></li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944076.Last_Argument_of_Kings"><em>Last Argument of Kings</em></a>, <em><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/902715.Before_They_Are_Hanged">Before They Are Hanged</a></em>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2315892.Best_Served_Cold"><em>Best Served Cold</em></a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13521459-red-country"><em>Red Country</em></a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6844956773"><em>The Heroes</em></a></li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60931.Kindred"><em>Kindred</em></a></li></ol><p>Other 5-star books: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/890.Of_Mice_and_Men"><em>Of Mice and Men</em></a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39803561-the-paper-menagerie"><em>The Paper Menagerie</em></a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/166997.Stoner"><em>Stoner</em></a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5064.World_Without_End"><em>World Without End</em></a>.</p><h3>Best 5-star works</h3><p>Here are the works I enjoyed at a 5-star level that I’d rate highest for “aesthetic value” or “artistic merit” or something like that:</p><ol><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/256008.Lonesome_Dove"><em>Lonesome Dove</em></a></li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/166997.Stoner"><em>Stoner</em></a></li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/890.Of_Mice_and_Men"><em>Of Mice and Men</em></a></li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6844956773"><em>The Heroes</em></a></li></ol><p>There are some novels I’ve read or DNF’d that <em>might</em> be as good (on “artistic merit”) as some of those listed above, but I didn’t also <em>enjoy</em> them at the 5-star level — e.g. possibly <em>The Sound and the Fury</em>, <em>The Master and Margarita</em>, <em>The Grapes of Wrath</em>, <em>Lolita</em>, or <em>A Confederacy of Dunces</em>.</p><h3>Favorite authors</h3><p>To calculate my favorite authors, I’ll award each author 1 point for each page in a 4.5-star work,<sup><a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/best-and-favorite-books-as-of-the-end-of-2024/#footnote_1_8578" id="identifier_1_8578" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="Annoyingly, Goodreads doesn’t allow scoring with half-points, but I have written “4.5 stars” in the Goodreads review of each book I’m rating 4.5 stars.">2</a></sup> and 2 points for each page in a 5-star work.<sup><a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/best-and-favorite-books-as-of-the-end-of-2024/#footnote_2_8578" id="identifier_2_8578" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="For page counts, I use figures from Goodreads.">3</a></sup> By that metric (calculations <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cXJ_A_APOjDbuDQe_txKSh2F7tFyRNlKWjI-wyV1i6Y/edit?gid=183635718#gid=183635718">here</a>), my favorite authors to date are:</p><ol><li>Joe Abercrombie (5637 points across 6 works)</li><li>Ken Follett (4426 points across 2 works)</li><li>Larry McMurtry (2467 points across 2 works)</li><li>Brandon Sanderson (2095 points across 2 works)</li></ol><h3>Commentary</h3><ul><li>Some works are hard to classify by genre, but I’ll say 6 of my five-star reads are primarily historical fiction, 5 are primarily fantasy, 1 is primarily science fiction, and 1 I’ll call “<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39803561-the-paper-menagerie">other</a>.”</li><li>I generally prefer genre/commercial fiction to literary fiction. Only one of my 5-star reads has the “literary fiction” tag on Goodreads (<em>Stoner</em>).</li><li>The oldest 5-star fiction work I’ve read is <em>Of Mice and Men</em> (1937), the shortest is <em>The Paper Menagerie</em> (32 pages), and the longest is <em>World Without End</em> (1237 pages).</li><li>It’s interesting that <em>Project Hail Mary</em> is my favorite novel, and it was only the 5th novel I read as an adult. When will I find something I like even more? Or, is this an artifact of my being easier to thrill and impress back when I had read almost nothing?</li></ul><ol class="footnotes"><li id="footnote_0_8578" class="footnote">My <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/43134201-luke-muehlhauser?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=to-read&sort=date_added">TBR</a> (to be read) list is >3800 items long, and that’s only counting one work per series for books in a series. To give you a sense of how little I’ve read, some famous authors I haven’t yet tried at all (as an adult) include the Brontës, Shakespeare, Mann, and Dumas. Even within my favorite genres (fantasy, sci-fi, historical fiction), I haven’t yet tried (as an adult): JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, Roald Dahl, GRR Martin, Steven Erikson, Anne Rice, Frank Herbert, Robert Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, Jules Verne, William Gibson, Michael Crichton, Liu Cixin, Hilary Mantel, Colleen McCullough, Bernard Cornwell, James Clavell, Edward Rutherfurd, or Patrick O’Brian.</li><li id="footnote_1_8578" class="footnote">Annoyingly, Goodreads doesn’t allow scoring with half-points, but I have written “4.5 stars” in the Goodreads review of each book I’m rating 4.5 stars.</li><li id="footnote_2_8578" class="footnote">For page counts, I use figures from Goodreads.</li></ol>]]></content:encoded> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8578</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Media diet for Q4 2024</title> <link>https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q4-2024/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 09:14:52 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Lists]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://lukemuehlhauser.com/?p=8762</guid> <description><![CDATA[Music Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter: Lusaint: “Wicked Game” (2021) The Smile: “Zero Sum” (2024) Foxing: Foxing (2024) Jhariah: Trust Ceremony (2024) Godspeed You! Black Emperor: No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead (2024) Xiu Xiu: 13″ Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips (2024) Colin Stetson: The Love It […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Music</h3><p>Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter:</p><ul><li>Lusaint: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDUptOux5v4">Wicked Game</a>” (2021)</li><li>The Smile: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7tJ2ZPwHRrPTy1OW7jais0?si=521add9ce19f454e">Zero Sum</a>” (2024)</li><li>Foxing: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7wtRnGjfT3JMeseYGVzDy3?si=8af61e97936b4376"><em>Foxing</em></a> (2024)</li><li>Jhariah: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0qlhHGeAVsdJNiKJbHFuEY?si=655f59b20cc04977"><em>Trust Ceremony</em></a> (2024)</li><li>Godspeed You! Black Emperor: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1qG30zCAZ30hsmA5wAlaQ3?si=8582bdcfdf2340c5"><em>No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead</em></a> (2024)</li><li>Xiu Xiu: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/26lGRXjjQ6nET30Z5CAaGt?si=7408e30810de4cf2"><em>13″ Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips</em></a> (2024)</li><li>Colin Stetson: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2Mlw1kA7MvXc7rtlBba4KN?si=8d5a566180174519"><em>The Love It Took to Leave You</em></a> (2024)</li><li>Ekaterina Shelehova: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3XN3MLpVCSgyeei69MY7r2?si=333ba2101fc94509">Earth Melodies</a>” (2021), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1LAhMTnNHtlr8uLNlt6MxB?si=eafb8e4e0216471d">Awakening</a>” (2023), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0jZq0zDujagh2kLVYVGsN8?si=57d32e5e468442c8">Savage Daughter</a>” (2023), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3Zz0jQHMZ3VcJFMRUSwjqk?si=0494e4105fad47b7">My Mother Told Me</a>” (2024)</li><li>Time is a Mountain: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2kYF89jBfpjskNXjT79VxL?si=2d611d1cc9124b7e"><em>III</em></a> (2021)</li><li>Crystal Antlers: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3Qj8hJfFLutW1bbzMwcaEC?si=b433a2af13554a59"><em>EP</em></a> (2008), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0TGWePpU15uLj6QbZgGMgF?si=e289e000d52e42cc"><em>Tentacles</em></a> (2009)</li><li>Patricia Brennan: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7AFqBcQrNtRtVEl5HYZKo0?si=ec8e715ff0fb4a50"><em>Breaking Stretch</em></a> (2024)</li><li>SML: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3DpHrOJuKw6QSfcvLNanRO?si=343a207da2bd4b29"><em>Small Medium Large</em></a> (2024)</li><li>ØKSE: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4T9BgaUV5i2G4juZaC20aI?si=820db35dae7c48af"><em>ØKSE</em></a> (2024)</li><li>Ches Smith: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4MGsvqmq3B3vG4xK33dGva?si=5bf8913c97c34ed3"><em>Laugh Ash</em></a> (2024)</li><li>Joey Duran: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0aXndHmnpUHmmDgCztGcPs?si=538dd749356d4bc6">The Meteorologist</a>” (2024)</li></ul><p><span id="more-8762"></span></p><p>Rediscovered or revisited, and really liked:<sup><a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q4-2024/#footnote_0_8762" id="identifier_0_8762" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="I think I hadn’t heard some of the classical pieces before, but I’m not sure which ones.">1</a></sup></p><ul><li>Arcade Fire: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6ZB8qaR9JNuS0Q0bG1nbcH?si=WPxxQOphTrKni0fl1YBcIA"><em>Funeral</em></a> (2004), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4GT6uZod4p5RiDMOVHOMme?si=gsF-aVq2SAqlc1ZnbZ6XqQ"><em>Neon Bible</em></a> (2007), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3DrgM5X3yX1JP1liNLAOHI?si=9d5505527f4e454b"><em>The Suburbs</em></a> (2010), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4E0m7AIVc2d2QZMrMNXdMZ?si=u8xg7oe0SmGk5ogPl_6qFQ"><em>Reflektor</em></a> (2013)</li><li>Islands: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0gnBwwOLS8vAGLm3dbdvVR?si=0f2cb6f0665444db"><em>Return to the Sea</em></a> (2006)</li><li>Electrelane: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0uaMMQAJ1jAsHoi46wviXO?si=nr4FktAwR16qMa9FeQXAPw"><em>Rock It to the Moon</em></a> (2001)</li><li>65daysofstatic: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/39TrTBzr6CRFRnh8AqxSub?si=maonhF4uQkyk9xARA5nQ5A"><em>The Fall of Math</em></a> (2004)</li><li>Fuck Buttons: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/fuck-buttons/street-horrrsing/"><em>Street Horrrsing</em></a> (2008), <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7tilRUU7WANATJdxhMO3p8?si=Kyj4KL0RQRWc9ZNyW2aXdA">Tarot Sport</a></em> (2009), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2GpgIyzxzxCNmkWL1EZW2C?si=cQI02VMKSfuZU5-Dl2N3tQ"><em>Slow Focus</em></a> (2013)</li><li>Blanck Mass: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2hJlRNULbdNrEhkB4lUvpP?si=7b5e108b58db450b">Cruel Sport</a>” (2015), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6WElx5zuqd2CYiyea4oEc8?si=4SLP9R1LQt6-kwXWGfvBBw"><em>World Eater</em></a> (2017), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7JNpKXO7XTO5iQhaXy9rrm?si=b33c0ec4b1a94d1c">Death Drop</a>” (2019)</li><li>Vessels: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4kB1vlgei2DvIweeBoiNVu?si=--0FiSEzTtakYxJrCn6Gxg"><em>White Fields & Open Devices</em></a> (2008)</li><li>Magyar Posse: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/magyar-posse/kings-of-time/"><em>Kings of Time</em></a> (2004), “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/magyar-posse/random-avenger/">European Lover / Random Avenger</a>” & “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/magyar-posse/random-avenger/">Intercontinental Hustle</a>” (2006)</li><li>Jacaszek: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6sqxpIFCLiOHsOyfNt2RiH?si=024950aba18b4e0b">Dare-Gale</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1hsJcvovLvqj4yLryTToHk?si=9c09c8116d344183">As Each Tucked String Tells</a>” (2011)</li><li>Menomena: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0Ef9G8Qm9RMZYwgDJvDRHF?si=_H5PqH5RTXOTILTh3gFFig"><em>I Am the Fun Blame Monster!</em></a> (2003), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7cda5qusQ6FCGGMXBgrk5c?si=FFOaBmSwTYW2iqJfXPnkkQ"><em>Under an Hour</em></a> (2006), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6YBF3Qn0qAIjbluTMA82MP?si=kp_3RBbvTYu8U_AeNKWwOA"><em>Friend and Foe</em></a> (2007)</li><li>The Mars Volta: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0hB42ZAD897hziy7Jfe6Si?si=bd5e2ca6dd0b4cf3"><em>Tremulant</em></a> (2002), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0CA2EVHhRPR5VPV78KZw89?si=R2FaMjytSz-Yt6r9ffPUkQ"><em>Deloused in the Comatorium</em></a> (2003), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/58NwaSn26UT4s8AGg4GImo?si=84_L2Bl1S3OCDwZ3HJ0Guw"><em>Frances the Mute</em></a> (2005), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/62t7avflSxMRfEoJEhFikS?si=00f7c987e6e143cb"><em>The Bedlam in Goliath</em></a> (2008)</li><li>Far Corner: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/far_corner/far_corner/"><em>Far Corner</em></a> (2004), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/far_corner/endangered/"><em>Endangered</em></a> (2007)</li><li>By the End of Tonight: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1C2uKlxtDv9Z9XccVP7Jpz?si=1114c6f0d01247a0"><em>Fireworks on Ice</em></a> (2004), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3UwRGlKDtm7qLrQdzwbToO?si=28069d8afb7c424b">Uncontrollable Like a Teenage Daughter</a>” (2006), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3vUoZgv886kUl3zrVPQnEH?si=769kpNvsTs21asnplMJmiw"><em>A Tribute to Tigers</em></a> (2007)</li><li>Mono: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/01ComjJZPNrun2iy8vgwYL?si=807e0380129a485b">Com</a>” (2002)</li><li>Mew: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4mGwWfixnHdScB5t7oM5XL?si=yqGnbcYxRlKNeBvWrzVg7A"><em>Frengers</em></a> (2003)</li><li>Apparat: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6uHc9hwGn1hyg0UQpoPHpy?si=fe2e64f299514154"><em>Multifunktionsebene</em></a> (2001), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0ZeHWTebn6GpBarBlz7t5t?si=7a967155942542ed"><em>Duplex</em></a> (2003)</li><li>Hauschka: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6ThX6T0heoaEDjsvyC9CdB?si=1b8weSyTT5upsaYqDFFaEg"><em>Salon des Amateurs</em></a> (2011), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3SrqjCCTDqBjW5W6HkbZQb?si=1Xy3GVl7TTaI-xcsoa9FLg"><em>Silfra</em></a> (2012), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/73WY0lf1gNMes3YIwiNJSX?si=e785175285ee4664"><em>Abandoned City</em></a> (2014), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6YAluPsAWDZ6rvwwNDyFsV?si=00e2a1df4a2b4305"><em>What If</em> </a>(2017)</li><li>Blues Traveler: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/27IRo2rYeizhRMDaNVplNM?si=b4d23229bf494287">Hook</a>” (1994)</li><li>White Flight: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5UqucbHyrovzWe2F3nFZ3q?si=5aa51bba7da44d77"><em>White Flight</em></a> (2006), <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Ratatat/comments/gmf1n4/white_ark_lost_white_flight_ratatat_album/"><em>White Ark</em></a> (2009)</li><li>Tape: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3WcBugDAPzA1QVpLgH0mcL?si=qDY8vz_zSA6S3Ht9i81uxg"><em>Rideau</em></a> (2005)</li><li>Ben Frost: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3cmyHos30q47rAcxM9cZeH?si=669d14f9ee414696">Theory of Machines</a>” (2007), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3d5xek3sC2pUTzVN3rSrjx?si=d12038f3d6b44f39">Peter Venkman Pt. 1</a>” & “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5XvHgM0mRZFGmCQhUzurAG?si=e5177531f9f84ed5">Peter Venkman Pt. 2</a>” (2022)</li><li>Simian Mobile Disco: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2E1ZDtrJtsWdkyIbPDwFTu?si=da43132878674321">Sleep Deprivation</a>” (2007)</li><li>Hot Chip: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3RCj5fG55qjtmnEML1gpnA?si=4bba410e5a2e43db">Over and Over</a>” (2006), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/65NKfdLTAnL8ubOho5jCXA?si=01058f96ce364c4a">Flutes</a>” (2012)</li><li>The Killers: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4undIeGmofnAYKhnDclN1w?si=FEXWWLE6TRG8ZdO8GR0GeQ"><em>Hot Fuss</em></a> (2004)</li><li>Ratatat: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4JKPD5CoWpBbzf2WwokRSp?si=5aQG6ahCTzuic1JiRQg2dg"><em>Ratatat</em></a> (2004), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2n5wpk7KaHpp3mgUYqpF4f?si=pp3ePHMlTmGAv13mMZ3uPQ"><em>Classics</em></a> (2006), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1S5qqMTBnHQhmI2wtrvwr8?si=YVqhBoVOR9ySBS7v8EWsRg"><em>LP3</em></a> (2008), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/72aBWaiTnk9GHNcuMuZwcJ?si=93e6fJZgRQmvpBbGkrFZqQ"><em>LP4</em></a> (2010)</li><li>LCD Soundsystem: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6aSk2vxoY3xtz7cXKuY9EL?si=4scGdHeuQSmJzmixj-SF6g"><em>LCD Soundsystem</em></a> (2005), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1R8kkopLT4IAxzMMkjic6X?si=EX-qRQVcQPa3U87W5iu1Cw"><em>Sound of Silver</em></a> (2007), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0Tw4IEPDfOj7cLefk75Qft?si=jzy500EXTZ-Howe72L3R7g"><em>45:33</em></a> (2007), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0hdimlCTCms7otJCX9OvqM?si=2L3vWr8uR1O8YRWXXjx09A"><em>American Dream</em></a> (2017)</li><li>MGMT: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6mm1Skz3JE6AXneya9Nyiv?si=9xzAdPXtSduz8lx-gpvAGw"><em>Oracular Spectacular</em></a> (2007)</li><li>Lindstrom: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2UgBnndv2za2f7Ijb2uuar?si=Sdu1cds_Q4C8GMoRJFApPQ">Fast & Delirious</a>” (2006), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6AcCTShJ2PHc4pzX2atLPa?si=63SYA581RdS89hzOqmlWVg">Where I Go You Go Too</a>” (2008)</li><li>Vitalic: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3FbISaAK2oqQeLZACLifbo?si=614111aa3688458b"><em>OK Cowboy</em></a> (2005)</li><li>Justice: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/177kWWNUxsW0MT8ZbCi4vt?si=8zzx1cOVR9C1wGFoeWpkqQ"><em>Cross</em></a> (2007), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6EHqTINRmQ3LLLV1zZRhAt?si=75irnOWkR4qKFZC3y4B8iQ">Civilization</a>” (2011)</li><li>!!!: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/_/the-dis-ease-the-funky-branca/"><em>The Dis-Ease / The Funky Branca</em></a> (1998), “<a href="https://zumaudio.bandcamp.com/album/lab-series-vol-2?from=embed#:~:text=4.-,!!!%20%2D%20Instinct,-11%3A59">Instinct</a>” (1999), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/____f1/___/"><em>!!!</em></a> (2000), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6D46fenYr525Ozdrd5k9ua?si=e4e5ddd05f82413d"><em>Louden Up Now</em></a> (2004), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7HVmUNOZEGHUpdNmY8L8Ue?si=a54159a5853f4e5e"><em>Myth Takes</em></a> (2007)</li><li>Field: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4qhALEWvyUldHFGQyZIkqy?si=0fc21c7cfed945ad">Looping State of Mind</a>” (2011)</li><li>James Holden: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1lphmqrrNqhZtIxhG0EwVi?si=e1c853d02f9a40a0">Lump</a>” & “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2HrcY0PJIBNJPLjqJqTHiU?si=ecc192914ab34511">Idiot</a>” (2006), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1cyyJp2x73H6a5buSo0SvR?si=6e7551b0a02c4694"><em>The Inheritors</em></a> (2013), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/10QkV4igUtGyn58gFBlaus?si=6b0d4e6e8dc14c0a"><em>The Animal Spirits</em></a> (2017), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4c04wXoadgnqqrxeDUCnFP?si=cabb6aafcac341f0"><em>Imagine This Is a High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities</em></a> (2023)</li><li>Andy Stott: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6XpD4GhQq4olgxxgX6BXdv?si=pOAdDCDaSBakJ2cIcOpxRQ"><em>Luxury Problems</em></a> (2012)</li><li>Jon Hopkins: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0Dg1KwgmtUzeMQonDCUFhQ?si=f782c581feca414d"><em>Immunity</em></a> (2013)</li><li>The Fiery Furnaces: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/52LMLDFVwE9QOeCjueXnFD?si=wpu3W2pjSD6NY8cfMqBezw"><em>Blueberry Boat</em></a> (2004)</li><li>Earthless: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/earthless/sonic-prayer/"><em>Sonic Prayer</em></a> (2005), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1O6L469K4MQGwxRltbDTbp?si=affae08497cb45e1"><em>Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky</em></a> (2007), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7FZg4pL3i6DZYcrJkJogVV?si=e692961d3bfb495d">From the Ages</a>” (2013)</li><li>Between the Buried and Me: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7pQSwujyYbzU35XZeXLpOc?si=527d0c60891c4b93">Ants of the Sky</a>” (2007)</li><li>Dale Cooper Quartet: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/49B0x7zpHwrWRjriQaRmGs?si=e91bc97785c54705"><em>Parole de Navarre</em></a> (2007), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/47FeK8ZQNlu33ZeOsh9LLS?si=63ce28405f664624"><em>Quatorze pièces de menace</em></a> (2013)</li><li>Tank: “<a href="https://dieselcombustiblerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/66-nord">Gunnar</a>” (1997)</li><li>Alcest: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1zQQoViMwTIXwmidyqTXdF?si=efb250189694400f"><em>Souvenirs d’un autre monde</em></a> (2007), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6b9NZDM5QhD2FViyXKwBRT?si=Eu8VLa-3TaGavM0biqur2Q"><em>Écailles de lune</em></a> (2010), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7cf5MM7qQ6V0Petqr4aeZ2?si=10f392e96a394f72"><em>Kodama</em></a> (2016), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6o13o3tlmwPYFnlIrVoRhh?si=642a8b01312a458e"><em>Spiritual Instinct</em></a> (2019), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/24nGcIMJdnThRbgxpovlpy?si=f4153aef6b6b42ad"><em>Les Chants de l’aurore</em></a> (2024)</li><li>Parallel Mind: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/parallel-mind/colossus-adea/"><em>Colossus ADEA</em></a> (2005)</li><li>Torche: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2XIEXoSOhsWIzpUDdNICoy?si=0eeb64291aab47ec">Triumph of Venus</a>” (2008)</li></ul><h3>Movies/TV</h3><p>Ones I “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):</p><ul><li>Various, <em>Shogun</em> (2024)</li><li>Various, <em>It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia</em>, season 13 (2018)</li></ul><h3>Games</h3><p>All games I finished or decided to stop playing:</p><ul><li><em>Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora</em>: I played this ~1yr ago but only recently decided I wouldn’t be going back to it. I enjoyed it quite a lot. Like many people, the main thing I want from an <em>Avatar</em> video game is to wander around in its incredibly lush world, interact with its beautiful plants and animals, fly on ikran, etc. And this game delivered that fantasy. The rest of the game is moderately modified <em>Far Cry</em>, which was fine by me. I think I played about 50% of the way through, which was enough for me given how little of my time budget is devoted to video games these days.</li><li><em>God of War Ragnarok</em>: A generally excellent sequel, though of course not as innovative as its predecessor. I made it to the boss fight with Heimdall, but found that fight too annoying to complete. I suppose if the world and level design here was as good as FromSoft then I would have ground my way through or spent a bunch of time finding a workable cheese, like I do when I hit an annoying boss fight in FromSoft games.</li></ul><h3>Books</h3><p>I post book ratings and reviews to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/43134201-luke-muehlhauser?order=d&ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=read&sort=date_read">my Goodreads account</a> instead of here.</p><p>My only five-star read this quarter was <em>Red Country</em>. Some books I previously rated 5 stars were downgraded because I decided to change where my thresholds are.</p><p>It’s unfortunate that I consume fiction during generally low-attention time, in audiobook, and that I have such particular tastes about writing style. There are many great stories that I’m DNF’ing or only half-liking as a result, and I’d enjoy them more if I had a more flexible reading appetite like I do with music and film/TV. Fortunately, this factor is somewhat compensated for by the fact that there are far more excellent books than there are excellent films / TV shows.</p><ol class="footnotes"><li id="footnote_0_8762" class="footnote">I think I hadn’t heard some of the classical pieces before, but I’m not sure which ones.</li></ol>]]></content:encoded> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8762</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Media diet for Q3 2024</title> <link>https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q3-2024/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 23:34:08 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Lists]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://lukemuehlhauser.com/?p=8567</guid> <description><![CDATA[Music Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter: Gregorio Allegri: “Miserere” (c. 1635) Dimash & Chanté Moore: “Lose Control” (2024) Clark: Playground in a Lake (2021) The Last Dinner Party: “Call Me” (2024), Prelude to Ecstasy (2024) Varijashree Venugopal: Vari (2024) Ske: Insolubilia (2021) Ni: Fol Naïs (2023) The Octopus Project: Hexadecagon (2010) Foals: Total Life Forever […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Music</h3><p>Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter:</p><ul><li>Gregorio Allegri: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2ED1VZ53iRImo252U2PEsu?si=bb5ff56033f74820">Miserere</a>” (c. 1635)</li><li>Dimash & Chanté Moore: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugEBRmsuVaY">Lose Control</a>” (2024)</li><li>Clark: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6r3sWdrXNAhqOgGlM5ZKNY?si=f9b6c0e517644f96"><em>Playground in a Lake</em></a> (2021)</li><li>The Last Dinner Party: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiCt0n-lqys">Call Me</a>” (2024), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1ycq58KRtWt3wFtbuIkvLn?si=574a77eeac7845bb"><em>Prelude to Ecstasy</em></a> (2024)</li><li>Varijashree Venugopal: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0yP0Y5UeIqn0PaMMczQVtI?si=045fdbb69b644408"><em>Vari</em></a> (2024)</li><li>Ske: <a href="https://skeskeskeskeske.bandcamp.com/album/insolubilia"><em>Insolubilia</em></a> (2021)</li><li>Ni: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6YYRVHcivfeo5tCJKKKSJo?si=a8d4011bfb024acb"><em>Fol Naïs</em></a> (2023)</li><li>The Octopus Project: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3vvtrA4QkyqBmdFWj8BC7X?si=be391d9d2de54e10"><em>Hexadecagon</em></a> (2010)</li><li>Foals: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/670h50t8E3LwP2bGqxGi6E?si=7109194de00a4cba"><em>Total Life Forever</em></a> (2010), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0RyCpIKlCV0kgEuzrmp73O?si=b68f9cedae8a492f"><em>What Went Down</em></a> (2015)</li></ul><p><span id="more-8567"></span></p><p>Rediscovered or revisited, and really liked:<sup><a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q3-2024/#footnote_0_8567" id="identifier_0_8567" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="I think I hadn’t heard some of the classical pieces before, but I’m not sure which ones.">1</a></sup></p><ul><li>Glitch Mob: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4c5fhgLoAaFzwjNTxC57jK?si=b050ccd522c64bb1"><em>Drink the Sea</em></a> (2010)</li><li>Fiona Apple: <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5gVBXH8MT6zfdRkjp7qT18?si=Rm-1uXoQTA-Itex02dZY-Q">Tidal</a></em> (1996), <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3o5EnVZNJXtfPV8tCoagjI?si=EncI47SyTLWbfXC3bcrb0w">When the Pawn…</a></em> (1999), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6B5favhKTShFTjRLsKIUfa?si=c1bbdc668fb54935"><em>The Idler Wheel…</em></a> (2012), <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0fO1KemWL2uCCQmM22iKlj?si=T_U_9SfZRgSteVCOdajOOw">Fetch the Bolt Cutters</a></em> (2020)</li><li>Heather Duby: <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6gRHcLsa7RGiQzTSSDpFZe?si=i-tUQEvGRS-uGPImQsR1VA">Post to Wire</a></em> (1999)</li><li>Shannon Wright: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6cq8TYuNfQft1njm64DCLo?si=wvLLjTjlRtGwamQQLN5YjA"><em>Dyed in the Wool</em></a> (2001)</li><li>Creed: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7AMkh36MntX0MkZzBFemFc?si=6tG2g93cShaktphFkVussA">Pity for a Dime</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/35GwlKlVXgFCMF5uTp5r7P?si=dfa30211d07e4d91">One</a>” (1997)</li><li>Queens of the Stone Age: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4GdcdiOlguA8YArjrUEiaI?si=oeDJS-6-Txq05NNEeGwh6g">Avon</a>” (1998), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1RwDsaft1szD0FO3DVEtaT?si=4b6f792ecac44140">The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret</a>” (2000), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/58HZZpS0wxJKwGjoerg0mk?si=9cc415a61a68424f"><em>Songs for the Deaf</em></a> (2002)</li><li>Meshuggah: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6mnLcQF5GYlFycGu2htkvb?si=a4ef8851ebc14a91"><em>I</em></a> (2004)</li><li>Opeth: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4ghtc1qkwPW5CIjYrac1MJ?si=915239fb54af473c">Blackwater Park</a>” (2001)</li><li>Ulver: “<a href="https://ulver.bandcamp.com/album/metamorphosis-ep">Gnosis</a>” (1999), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/34GSeS7UvvKclKHIXohqjP?si=Bj5HMoa1T6qGjJHS3igQLQ"><em>Perdition City</em></a> (2000), <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5oRHCCEBg7EGfaNGd3wQTq?si=2Ps_vFLKRD2ZeEDkFMMoJg">Blood Inside</a></em> (2005), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3drMQbj9uqaQKAd4mR845N?si=d17a92f3fcda4c4d">Glamour Box</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3Ls3yBjiIvVgFpMSxzY6Qy?si=d74d683873084d94">Son of Man</a>” (2013), <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5qIvAO77qv1y8VxdRXa7Uv?si=4heMO_zNS7-KgE7sEzq48g">The Assassination of Julius Caesar</a></em> (2017)</li><li>Deftones: <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5LEXck3kfixFaA3CqVE7bC?si=yxaB0Xa1TISxceQ_93QQNA">White Pony</a></em> (2000)</li><li>Kid Rock: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7nFlAxnXMrQRpM1R80pKQm?si=f69c4e55ed134bda"><em>Devil Without a Cause</em></a> (1998)</li><li>Rammstein: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6XcoiOYiNbIxzpt8WRxq8Z?si=b01dbf0df7e24928">Du hast</a>” (1997), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7ikuEzL6xeAgu6yT6YVLy7?si=683f86037d554d21"><em>Mutter</em></a> (2001)</li><li>Nightstick: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6nKE9kbCaIGWgNfedd5fGO?si=8lNwEXYpSKSQIWRd9kkN3A">Ultimatum: ‘Cut It Off, Then Kill It’</a>” (1988)</li><li>System of a Down: <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3sSfjX4fhZonjyZ10x0l0f?si=xNfboz5YSCSBSo22ExlJAA">System of a Down</a></em> (1998), <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6jWde94ln40epKIQCd8XUh?si=_l-ZSqu5REC_sgh_QiJVIw">Toxicity</a></em> (2001), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6lA1sGw7eCv27bcpd5E0wT?si=6a89f1ed5d484f1f"><em>Steal This Album!</em></a> (2002), <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0cn6MHyx4YuZauaB7Pb66o?si=p1zcFApORpe4jD1sEPZAlw">Mezmerize</a></em> (2005), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3QxX3NbWyLlLG6lP1xveL3?si=b1QIWZsVQh28KDT5KRVxNg"><em>Hypnotize</em></a> (2005), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/11ajcVj3qSyyMPUpTJUP3y?si=a1a383feb87246c0">Protect the Land</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3Sg3bOiD0kE4D5DcXk48Ds?si=5e4f706ddae64c31">Genocidal Humanoidz</a>” (2020)</li><li>Linkin Park: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5Za8bsHPb08SZXm0bvbDXy?si=1c35386eeb054aab">Crawling</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3tSmXSxaAnU1EPGKa6NytH?si=70a56e2ff2b54431">In the End</a>” (2000)</li><li>Dredg: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2x8FvGO16LXexXgzxvzwZk?si=b3284b417fc546d8"><em>Leitmotif</em></a> (2001)</li><li>Isis: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1ZQqzuRfHzQ5FuCupRAhHR?si=0b94b6df2dc24fb0"><em>Panopticon</em></a> (2004)</li><li>Live Human: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/live-human/live-human-featuring-dj-quest/"><em>Live Human featuring DJ Quest</em></a> (1997)</li><li>DJ Logic: <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0M5svr3JzEsQgOBjmgXCDp?si=yjKsfw5FQWOf4cYunMUz9g">The Anomaly</a></em> (2001)</li><li>Yohimbe Brothers: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1TKyomNb4TjRoPRJrES9I2?si=WoVSpx9zR0ycFY8iN-XQUw"><em>Front End Lifter</em></a> (2001)</li><li>Eminem: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5eGEc27nnhtmcOh6RC890a?si=a4f3b95727604f0c">Kill You</a>” & “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3UmaczJpikHgJFyBTAJVoz?si=tNewvrq6T02HZNh-oOpefQ">Stan</a>” & “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/20oenBXlmwIfK0F3fQIjhM?si=5bcfd2827b524e19">Kim</a>” (2000)</li><li>Subtle: <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/24bsS8qSdJVd6zH3WB9Fmg?si=VrVxeh3eTJiOpZn60dgA7A">A New White</a></em> (2004), <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/60lQHkzN75SCSm5O4GnCj5?si=_ZUdco-fRU6EW8YNN0C1bw">For Hero: For Fool</a></em> (2006), <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4sVIc3jeXIkBhMvoqVn3HZ?si=VfP_ZALyQaqY0fPzDrlnxQ">Exiting Arm</a></em> (2008)</li><li>Alias: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1CFrtokhOgLpUDHgYXSOJK?si=ba62e769bcab4938"><em>Muted</em></a> (2003)</li><li>André 3000: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/22ZrZE5K0NVAPKH3md8jh1?si=40e965da5ffb4a12"><em>The Love Below</em></a> (2003)</li><li>Big Boi: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0GZMsKdDsbNhxvM1VaxB0U?si=c93ac0888ef84c43"><em>Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty</em></a> (2010)</li><li>Dakah Hip-Hop Orchestra: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2nH5uNcmMkEDobeKUPdev9?si=eaa24b73bb884eda">Pisstissimo / Baptissimo / Sacristy</a>” (2004)</li><li>Gnarls Barkley: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2N5zMZX7YeL1tico8oQxa9?si=13c97f60e3674258">Crazy</a>” (2006)</li><li>Beyoncé: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3ERa3mEeOnrh2Mc47qM6T1?si=0202c5299e0344bd">Halo</a>” (2008)</li><li>Edit: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7sJSXP1964vbewXfPZrGA9?si=Bc-MRh_ZQMKdurMO8u3b-w"><em>Crying Over Pros for No Reason</em></a> (2004), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5BoWYA6JIkWltz6lKLM69n?si=a796ad13bc754f65">Down for This</a>” (2021)</li><li>Kanye West: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1kxeWHF9PrCVZHvVskv8lg?si=5ZsC1ruCRfigf-FCQb8TfA">Love Lockdown</a>” (2008), <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/20r762YmB5HeofjMCiPMLv?si=bXhgUJHLQ8OTHvkf9wCgRw">My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy</a></em> (2010), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1jIfaHx4jUl1mqdig9wUra?si=62d5cbb6de4149c5">No Church in the Wild</a>” & “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1xUGUTWQNqQzYOX1mkAlFw?si=02d8014cc2644a11">Why I Love You</a>” (2011, w/ Jay-Z)</li><li>Cadence Weapon: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/43OxpH4ZwEAVtGSXWsMmAB?si=620454f7a09949ff">Oliver Square</a>” (2005)</li><li>Astronautalis: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1Qrfp95tP8jTYdX3BljSjI?si=mkCiU95kRlqiA82TNNeGrQ">Down and Out in the Bold New City of the South</a>” (2006)</li><li>Georgia Anne Muldrow: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3lstl285JL7D0FololyMKI?si=2C7oNXD4TN-SzHMx05nk5Q">New Orleans</a>” (2006)</li><li>RJD2: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7G4U7IDXXPz1PFlKpfDGoZ?si=UoJr1zpcQJqi49gPNGxs3A">The Horror</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5Nn2Dj7OQsGL6pgQ9iIzPp?si=r7kBWj6vRCGucU47onSWoA">Ghostwriter</a>” (2002)</li><li>Cut Chemist: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/51eBQ2u5LInHRAicVdekxi?si=ca5aa28cd16046b3"><em>The Audience’s Listening</em></a> (2006)</li><li>Flying Lotus: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5c7XChrHxYaqykCZLaGM5f?si=jbiHaGi3REGvSezSz23mhg"><em>Cosmogramma</em></a> (2010), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7DFT5wc0jn6U7DqooS8y6l?si=5e954892f5ce4c32"><em>You’re Dead</em></a> (2014)</li><li>M.I.A.: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1wgqttlPacpvmX5DKVboOa?si=3hRgjln6TrKSdxpVCc5tDQ">Paper Planes</a>” (2007)</li><li>The Streets: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7eHt7rcLWNXREbck9PAsHA?si=emFgEg7BSoSQYPgkKsQXxA">Turn the Page</a>” (2002), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/312A8WfROSLvZbMDHBUPDp?si=c2e7a68424d64b66">Fit But You Know It</a>” (2004)</li><li>Burial: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/18f6aWSeCaKMZxg75d0t2g?si=f0da9bce532a4b09"><em>Burial</em></a> (2006), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6Udcgs8INpjFU80aYcrddg?si=7018aed1b293413e">Shutta</a>” (2007), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1C30LhZB9I48LdpVCRRYvq?si=HMAB2g44SBmJz_C5QiuP7w"><em>Untrue</em></a> (2007), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2j42kxVAgj2oyIvsNNPWpT?si=HbaOBc1UR2G7U90qRriYaQ"><em>Kindred</em></a> (2012), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2GCAIlSpOgy4g2GRTsV6n8?si=38c7af012c1749ff"><em>Truant / Rough Sleeper</em></a> (2012), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5YpNfRJ7dv6dT0m6XSW3Lg?si=8IZ-qk55SPKZP737Jlhvdw"><em>Rival Dealer</em></a> (2013), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6jjsnzZ2YHWwebf7ilxdnn?si=0a0fd94fb013475b">Temple Sleeper</a>” (2015)</li><li>Clark: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5CB6pVh3JNBHQ4I6zQuYXv?si=8fc405483bdf4636"><em>Clarence Park</em></a> (2001), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3Mf9bcBk3zTxuyokjzaYvs?si=7kr9tPZyRwOhAol4mUtrqA"><em>Empty the Bones of You</em></a> (2003), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4bH9Kc6e6sRxGoMrX1NUup?si=c776cccefca546d7"><em>Body Riddle</em></a> (2006)</li><li>Regina Spektor: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6GskIhdM6TN6EkPgeSjVfW?si=fbd87f5ea8d8416b">Fidelity</a>” (2006), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2n0U2OG5d6TuW5mKx7YrC0?si=c27570bb07c649cc">Two Birds</a>” (2009)</li><li>St. Vincent: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/338T7GIYUEuyeeHeZnSJta?si=FS7A3pSSRqya7E-zlF01ag"><em>Marry Me</em></a> (2007), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/62O4QjMzIBjilnRYrAI7oX?si=b8a8d5d9ed824e3c"><em>Actor</em></a> (2009), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5x7cI8aHmaqk03KKl1Auh1?si=nZHw4jDPQMKEQ82ua-NDww"><em>Strange Mercy</em></a> (2011), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2FtneRtIF1I5HPBsIxSqf0?si=d4ed14fd30a74ca0"><em>St. Vincent</em></a> (2014), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5iI1svWkerLI9FgQbIzQTu?si=e166da833dc3482c">Reckless</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6TryolYM0MBzNTxGrlfcqt?si=6189db6c694f4e23">Flea</a>” (2024)</li><li>Joanna Newsom: <em><a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/joanna-newsom/ys/">Ys</a></em> (2006), <em><a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/joanna-newsom/have-one-on-me/">Have One On Me</a></em> (2010), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/joanna-newsom/divers/"><em>Divers</em></a> (2015)</li><li>Bon Iver: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0bhBtXHQX3u6dSAPF59qGx?si=9a53373497034d44">Flume</a>” (2008), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/35KiiILklye1JRRctaLUb4?si=6ac79a97627a4def">Holocene</a>” (2011)</li><li>Dear Hunter: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7k0iFGkqIWyOBZBaBCAYg7?si=xiwzC3L4SjKnIx5wy5FVOQ"><em>The Lake South, the River North</em></a> (2006), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3bxQpENBvT3gHgM9Q7Z20K?si=d24579e3dde14088"><em>The Meaning of, and All Things Regarding Ms. Leading</em></a> (2007), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5B5cJTkPpZRzKMWegoKE78?si=8FeIAucmTneuJuVq9oROQQ"><em>Life and Death</em></a> (2009), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1A4T3cm5mteRN0nz4AiY7P?si=51513d263c144a4e">Whisper</a>” (2013), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/72N545TE36DqJHiyE0YLGE?si=6e36cb4dcb0f45f5"><em>Hymns With the Devil in Confessional</em></a> (2016), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2Glb19gtGNPkmTqB8WL1t7?si=94a47573825f47f5"><em>Antimai</em></a> (2022)</li><li>Owen Pallett [Final Fantasy]: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3pWe8tdmIR4MfE5C4v5vg9?si=aadb9d7a39d94ecc"><em>Heartland</em></a> (2010)</li><li>Beirut: <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6MQXgLKSXLb8SwZ4m7STNc?si=LBKArprvTemRxH2MJiVnjA">Gulag Orkestar</a></em> (2006), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/71udkw2yxFqNK4SNSYcCce?si=243ea20d23c54876"><em>The Flying Club Cup</em></a> (2007), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/26G7PfSLTyLiIcITVl7GAK?si=5cf2abcf34d44cfb"><em>Artifacts</em></a> (2022)</li><li>The Week That Was: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7qeTW7Eo4WgFxRjLmNW7Wz?si=7a46f8abbc8f4edc"><em>The Week That Was</em></a> (2008)</li><li>Santigold: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4dmCLAZbWYT0qtcG7GVMdb?si=ewoRtUTbSIefvtWrh0drbg">Les Artistes</a>” (2009)</li><li>Julianna Barwick: <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4JW1OsBRpDNF23lDFPaFQ7?si=iifHfyxVRg61tQtiPlgiTQ">The Magic Place</a></em> (2011), <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1rMSF8WzsF016bhkREx45l?si=K9FxpNoaTXaYpLXGabbXMA">Nepenthe</a></em> (2013)</li><li>Manitoba/Caribou: <em><a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/manitoba/start-breaking-my-heart/">Start Breaking My Heart</a></em> (2001), <em><a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/manitoba/up-in-flames/">Up in Flames</a></em> (2003), <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4QjK8KNQf7nbe8nhUbvDg9?si=uxEu0sBFTUyobSIkfNcdng">The Milk of Human Kindness</a></em> (2005), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4b8MCfbobncLPjShT3UVjF?si=9673e37a02054528"><em>Andorra</em></a> (2007), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3D1P3oPecqAQy2u33gAhsM?si=3610c0f144084e8c">Odessa</a>” (2010)</li><li>Ed Harcourt: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3rcXYDOhbQl10uf5rstIaH?si=3chpmeMQReGURSXnw4hRjA">Beneath the Heart of Darkness</a>” (2001), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0veGo7i4BFWaIYFgvlPA46?si=SIcSxFDTRPmsk5b6pY1FWg">Ghostwriter</a>” (2003)</li><li>Grizzly Bear: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0iTpQYzJnYgh7kIxyq8A2O?si=_awARsUoRZe-QFKJVQ-2dw">Two Weeks</a>” (2009)</li><li>Daniel Rossen: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2R74tj2OOtjri1Fi8C05B5?si=8B7SI_qbQBG-1zotgsg8zg"><em>You Belong There</em></a> (2022)</li><li>Lykke Li: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2gCvWjrHt6PVJjIN1amlje?si=0492a0fe0b99427a">No Rest for the Wicked</a>” & “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/260P406V4ys84uDOFGfcMA?si=2A57Q8nnSEqhDU7mMIIFpA">Never Gonna Love Again</a>” (2014)</li><li>Imogen Heap: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7mMlbJlXXo2mRtQ4R9sIzD?si=f8f87abe613a4dd5">Hide and Seek</a>” (2005)</li><li>Emilie Simon: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1atduw0ZmCrT8Ycdm7CaqS?si=3bf21ac871b24296">Graines d’étoiles</a>” (2003), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/21CU2mJIG4fz3NqOgrpnqv?si=95044e915b914be6">Antarctic</a>” & “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4inXCszpBbTcVjNPIlKBg3?si=380c7ab269cc460f">Attack of the Killer Birds</a>” (2005), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/21vpRyFG0aHh0OC5WdYVbN?si=77d2179ec0134b90"><em>Vegetal</em></a> (2006)</li><li>Royksopp: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7rSn37L6jGaPnOOLBbEwXX?si=glGRDrlkSsyaztQ3pKspmw">Happy Up Here</a>” (2009)</li><li>My Chemical Romance: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0FZK97MXMm5mUQ8mtudjuK?si=18fcad8cb2e94504"><em>The Black Parade</em></a> (2006)</li><li>Wolf Parade: <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/71C2qNuimejWFgJGi0i72P?si=vOjAb3gLTZm-5k8SoBXdzg">Apologies to the Queen Mary</a></em> (2005)</li><li>The Shins: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1wAqhAF1dynDjMy7m5CSSE?si=e2c5237c7eca40a6">New Slang</a>” (2001), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6WBNQSfB047hAZ7tusGhqB?si=6ab4f13b5c17417f">So Says I</a>” & “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1M6fHlmySKK4dzETkPLnoJ?si=eea9a6eeeac34920">Fighting in a Sack</a>” (2003)</li><li>The Polyphonic Spree: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1fEqefj12ceIrhJ7DlmjQN?si=8e275b9213674c57"><em>The Beginning Stages of…</em></a> (2002),<sup><a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q3-2024/#footnote_1_8567" id="identifier_1_8567" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="Not counting the long boring final track.">2</a></sup> “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0eItptMqebRnw5or5XOKkp?si=1441740accbb4c4f">Hold Me Now</a>” (2004), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/17zwFM2pTvBeVLHrTXwB5P?si=afedfc491e8a44c8">Mental Cabaret</a>” (2007)</li><li>Beach House: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4sYpTER2iT2Y7Kf4VsfUne?si=j5helGUNRYCxvnMRn96TAw"><em>Teen Dream</em></a> (2010), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1UYkwtjbjdLlHc4bdnkvdO?si=ZyHTMITQTBmgmMrtBzEWAg"><em>Bloom</em></a> (2012)</li><li>Love Is All: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0jVN856m0WcQ6cB7oqiA6e?si=4c80d123915043a4">Talk Talk Talk Talk</a>” (2006), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2f41HVWAQQ3MYGbgHrbi2d?si=55347b013495470f"><em>A Hundred Things Keep Me Up at Night</em></a> (2008)</li><li>Elbow: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1JDBaQauVm3X7uIZkMKRID?si=c0557b20345d4fdd">Grace Under Pressure</a>” (2003)</li><li>Fleet Foxes: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0GegHVxeozw3rdjte45Bfx?si=5fc45b9a76d4437d">White Winter Hymnal</a>” & “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4fuVAz1Epsftsv71dkGOZY?si=6506a163d5674940">Your Protector</a>” (2008), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/02VdHwnGhy5fTW2CTZkYsb?si=cc18f89040e646b5">Helplessness Blues</a>” & “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6rN4c80To1rKvYvqpJNqYo?si=5e2b3331ffde4b01">The Shrine / An Argument</a>” (2011)</li><li>Okkervil River: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4wTKgCMB1IW73LNXdK6685?si=d5f1ad41d50847a6"><em>The Stage Names</em></a> (2007)</li><li>The Beat Circus: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-beat-circus/dreamland/"><em>Dreamland</em></a> (2008)</li><li>Battles: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0X8vBD8h1Ga9eLT8jx9VCC?si=856d21bd4b024f5d"><em>Mirrored</em></a> (2007), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4oX4lpSnDyqQ2oadKTlcaR?si=0fe708e0bd7743eb"><em>Gloss Drop</em></a> (2011)</li><li>Parts & Labor: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/parts-and-labor/groundswell/"><em>Groundswell</em></a> (2003), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5YXkWxwhLCr3nydqLQFWOU?si=ea645a4790b241bd"><em>Mapmaker</em></a> (2007), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/39QArDbCs2rrYxJhHHkoUw?si=853ced3100e0491e"><em>Receivers</em></a> (2008)</li><li>Toby Dammit: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/toby-dammit/top-dollar/"><em>Top Dollar</em></a> (2001)</li><li>Explosions in the Sky: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2TmYd2YYLJ5dpKiL4pEqkD?si=0d2f09d5364d48ec"><em>Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die…</em></a> (2001), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/49buCcKCJwxvdl0R2dMoIU?si=5a687e35dd3e415d"><em>The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place</em></a> (2003), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2BkhGv48TtChjKBwkC67eo?si=b53d2efc4e574c9a"><em>All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone</em></a> (2007)</li><li>Kopernik: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/kopernik/kopernik/"><em>Kopernik</em></a> (2003)</li><li>Interpol: <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/79deKDaslwLfH3yPR2T3SB?si=ABGCdMiTSCGRZW54IU7kUw">Turn on the Bright Lights</a></em> (2002), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/58fDEyJ5XSau8FRA3y8Bps?si=soClgnH6QNOeNogEQgp8og"><em>Antics</em></a> (2004)</li><li>TV on the Radio: <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5jGpMwXuM6kdnOUum0HKiA?si=7l_WmvVeQFqz6VycekFa5w">Young Liars</a></em> (2003), <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1Yyd14ATTmUP17KCtUYgLg?si=8gB9EvegRLK_u8gbnuroHg">Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes</a></em> (2004), <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7xn8nwwutlJFMb7Zf9NEHi?si=JoGmjWJTR1ibdNfWtd1m5w">Return to Cookie Mountain</a></em> (2006), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4T4TMKkYAMnmm65vnwbhCS?si=7d6ce3497ab94dfb">Shout Me Out</a>” (2008)</li><li>Yeah Yeah Yeahs: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5ypaZzzhcVYoy8BYSkbfih?si=wAChK26oQsONBQnYb4WPRg">Maps</a>” (2003), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4WiIscpBgQFm5qIyjoH7M4?si=2cjA1OFsTn2b7m1TsvkApA">Heads Will Roll</a>” (2009), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7la5q4ctkM189lO3GdzRty?si=2NSrLqtYSeKfrbGsdnuGBA">Zero</a>” (2009)</li><li>The Strokes: <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2k8KgmDp9oHrmu0MIj4XDE?si=w8tfIy9AQfawTkkkJyj_iQ">Is This It</a></em> (2001), <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3HFbH1loOUbqCyPsLuHLLh?si=ZGi93md8RLGFlx_D987SLg">Room on Fire</a></em> (2003), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4fPBB44eDH71YohayI4eKV?si=f324527f0e8b4b17">You Only Live Once</a>” (2006)</li><li>Yeasayer: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6mVyKlhq3v2IHeksO38syx?si=37cf6ab0b70e441c"><em>All Hour Cymbals</em></a> (2007)</li><li>Vampire Weekend: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7JcfNKXoHSaog85a1hd4lx?si=0xKqcjhBTvi7qCYyk5xIBA"><em>Vampire Weekend</em></a> (2008), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0H8cHlbp6eieUUOLmv4FzJ?si=60f09c9011194038"><em>Contra</em></a> (2010), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2Qi2SySN2ePZwMLDSv9Krn?si=jNQFIIzYQlmWW5-3VlKHLA"><em>Modern Vampires of the City</em></a> (2013), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/39exKIvycQDgs4T6uXdyu0?si=e668eead781b4db5">Harmony Hall</a>” (2019), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1W04wu2W4OIcuiNc5AMB3y?si=07a4b80fd2494e84"><em>Only God Was Above Us</em></a> (2024)</li><li>The Octopus Project: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4WlZfApnWitOGgJZPZ01Bi?si=4e023a294da64acc"><em>Identification Parade</em></a> (2002), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5kObWL0SgokKNz5BmRFRDJ?si=85nXvX5mTEGWaJnjRXyS_g"><em>One Ten Hundred Thousand Million</em></a> (2005), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7tmoPUVPkqOrLkVa3RwZdK?si=QHOn1UscQhCM1zI-SHSHXA"><em>Hello, Avalanche</em></a> (2007)</li><li>Franz Ferdinand: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0mUEGMT2YlzCWGeWOJjBKD?si=2IQHfAuLRUC-Jt37I_FfKA"><em>Franz Ferdinand</em></a> (2004), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3GNG4NPXfTeIGYjZ2FpS6P?si=f0e5830163e54697"><em>You Could Have It So Much Better</em></a> (2007)</li><li>Foals: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5zUndTRjHpsB5UTsPp5MeM?si=gVy00YuOQAOkGjkoXK5Zsw"><em>Antidotes</em></a> (2008), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6SBkXTPlJ3oEaFwRm5o2lD?si=171f82920bf54516"><em>Holy Fire</em></a> (2013)</li><li>Holy Fuck: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/72lO7iZgdcYsDSTT0ieBzj?si=kjieWELESVyCeloyJSUN8g"><em>Holy Fuck</em></a> (2005), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7tSQEdPdzVWWF9iQmvHeRh?si=ez-IMvKlQReOvXusG-QN9A"><em>LP</em></a> (2007)</li></ul><h3>Movies/TV</h3><p>Ones I “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):</p><ul><li>Various, <em>It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, season 12</em> (2017) ★</li></ul><h3>Games</h3><p>All games I finished or decided to stop playing:</p><ul><li>[none]</li></ul><h3>Books</h3><p>I post book ratings and reviews to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/43134201-luke-muehlhauser?order=d&ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=read&sort=date_read">my Goodreads account</a> instead of here.</p><p>Five-star reads this quarter were: <em>Words of Radiance</em>, <em>Kindred</em>, <em>World Without End</em>, <em>Best Served Cold</em>, <em>The Heroes</em><i></i></p><p>I’ve learned more about my fiction tastes:</p><ul><li>My favorite tense is third person limited.</li><li>I prefer books that <em>show</em> much more than <em>tell</em>, i.e. books that spend almost all their time in specific <em>scenes</em>, described in enough detail to play a movie in my head. So, more like (what I’ve read of) Stephen King or Joe Abercrombie, rather than authors like Ken Liu or Pierce Brown who flip frequently between scene-like writing and summary-like writing.</li><li>I typically prefer relatively plain, easy-to-process, “transparent” prose. Though best of all is when someone can write rich, witty, and funny prose that is still very easy to process, like Joe Abercrombie or Terry Pratchett. I do not like elaborate purple prose, which unfortunately describes a lot of literary fiction that I might otherwise love.</li><li>A lot of my favorite books are epic in scope, stakes, and themes.</li><li>I’m surprised to learn I’m a character-first reader. Before I began reading fiction again in late 2023, I guessed that plot was most important to me, then character, then prose. Instead, it turns out that character is most important to me, then prose (but mostly as a factor that can quickly <em>ruin</em> a book for me, not one that can elevate it much), then plot.</li><li>I now think my favorite genres will probably be fantasy and historical fiction.<sup><a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q3-2024/#footnote_2_8567" id="identifier_2_8567" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="For convenience I’ll lump “alternate history” under “historical fiction”; it’s a small genre anyway.">3</a></sup> First, I like epic stories, which largely narrows the list of contenders to historical fiction, fantasy, or science fiction. Second, I prefer books that are strong on all four of character, plot, world-building, and themes. Of the frequently-epic genres, historical fiction and fantasy often hit all four, or at least try, whereas science fiction often does not even try to have strong characters, and sometimes doesn’t have much plot either, in favor of a focus on the world-building and themes. There are exceptions, of course, and indeed my #1 favorite novel so far is sci-fi: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54493401-project-hail-mary"><em>Project Hail Mary</em></a>. But in the long run I’m guessing my favorite genres will be fantasy and historical fiction.</li></ul><ol class="footnotes"><li id="footnote_0_8567" class="footnote">I think I hadn’t heard some of the classical pieces before, but I’m not sure which ones.</li><li id="footnote_1_8567" class="footnote">Not counting the long boring final track.</li><li id="footnote_2_8567" class="footnote">For convenience I’ll lump “alternate history” under “historical fiction”; it’s a small genre anyway.</li></ol>]]></content:encoded> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8567</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Media diet for Q2 2024</title> <link>https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q2-2024/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2024 05:18:45 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Lists]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://lukemuehlhauser.com/?p=8476</guid> <description><![CDATA[Music Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter: Vampire Weekend: Only God Was Above Us (2024) Toby Talbot: Sneaker Wave (2004) Eunuchs: Harbour Century (2024) Chelsea Wolfe: She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She (2024) Maruja: Knocknarea (2023) Lara Fabian: “Caruso” (2000) Long Fin Killie: Valentino (1996), Amelia (1997) Bedrich Smetana: “Vltava [The Moldau]” […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Music</h3><p>Music I most enjoyed discovering this quarter:</p><ul><li>Vampire Weekend: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1W04wu2W4OIcuiNc5AMB3y?si=07a4b80fd2494e84"><em>Only God Was Above Us</em></a> (2024)</li><li>Toby Talbot: <a href="https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/14524/Sneaker-Wave--Joby-Talbot/"><em>Sneaker Wave</em></a> (2004)</li><li>Eunuchs: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6lNh2JqZFhiXL7YNnblt64?si=de26b9e2b0954e86"><em>Harbour Century</em></a> (2024)</li><li>Chelsea Wolfe: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4uJMF1xAEk9IgPA5UbwNA6?si=9vGEwlKnRP-UOSeZkjB9RA"><em>She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She</em></a> (2024)</li><li>Maruja: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1hb0fuPRhbd1uStttAaalz?si=41b02c0b23ae4325"><em>Knocknarea</em></a> (2023)</li><li>Lara Fabian: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP2KnLemT78">Caruso</a>” (2000)</li><li>Long Fin Killie: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5xB9lc9pqRdBcIw0AofIci?si=G-jZgPx4RQmYYk7kfvMYNA"><em>Valentino</em></a> (1996), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3kDstQJTxMCD4CH4R7g2nj?si=T9WS8GVXQlORXp6Vvq48OQ"><em>Amelia</em></a> (1997)</li><li>Bedrich Smetana: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0P3TUNfXfhdJ4rgdZAUL6i?si=d560a59c29e24e4f">Vltava [The Moldau]</a>” (1879)</li><li>Water Damage: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2FJsoXBK6FQDwsLOB1MsuV?si=aaf36d90a9fe45ff"><em>In E</em></a> (2024)</li><li>Various: <a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/1734368-Various-T%C3%A9lescopages-Volume-2"><em>Télescopages Volume 2</em></a> (2008)</li><li>Raze the Maze: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7zxFUkO7CCPmtkqYXpbNq8?si=174cc66997e04d65"><em>7am Dream</em></a> (2022)</li><li>Sydnie Christmas: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO0ssUB7lbM">My Way</a>” (2024), “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjyy4tYZFDc">Tomorrow</a>” (2024)</li><li>Sachal Jazz & Wynton Marsalis: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO_tC99prRs">Take Five</a>” (2013)</li><li>Willow: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5jsfwcWxZIPtF5aaWx0mlL?si=a1265293dcdd46c0"><em>Empathogen</em></a> (2024)</li><li>Mabe Fratti: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0puYy6hGZEZPa69HK3vQmH?si=89b8a99bd8e24223">Kravitz</a>” (2024)</li></ul><p><span id="more-8476"></span></p><p>Rediscovered or revisited, and really liked:<sup><a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q2-2024/#footnote_0_8476" id="identifier_0_8476" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="I think I hadn’t heard some of the classical pieces before, but I’m not sure which ones.">1</a></sup></p><ul><li>Neutral Milk Hotel: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0vVekV45lOaVKs6RZQQNob?si=026c3ae1227b4af8"><em>In the Aeroplane Over the Sea</em></a> (1998)</li><li>Of Montreal: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6EHyUWhxAzolO2lQBvuxTH?si=f835b36d2fe5478c"><em>Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?</em></a> (2007)</li><li>Air: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3g9O7pvuaaFRvdzsoSJXVc?si=fdcf9191c3244d7f"><em>Premiers Symptomes</em></a> (1997), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/206GTDefY2qRMQxYXmfb0a?si=32640b3892514b32"><em>Moon Safari</em></a> (1998), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2WNI378JH55k63eXBHbjbI?si=37f92de9cb2d4311"><em>10 000 Hz Legend</em></a> (2001), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0hQOqvZv1nQvPiBjzyn363?si=2e577dc0eb8a416a"><em>Talkie Walkie</em></a> (2004)</li><li>Antony and the Johnsons: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1qgHb6l3H8xHuBQrFtvjKN?si=a092acd92e4841f5"><em>I Am a Bird Now</em></a> (2005)</li><li>Death Cab for Cutie: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4zBFQh3OBdtoRFWn2XRrIr?si=2558185042524239">Transatlanticism</a>” (2003)</li><li>The Postal Service: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2U7bhB1xvTrsO3v4rInXGn?si=WESCp_DfQnOu_NlQsH1fwg">Such Great Heights</a>” (2003)</li><li>Mount Eerie: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2AQ9sFUhGPirBi7dPVMs2l?si=ZD0n5vabQ3C9OFTH0-cEwQ">Pale Lights</a>” (2012)</li><li>Vas Deferens Organization: “<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/vas-deferens-organization-and-brad-laner/transcontinental-conspiracy/">First Plane Not to Plummet Seaward</a>” (1996), <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/vas-deferens-organization/zyzzybaloubah/"><em>Zyzzybaloubah</em></a> (1997)</li><li>Sound: <a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/sound_f1/drunk_on_confusion/"><em>Drunk on Confusion</em></a> (1999)</li><li>Acid Mothers Temple: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/71HFJdwF8CNIQrYT0vaUFY?si=VvQk-yrpR26opRAn9BIfaw"><em>IAO Chant from the Cosmic Inferno</em></a> (2005)</li><li>The Delta 72: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0JbXo6QNRhTfFItTfRE4lQ?si=0116afe4e40f4c5c"><em>The Soul of a New Machine</em></a> (1997)</li><li>The Dandy Warhols: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5IYhB6cNGiCogm6tcMRhBW?si=b3bdd65a7a2c47e0"><em>Dandys Rule OK</em></a> (1995), <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1cYRtXjzkEueYaYTU8R2EX?si=tz3EzbOpSyeTw52lEtgP4g">The Dandy Warhols Come Down</a></em> (1997), <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0vdIT4p5OlKOcEzYKSsqn4?si=Pe3YEswrQGK4aklDvrAAuQ">Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia</a></em> (2000), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7hpFYWL3cw5m4y70cce7Zb?si=rf8bfVSDREefXG6tvfp-6w">We Used to Be Friends</a>” (2003)</li><li>Long Fin Killie: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7indiqqXYjZs3N64KTynPH?si=1a085f97c55747e7"><em>Houdini</em></a> (1995)</li><li>The Hives: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6xxXrNJnnsQNLdgNk8S4y8?si=Qc8Of_X0Qj-P4wBlN4qJAA">Hate to Say I Told You So</a>” (2000)</li><li>Shark Quest: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/17GMx5SiawXJjp6bfTGbvs?si=UZbwHOsFS8OEPKKvdRwo1Q"><em>Battle of the Loons</em></a> (1998)</li><li>Acumen: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/324gfRR50r0Zk3WbncmQMT?si=7f8119f85e5e4d00"><em>Territory=Universe</em></a> (1996)</li><li>Jimmy Eat World: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0UJhhj5bn5AGAjryFnhueP?si=VDCB_J5fT5KdqAjHWkw7Vg">The Middle</a>” (2001)</li><li>Wilco: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1JpaFJzzcsiulO6MdIcQdK?si=bfc34e1ef34e4189"><em>Summerteeth</em></a> (1999), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0rPtXOMN42nsLDiShvGamv?si=6194fcc871934116"><em>Yankee Hotel Foxtrot</em></a> (2002), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5VT6IkQWpeXhWa7ZWjKDQp?si=1cb023f1a3d544d1">Spiders (Kidsmoke)</a>” (2004)</li><li>16 Horsepower: <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2Bvfgs4klhQn2okX3cH9cU?si=xMHVeVe2RK2Yp4WvaDWUsg">Sackcloth ‘n’ Ashes</a></em> (1996)</li><li>The White Stripes: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6Xvc1TfpVEhDeHhmTQEtp0?si=a715980bcea448fe"><em>White Blood Cells</em></a> (2001), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7i6r9KotUPQg3ozKKgEPIN?si=gOFyLTI5TdmpAI--Wb2eHg">Seven Nation Army</a>” (2003), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4jU7NPkz4HVnM4hweqNhI1?si=bbf7c75937f14808">Blue Orchid</a>” (2005)</li><li>Modest Mouse: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2lwwrWVKdf3LR9lbbhnr6R?si=7fff6e66951f429b">Float On</a>” (2004)</li><li>The Raconteurs: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/19iqWNzp5LwEdvntpEK8MP?si=Eiq7W2yHRxqQirToh6wNag">Steady, As She Goes</a>” (2006)</li><li>Pinetop Seven: <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2aATG2kE0JKX61Z9tF6W5F?si=Yb8spwp8Q96yAqbByEJI9Q">Bringing Home the Last Great Strike</a></em> (2000)</li><li>DeVotchKa: <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/223n9IVGQAHd5bW5jkfdex?si=X2MghU5RRnalgwIrvYAP8A">How it Ends</a></em> (2004)</li><li>Dengue Fever: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/54nAhs51Fw3IyLBOhuZCjZ?si=bfb7606b569b4cd4"><em>Escape from Dragon House</em></a> (2005)</li><li>Belle and Sebastian: <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0cR6FGQSOUDEwwapI7yfQZ?si=-FQ9npXlRluDxjBFToa7eQ">If You’re Feeling Sinister</a></em> (1996), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/53IPOSmJMkBGZjo98RYpZT?si=8HFmqj6xQ1OX_w7Pfr0FLA">Step Into My Office, Baby</a>” (2003)</li><li>Eels: <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7sqwuxORaCogFGgygafdSt?si=N-wFBzv7Sh6bR0DBFvi7OA">Beautiful Freak</a></em> (1996), <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6SZeOhypPklZ2oLywHluyS?si=VNrKCns8TSGDNRQyylHviA">Electro-Shock Blues</a></em> (1998), <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4qG4oTvEBpTbbmghEp1EKX?si=11smZn34Rg6eoPx9iyrq-w">Souljacker</a></em> (2001), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/34OCkPMkkcRlGGUvAnG61f?si=TRqlliN5TLqeBG9zLG1C5g">Trouble with Dreams</a>” and “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2vqf6Cz8ydenKb0B0v33Es?si=7bb718576e8c4da7">Old Shit / New Shit</a>” (2005), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5Q3ZzcBqQuS8s522kWyCcU?si=41a8d3a8a97b40fd">Fresh Blood</a>” (2009)</li><li>VAST: <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/30g2ANqeR3muuOeCmPf8uj?si=v6LreBfqRIm-HeDFLsfnrw">Visual Audio Sensory Theater</a></em> (1998), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0seekxzs2JfwguTZG69pKp?si=facc7c8ea1394bff">Thrown Away</a>” (2003)</li><li>Grandaddy: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/60SskFg8mhPrzBLLZJ1BK7?si=131bc3e01a154375">AM 180</a>” (1998)</li><li>Sufjan Stevens: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2XOwIbRcNFIBFvGEHDSBQk?si=lu03VVWnQry881S9mzGnaQ"><em>Michigan</em></a> (2003), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1pOl0KEC1iQnA6F0XxV4To?si=YBPAIQtTS5yjNBada2PzpQ"><em>Illinois</em></a> (2005), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4kRMCapj9nEyBWnM0kc9OX?si=QqTDhq-WQdmAdXcK2rA7Gw"><em>The Age of Adz</em></a> (2010), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/50QVLS30ELqeJOphx4pWv7?si=ac6bc250352a4945">All Delighted People</a>” (2010), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2Bd6trS7kIZOXujYdVP8Xd?si=ffd1416404a147c1"><em>The Ascension</em></a> (2020), “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3SpWpHiCt8tbPuZG9AX0Wi?si=23b9763b73d34c43">My Rajneesh</a>” (2020)</li><li>Nicolai Dunger: <em><a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/nicolai-dunger/soul-rush/">Soul Rush</a></em> (2001)</li><li>Jim White: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1uv2vJNTpZanIadccoH0hO?si=ncPFMfvBRSmisSJ3JSPmVg">When Jesus Gets a Brand New Name</a>” (1997)</li><li>Andrew Bird: <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/35t8ZKKnqboEW80gswKn6P?si=KPMa90NnQxO3ayeNXZQW4A">Thrills</a></em> (1998), <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1YbPpWqyIoqEgt2QY90yXy?si=IAcxwQvhSKqKbfQ3be6ReQ">The Mysterious Production of Eggs</a></em> (2005), <em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6mBVlPWGqKYGGTVsSxPWPW?si=u_GI6f83Q7uEe5FkV8KqGg">Noble Beast</a></em> (2008)</li></ul><h3>Movies/TV</h3><p>Ones I “really liked” (no star), or “loved” (star):</p><ul><li>Various, <em>Fallout, season 1</em> (2024)</li><li>Various, <em>It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, seasons 6-11</em> (2008-2016) ★</li><li>Villeneuve, <em>Dune: Part Two</em> (2024) ★</li></ul><h3>Games</h3><p>All games I finished or decided to stop playing:</p><ul><li>[none]</li></ul><h3>Books</h3><p>I post book ratings and reviews to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/43134201-luke-muehlhauser?order=d&ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=read&sort=date_read">my Goodreads account</a> instead of here.</p><p>Five-star reads this quarter were: <i>Speaking Bones</i>, <em>The Pillars of the Earth</em>, <em>Before They Are Hanged</em>, <em>Last Argument of Kings</em>, <em>Of Mice and Men</em>, <em>Stoner</em>.</p><p>My <a href="https://lukemuehlhauser.com/media-diet-for-q1-2024/#books">initial impressions</a> of written fiction still hold. Some additional comments:</p><ul><li>Since I started reading fiction as an adult in late 2023, the works of “classic literature” I’ve read (or DNF’d) so far include <em>The Stranger</em>, <em>The Sound and the Fury</em>, <em>The Metamorphosis</em>, <em>Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland</em>, <em>The Death of Ivan Ilych</em>, <em>The Great Gatsby</em>, <em>The Catcher in the Rye</em>, <em>Of Mice and Men</em>, <em>Lord of the Flies</em>, <em>The Little Prince</em>, <em>1984</em>, <em>The Old Man and the Sea</em>, <em>Their Eyes Were Watching God</em>, and <em>Candide</em>. I found them to be a mixed bag. <em>Of Mice and Men</em> and <em>Lord of the Flies</em> were fantastic. <em>The Metamorphosis</em> and <em>1984</em> and <em>Watching God</em> were great, with some flaws. I DNF’d <em>Catcher</em> and <em>Sound and Fury</em> and <em>Candide</em> despite them seeming possibly great aesthetically, because I didn’t care about their subject matter: I have little interest in a 1940s teenager’s rambling musings on life (<em>Catcher</em>), I have little interest in a mentally disabled guy’s scattered memories of his life (<em>Sound and Fury</em>), and in the 21st century I don’t need much dunking on Leibnizian optimism (<em>Candide</em>). <em>The Little Prince</em> was awful. And with <em>Stranger</em>, <em>Wonderland</em>, <em>Ivan Ilych</em>, <em>Old Man and the Sea</em>, and <em>Great Gatsby</em>, I have a suspicion that ~everything they did well has been done better since their publication (and perhaps before) many dozens or thousands of times, including in lots of genre/commercial novels. For example, are the storytelling, characterization, and the insights on death, personal morality, and other themes in <em>Ivan Ilych</em> really better or more philosophically sophisticated/provocative than those in (say) <em>The Dandelion Dynasty</em> (an epic fantasy series published 2015-2022)? Having read both, I am skeptical.</li><li>The last point above shouldn’t be surprising. Due to the human population and wealth explosions of the 20th century, the vast majority of novel authors in history started publishing after (say) 1970. Moreover, the best writers of each generation get to learn from, and find ways to improve upon, what came before them. Earlier authors may have an edge on “innovativeness,” but that’s presumably only one piece of any reasonable criterion set for aesthetic merit, and presumably has little direct bearing on hedonic enjoyment for most readers.</li><li>Given how consistently I like thrillers, I’m surprised that I haven’t yet read one that I gave five stars (for hedonic enjoyment).</li><li>It’s a big shame that Goodreads is by far the dominant “reading tracker” website, but it (1) hasn’t gotten major system or UI improvements in years, and (2) doesn’t even <em>allow</em> most written fiction works to be added to the database (no short stories published only in magazines, almost no web-only fiction, etc.).</li><li>Goodreads says I’ve read between 4500 and 5700 pages each month this year (not including pages from <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/43134201-luke-muehlhauser?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=did-not-finish">DNF’d books</a>). That feels like a lot, and I’m surprised it’s been so consistent.</li></ul><ol class="footnotes"><li id="footnote_0_8476" class="footnote">I think I hadn’t heard some of the classical pieces before, but I’m not sure which ones.</li></ol>]]></content:encoded> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8476</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Why I resigned from the Anthropic Board</title> <link>https://lukemuehlhauser.com/why-i-resigned-from-the-anthropic-board/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2024 15:45:34 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://lukemuehlhauser.com/?p=8552</guid> <description><![CDATA[On May 28th, I resigned from the Anthropic Board of Directors (announced here). Naturally, many people have asked why I resigned. In the wake of many recent safety-related resignations at OpenAI, some have wondered whether my own resignation was safety-related. It was not. The main reason I resigned is that it became increasingly complicated over […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On May 28th, I resigned from the Anthropic Board of Directors (announced <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/jay-kreps-appointed-to-board-of-directors">here</a>).</p><p>Naturally, many people have asked why I resigned. In the wake of many <a href="https://www.transformernews.ai/p/openai-is-haemorrhaging-safety-talent">recent</a> <a href="https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2024/5/17/24158403/openai-resignations-ai-safety-ilya-sutskever-jan-leike-artificial-intelligence">safety-related</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/04/technology/openai-culture-whistleblowers.html">resignations</a> at OpenAI, some have wondered whether my own resignation was safety-related.</p><p>It was not. The main reason I resigned is that it became increasingly complicated over time for me to simultaneously be (a) an AI governance grantmaker at <a href="https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/potential-risks-advanced-ai/">Open Philanthropy</a> (my day job), where we support a wide variety of organizations including some who work on US AI policy, and (b) a Board member at a US-based frontier AI company (though I’ve never held any Anthropic equity).</p><p>I wish Anthropic the best of luck in its mission, and I continue to think Anthropic’s leadership team takes the challenges of AI safety, security, and public benefit very seriously.</p>]]></content:encoded> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8552</post-id> </item> </channel></rss> If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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