Not necessarily my nine favorites, but the ones that have had the most impact on my life and music.

We’ve got a ton of overlap, but I wouldn’t have guessed there would be so much proggy stuff!

The “Queen of Funk” moniker is both deserved and arguably reductive.

Chaka Khan is one of the best examples of an artist who has incredible, universally loved singles AND ALSO an exceptionally deep discography filled with unknown banger after unknown banger.

“Red sky at night/morning” is truly one of the GOAT folk heuristics.

The single best thing you can do for your mental health is befriend the people at your grocery store. Semi-mandatory self-checkout is stealing this from you.

Reading Gravity's Rainbow and realizing this is the source of at least 30% of Disco Elysium's juice.

How am I just now discovering the Carly Rae Jepsen Wiki?

I was humming along with "Move" during dinner, and my wife asked "how many times did you have to listen to this to have this weird melody memorized?" On one hand... This melody is perfect and intuitive! On the other hand... I've listened to this album approximately 1 million times.

The combo of the jazz harmonic palette with such rich arrangements is unlike anything else! Just a grab bag of the best stuff from Gershwin, Debussy, Gil Evans, Dizzy, and so forth. The fact that Gunther Schuller plays horn on a few tracks is just the icing on the cake.

It's unbelievable how much Miles Davis changed the game so many different times across so many decades. The big band stuff I'm working on right now draws SO MUCH from Birth of the Cool, and that record is like... idk, his 6th most influential album?

If AI is so good, then why do virtual trombone glissandi still sound like dogshit? If AI can’t (or won’t!) fix that, then what’s the point?

10 wings really is the exact right number of wings.

I suspect enough boomers worldwide would know Adele or TSwift to put them in contention, but I’d say Elmo is more universally recognizable than either.

Trying to figure out the most famous person to ever do a Tiny Desk Concert, and I’m pretty sure it’s Elmo.

You all clearly LOVED Ep. 2 of World Turner! Let's see what devastation Lou brings on Tuesday, Sept. 29th. Be sure to catch up before the new episode! You can listen to World Turner on any major podcasting platform. Drop a 'WTF LOU' below if you're excited for the next episode!

The flamenco guitar throughout the new Fire Emblem OST is such an inspired choice. Intelligent Systems always keep their scores so fresh!

There's a track on the new Carly Rae Jepsen album that goes full Splatoon-mode for the chorus, and it kicks so much ass.

I’ve gotta keep my mouth shut, but… i think you’re gonna like the next few episodes!