• Sheets

    Every album I’ve heard, decade by decade back to the 1950s, and what I thought of each.

  • Playlists

    My playlists on Apple Music, sorted by genre, and a diary kept in playlists.

  • Writing

    What I’ve written about music, on my Substack, Sha-Stack, and for Paste and Firebird Magazine.

  • Websites

    The websites I’ve designed, newest first.

  • The Continuing Education Project

    A community in New York building new ways of listening to music, learning about it, and gathering around it.

  • rhapsode

    A living map of popular music — its records, people, scenes, and ideas, and the lines of influence that run between them.

  • Firebird Magazine

    The music magazine I founded at UChicago in the fall of 2020, during the pandemic.

SHEETS

1954–59 1960–69 1970–79 1980–89 1990–99 2000–09 2010–19 2020–26

GENRE

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DIARY

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2026

15. Dreamkeeping 5.5.2026
14. Pure cartography 4.28.2026
13. Valleying 4.9.2026
12. Everasking 4.1.2026
11. I had too much to dream 3.26.2026
10. The waters of march 3.13.2026
9. Neither there nor here 3.11.2026
8. Wishing-hoping 3.2.2026
7. Half awake 2.27.2026
6. Unified field 2.26.2026
5. 14 St–Union Sq 2.21.2026
4. Punching up 2.19.2026
3. Babysbreath 2.17.2026
2. Love takes miles 1.23.2026
1. Dreaming big 1.23.2026

2025

27. Freedom from want 11.24.2025
26. Western promises 11.22.2025
25. Ten moments 11.1.2025
24. Requiem for dying leaves 10.17.2025
23. Rooster's crow 10.11.2025
22. Back to school 10.1.2025
21. Birthday boy 2025
20. Getting innocuous 2025
19. The weather report 2025
18. Nobody dies on Beth's farm 2025
17. The downtown lights 2025
16. Hello hallo 2025
15. Sha dreams of sushi 8.12.2025
14. Big city life 2025
13. Corner of the world 2025
12. Postcards from the edge 7.28.2025
11. Simple again 7.12.2025
10. Year eight 2025
9. Million years 2025
8. Twenty-five candles stacked sideways over a stream 5.3.2025
7. Cozy rock 2025
6. Rivers north of here 2025
5. Fujifilming 2025
4. Jam jam jamón 2.20.2025
3. There's a river in my head 2025
2. Past presents 2025
1. When a star falls 1.16.2025

2024

2. Reflections in a world of blue 11.13.2024
1. Only in dreams 4.11.2024
GENRE

PLAYLIST

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Description of the genre's sound and vibe.

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Sha-Stack

Hearing the future in Marty Supreme 12.23.2025 The music we were thankful for in 2025 11.28.2025 Manning Fireworks and the way love goes 11.10.2025 The 50 best albums of 2024 part six 8.17.2025 The 50 best albums of 2024 part five 4.13.2025 January in flames, film, and farewells 1.30.2025 The 50 best albums of 2024 part four 1.8.2025 The 50 best albums of 2024 part three 12.20.2024 The 50 best albums of 2024 part two 12.12.2024 The 50 best albums of 2024 part one 12.4.2024

Paste

The Return of Electroclash 4.9.2024

Firebird

A shelter from the storm through story and song. 4.9.2025 Jon Garrett reflects on the evolution of music criticism in the 21st century. 10.12.2023 Who to see at Governors Ball 2023. 6.9.2023 Firebird's Top 20 Albums of 2022. 1.29.2023 Hey New York, it's almost monday! 8.25.2022 New Music Highlights: January-June 2022. 7.5.2022 Who to see at Governors Ball 2022. 6.9.2022 Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You is a celestial, American fairytale. 2.12.2022 Firebird's Best Albums of 2021. 1.3.2022 New Music Highlights: January-May 2021. 5.28.2021

Websites

  1. bymayaofor Maya Ordoñez · 2026
  2. DISCO SPACE2026
  3. The Clearingfor the Continuing Education Project · 2026
  4. rhapsode.art2026
  5. bringrecords.comfor the Continuing Education Project · 2026
  6. shafrasier.com2023
  7. firebirdmagazine.com2021
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