This Playlist consists of songs I've intended to write about for a while but for whatever reason have yet to make it out of my notebook.

This Playlist compiles songs by some of the musicians who died during the year. Sadly, this year’s playlist is a Who’s Who of rock legends.

The latest Playlist of artists featured on Fine Tuning.

This Playlist compiles songs by some of the rock musicians who died this year. Sadly, 2016 was an unusually active year for untimely deaths.

Mercifully, the 2016 presidential campaign is coming to an end. As a not-so-fond farewell, here's a playlist of the best political rockers.

This Playlist includes tracks from the artists featured on Fine Tuning over the blog’s first six months.

This playlist includes tracks I listened to on the flight home to California after spending seven months abroad in South America.

This Playlist consists of songs I've intended to write about for a while but for whatever reason have yet to make it out of my notebook.

This playlist, filled with songs about summer love, books, history and, of course, teenage angst, will get you fired up for back to school.

In honor of Mother’s Day, I put together a rock ‘n’ roll playlist featuring all female vocalists.

To mark my 45th birthday, I created a playlist that is nothing less than a musical journey through my entire rock ‘n’ roll listening life.

To mark the start of baseball season, Fine Tuning compiled a Playlist of the Top 25 MLB Walk-Up Songs.

I was paralyzed creating this Playlist as I pondered what self-respecting Stones fan would snub “Street Fighting Man"?

For each sappy love song, I've added a counterpoint, a tune that approaches the concept of love with, shall we say, a jaundiced eye.

This Playlist is a sampling of tunes on my musical map, songs that have become inextricably linked for me with specific places.

To immunize your child against pop, play this mix late at night while the infant is nursing. For best results, repeat often.

This Playlist features songs from the embarrassingly sappy mix tape I made for my now-wife when she went to Europe for a summer in college.

These tracks may not be about ghosts and goblins, but they nonetheless cast a long, dark shadow of foreboding.

This Playlist was compiled according to a painstaking methodology I've developed over the years.

A gym playlist for classic rock fans guaranteed to get you through your workout — guaranteed.