You've been doing this for 7+ years now. I've been reading (and listening) for 6+.
I sometimes teach a literature class, in which I ask students to keep a 'reader's journal'...I tell them 'it's your journal-- write whatever moves you after reading the text...My only requirement is that when I read your entry, I'll know that you did indeed read the text, because, like a mirror, there's an image of the original in the reflection..that is, you could not have written your entry before you did the reading..." I often use an entry from StG as an eample of a 'good response', one which goes beyond the who/what/etc, and reaches the "ah-ha" of a moving experience with art.
So what is StG? A listener's journal...a daybook of six ears. Sometimes you write so specifically about a song it's like a guidebook (watch out for the changes at 3:27) and other times you write a pure fiction that grew out of your listening. Yes, sometimes it's confusing (and I've written to you before about that, but I've come to enjoy it, usually), but most often you are entries are informing about a piece of music. 'You pays your money and you takes your chance'. Write whatever you want; just don't write a cage..."We listen, we hear, we write..."?
And by the way, once again, THANKS. You guys have given me access to more good music , more often, than anyone else!

You've said it yourselves before - you write with spirit about the dreams of songs you love.

Are you aiming for something less evocative, though, more show & tell? Because it might not work - if someone doesn't get that songs can dream in words then they might not enjoy the dreams, even once you've told them what's going on.

I guess you give the songs more flesh? To feed on or wear, I dunno.

being the number one blog i follow, with some of the best songs i've discovered and truly exquisite writing, you guys were the inspiration for me to start my own music blog with a similar premise.

post a song, alongside an image and a simple thought inspired by the music. the writing is often music related but not always. and the general goal is to create a cohesive reading experience that includes all three: image, word and song.
pick a song that catches your ear, strikes a chord and moves you to the point of writing. fiction mainly, but also maybe some true life experiences stylized.

no?

I love it just the way it is.

StG is when the spirit of the song takes over, and then you type. It's also about the juxtaposition of image and sound. It's also ramblings. :)

Sometimes your blog is an online storybook with a soundtrack. Sometimes it's an online music library with stories. Neither medium distracts from the other depending on how I see it that particular day.

stg is a love of songs and stories about, for, them.

(and probably my favorite music blog ever)

So, at the beginning of David Smay's book about Tom Waits' album Swordfishtrombones that's part of the 33 1/3 series, he says something that seems relevant.

"Don't expect me to tell you the truth about Tom Waits. I know you want the truth, and I don't blame you. The truth looks fetching sprawled out on her revolving, heart-shaped bed in a cut-off Ramones t-shirt. Her breath smells like Yoo-hoo and she's flipping through a stack of Sugarpie Desanto 45s. I get the appeal, but you can't even sneak up on Swordfishtrombones without a committed air of dissembling. If I were to claim, for example, Tom Waits wears plows for feet you should understand that I'm lying. Not for my own amusement but because the truth is inadequate."

I suppose that's not really an answer. Perhaps it could be food for thought.

Love love love Avec pas d'casque !!!
Beatlesque choirs !

I think of StG as poetry for music in the manner Emily Dickinson counselled:
"Tell all the Truth but tell it slant. Success in Circuit lies."

Re: Avec pas d'casque: Not "revenge" but rather "rematch". This is a hockey dirge. Context is everything.