I'm a sucker for stories that go under the hood of how music is made, why it's made the way it's made, and how and why it works. I'm a sucker for ADAM NEELY's exploration of quirky and arcane musical concepts on his YOUTUBE channel. I'm a sucker for anyone who can trace—and precisely explain—how a single musical idea can spread through the entire pop music universe like a tapeworm. Or anyone who can pull apart the chords of "STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN" and tell me exactly which way that stairway is moving at any given time. I eagerly await the return of the long-dormant but amazing PITCH podcast. And I'm over the moon about the debut episode of ESTELLE CASWELL's EARWORM podcast for VOX, which uses RADIOHEAD's "VIDEOTAPE" to patiently and clearly explain what syncopation is, and syncopation to explain why it's sometimes hard for Radiohead to play its own song. More like this, please... TYLER, THE CREATOR is obsessed with process, too, and on the premiere of his VICELAND show, NUTS + BOLTS, he endeavors to learn how to make stop-motion animation... In more process news, our MusicSET "Captains of Hooks" collects podcasts, videos and stories of the songwriters and producers who make the whole world sing... I'm reasonably certain we can never understand why someone like CHESTER BENNINGTON takes his own life, although ROLLING STONE's KORY GROW does a nice job chronicling Bennington's final days, which were not all dark. What we can do is give people room to talk about their depression, and notice—and listen—when they do. XXXTENTACION, LIL UZI VERT and FUTURE are among the rappers dealing with depression and darkness in a number of different ways, and MASS APPEAL's KHRISTEN WILSON explores why that is and how we might listen with more attentive ears... The top 35 female classical composers... SKRILLEX plays out WEBSTER HALL, which will close for "an undisclosed period of time" for renovations and return with new ownership and management... ROGER STONE and SMASH MOUTH, a 420 love story... RIP DANIEL LICHT.