Fourteen Lonely Songs For the Fourteenth of February
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. Here are my top 10 (okay 14, it is Valentine-themed after all) songs for being all by yourself on this February 14th. Enjoy. (Stream it at the bottom) 1. Akon – Lonely Samples Bobby Vinton’s Mr.
Five Year Flashback: Top Ten Songs I Was Listening To – January 2007 Edition
So I am introducing a new (intended to be) monthly column here. Up until very recently, I’ve been religiously making mixes. Every month, I put together a mix for my friends. It was what I was listening to at that
Top Ten Most Wildly Inappropriate Songs of All Time
There’s just something so inherently wrong about people singing about certain embarrassing problems or thinking unruly things. Sometimes the muse comes to a musician’s door and asks them to write a song that’s downright inappropriate because it’s about all those
Top Ten air guitar songs
We all do funny and embarrassing things when we have the house to ourselves, some people have conversations with their pets, while others pretend their hairbrush is a microphone and sing along to their favorite songs. In the past, Pop
Top Ten Samples in Rap Music
Sampling is essential to rap music. I’ve always liked the idea of DJs and producers pouring over crates of records. I imagine that our current generation of rappers are as informed by YouTube searches as they are by what’s available
Top Ten Songs For Being Home Away From Home
My brother Jesse and me, with a spray-painted snowman in front of our childhood home, circa 1987. Excuse me while I get a little personal. Back in September I went to visit my parents for a full 12 days. For the
Justin Bieber: Under the Mistletoe
Happy Holidays is what terrorists say!! Merry Christmas!! I LOVE Christmas music! I spend the week before Thanksgiving getting my holiday playlist all set up and this year was no exception. I’m pretty easy to figure out musically… I like
Top Ten Inspirational 80s Songs
If you know me in real life, there is a good chance you know that in real life I work in the Digital Media Department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There is also a pretty good chance you know
What Newport Folk Listen To
At Newport Folk Festival this past weekend, I had the opportunity to interview many of the musicians playing over the two days. While I could have asked pretty much anything, I find the most interesting question to be one that
Top Fifteen Songs in Recent and Not So Recent Anime
Written by: Tanya Peacock & Andrew Monkelban As time passes, we’re getting a bigger mixture of media. One such example is that anime is getting high quality music for it as opening or ending themes, insert songs, or what have
