Five Year Flashback: Top Ten Songs I Was Listening To – May 2007 Edition
May 2007 was the first time since I started making mixes in January 2004 that the core set of songs did not fit on a single CD. It was also the first time I started adding in comments before the
Five Year Flashback: Top Ten Songs I Was Listening To – April 2007 Edition
Somewhere around this time, my music tastes definitely shifted. It definitely coincided with the fact that I had begun to actively seek out live music on a regular basis. Some thoughts on tracks that made the cut: -I saw Clinic
Five Year Flashback: Top Ten Songs I Was Listening To – March 2007 Edition
If you think this playlist is random, you should’ve seen it five years ago when it was 21 songs long. The only one I’d really point out to look into that didn’t make the final cut is a song called
Five Year Flashback: Top Ten Songs I Was Listening To – February 2007 Edition
My February 2007 mix originally clocked in at 21 songs in total, and you are getting the top ten. Some items of note: 1. This mix was the first time many mainstay artists appeared on the list, including Amy Winehouse
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
