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
New York I Love You
I have been working on this mix for as long as I have been writing for Popten. It was at one point over 60 songs, and has morphed its way through at least 7 different versions. I found it so
Top Ten Songs For Easter
I want to wish you all a very happy Passover! However, there are not really any awesome Passover songs, unless you count Go Down Moses, which is only awesome when my cantor brother sings it in his bass-falsetto voice.* So
Top Ten Misheard Song Lyrics
Just about every time anyone asks where we’re going next or what do you want to do tonight or what’s your reason to live, I inevitably end up shouting “KARAOKEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!” I mean, what’s not to love? Coworker camaraderie forced by
Top Ten Shows I Saw at SXSW11
By all accounts I saw 70 shows in the 10 days I was in Austin. Not only is that a lot to take in, it’s also a lot to process and a lot to recuperate from. In the past I’ve
Top Ten Songs On Lykke Li’s Wounded Rhymes
I’m a sucker for chick rock. Hot girls who get behind a microphone and take control also have the profound ability to take control of my ears. I grew up in a household of No Doubt, Alanis Morrissette, Sheryl Crow,
Ming Mashes Kanye with the Cranberries
My favorite song of 2010 mixed with my favorite song of 1994 – I’ve had this song on repeat all weekend. It’s so rare to hear a mashup work so well that you think it should be a song on its
