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
Top Ten Things I Saw in a Theater and Can’t Stop Thinking About
10. Revelations I will never forget seeing Alvin Ailey’s dance troupe make a stage come completely alive in a celebration of life and struggle. The traditional music that punctuates this piece is haunting in its simplicity and emotional depth. And
10 For the Ladies… Redux
Inspired by HK’s piece on Moneyball, I’m revisiting an old post, celebrating the ladies of both the small and silver screen who make me proud that I have girl-parts. Below, I present to you ten totally fictional, but awesomely varied, tough
Top Ten Strangest Horror Movies Ever Made
All horror movies are weird, when you think about it. How often do you really find yourself fighting a psycho in a hockey mask when you go camping? Or worrying about whether your local hospital will suddenly start spitting out
Top 50 Burger Joints In the World
Finally you have a solid reason to buy that Around-the-World plane ticket. The fifty most mouth-watering burgers, spread from New York to New Zealand. From a burger made of cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato, fried egg, pineapple, beet root, and bbq –
Top Ten Things You Likely Don’t Know About A Christmas Story
10. Let’s jump right in with the coup de grace of all dares. The Triple Dog Dare. When Flick is triple-dog-dared to put his tongue on the school yard flagpole, it sticks. 1983 special effect: It’s a prop pole with
Top 10 Saddest Cartoon Characters of All-Time
When we think of cartoons, we tend to think of joyful animals prancing in a sunny meadow or a modern American family trying to get along without too many arguments or flashbacks. But there’s a dark underbelly to the comic
Sex Songs For Daytime: Top Ten Nooner Anthems
Ah, the nooner. When it comes down to it, there’s really little better in life than some sunny day, post-lunch pounding. Warm chocolate chip cookies and Point Break might come close, but even marathon sexcapades that happen after hours lack
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
