May 15
(This is the first of ten part series exploring the “Top 100 Albums of All Time.” For more on the idea behind the series, and the formula used for developing the list, please read the introductory piece.) 100.) Use Your Illusion II Guns N’ Roses Geffen; 1991 Geoausch Score: 3.64 Cultural Score: 4.0 Cumulative Score: 3.76 …
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Mar 21
When I download an album, I immediately put it through the Geoausch test. After loading it on to my iPod, I put on a nice, comfortable pair of headphones and listen to it all the way through, waiting in eager anticipation, with my finger on the wheel, for the songs to speak to me, so …
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Mar 18
About a decade ago, I visited Little Rock for a writer’s conference and found myself holed up in my hotel room on a Friday night. Board and hungry, I set out to explore the downtown area and stumbled into a little pizzeria. I hoped only to find a good pizza and a cold beer. I …
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Mar 14
The first time I listened to Nirvana’s Bleach, I remember imagining what it must have been like to experience that album before the hype. Like most people, I didn’t realize that Nirvana had released an album prior to Nevermind, until they appeared on MTV’s Unplugged and I heard “About a Girl.” I knew I had …
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Mar 01
In my late teens and into my early 20′s, I amassed quite the collection of Pearl Jam bootlegs of various live recordings and previously unreleased “B-sides.” It began with discovering a CD at the local music store that was filled with songs the band had covered at various shows in the past, everything from “Sitting …
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Feb 14
Generally speaking, and I realize I stand with the minority on this position, I consider The Beatles, both collectively and individually, to be over-hyped. When it comes to rock of that period, I much prefer the work of the Grateful Dead, The Byrds or Crosby, Stills & Nash. When it comes to the pop sounds …
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Feb 11
Ambrosia, Bread, Chuck Mangione, England Dan & John Ford Coley, these are just a few of the artists that comprise my very exhaustive “Guilty Pleasures” playlist on my iPod. Also on this list, you will find a lot of the bands from my childhood–RATT, Cinderella, Twisted Sister. On the surface, you might find it odd …
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Feb 09
Skip to Yahoo! WebPlayer Riding around with my wife tonight, I heard the Katy Perry song, “California Gurls” (sic), featuring the stylings of one Calvin Broadus, Jr., better known by his stage-name, Snoop Dogg, or Snoop Doggy Dogg, if you’re still stuck in the 90′s like me. I was a huge Snoop Dogg fan …
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Jan 08
Skip to Yahoo! WebPlayer At some point during college, my friend P.O. made the observation that if it weren’t for the Jackson 5, 90′s hip-hop would have either not existed or sounded a lot different. His point being that so much of the great hip-hop music released during that decade sampled music from the Jackson …
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Nov 29
I admit I was a bit dismissive when Fleet Foxes originally released Helplessness Blues. I suppose I was expecting a bit more and felt underwhelmed. However, over the past couple of months, I’ve watched as the album has launched the band into super stardom and I decided to give the album another chance. I’ve come …
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