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The majority of my conscious listening is done when I’m traveling to and from work. And since I didn’t work, I didn’t use that time listening to music. In fact, the closest I came to listening to music while battling cabin fever was organizing my CDs. ... »»
While my comrades have given their accounts of favorite songs and albums, I decided to put a spin on my entry for this feature and look at my top 21 favorite dance tracks of the past ten years (with two other bonus lists!) ... »»
Ok, so roughly six months ago, I made up a list of ten things that I was hoping would come to pass in the year 2009. And since 2009 is half-over, I figured that now would be a good time to revisit that list and see how much of what I wished for has come to pass. ... »»
2008 was a nutty year. ... Local record stores moved closer to extinction, rap continued its descent into inanity and BET is still the most depressing channel. ... But why dwell on the negative? Here are my picks for the best albums of 2008, in alphabetical order, as always. ... »»
At this moment, I'm full of hope—it's oozing out of my pores and I'm expelling it though belches. That's how hopeful I am. ... I tried to narrow down the things that I'm really, really hopeful about, when it comes to music. I got it down to a list... »»
So it's that time of year again; time for my annual column to "no one knows whom." It's a tradition. Every year I put it out there and lay it all on the line... OK, I lay most of it on the line. But that's really just for self-preservation. ... »»
One of my favorite things about coworkers is the sharing of music. In fact, given my misanthropic tendencies I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it's the only thing I like about coworkers. ... During my time in the "702," I had coworkers who tried to sell me on U2 and Lil Wayne with a single mix offered to me by my closest friend out there. U2 and Lil Wayne. Does my move back to Baltimore make any more sense now? ... »»
I think I'm now officially a fan of Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton.
I mean the guy has always interested me ever since he popped onto my radar with The Grey Album. I dug how his remixing of The Black Album wasn't just a mash-up, in that he layered different pieces of various songs when he made his compositions.
And I enjoyed The Mouse and the Mask, but that came at a time when "one mc/one producer" projects had me open. I think when I really started to give the guy his due was when he took over for The Automator as producer of the Gorillaz.
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In February 2007, I set out on a mission; devote a week each to fifty-two albums that somehow got lost in the shuffle after I purchased them. I figured that by putting them in heavy rotation for seven days it would atone for the years of neglect they'd suffered.
And here we are, a year and two months later and I'm finally done. I actually finished listening to the last album on the list a month ago, but somewhere along the line I'd gotten behind on the write-ups—a month behind. Still, when that last day rolled around I was pretty happy to clear that final album from my iPod.
All in all, I think the project was a success. There were a few albums in my collection that were, up to that point, there just for show. But now I can not only say "that album sucks/rocks" but I can also suggest tracks that a person may enjoy.
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