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As I did last year, I’ve decided to cap off 2009 by offering my top 50 songs of the year (in two parts). These are the tried-and-true songs that have stuck with me throughout this past year filling my days with joy and my mix CDs with, uh… songs. These are [...]

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I told myself I wasn’t going to do a decades album list. I mean how can you really rank all your favorite albums over a period of ten years that isn’t even completed yet? Over the last couple of months though, I found myself slowly beginning to compile a list of [...]

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Roma Termini (Train Station) – Lacio, Italy
As some of you may know, I spent the last month with my girl friend traveling to every Piazza of Italy. And as some of you might know, that kind of traveling involves bus/train rides that map-out hours-long. And as some of you might know–OK, I’ll stop with the [...]

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2009 got off to a slow start as far as leaks and new songs are concerned but I think it’s finally hitting it’s stride. Here’s three new tracks from albums I’m highly anticipating this year starting with a song from everybody’s favorite accordian-wielding sea-shanty folk/prog rockers, The Decemberists.
MP3 The Decemberists – The Rake’s Song
This [...]

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Over the past year I’ve listened to a countless number of songs and many of them (over 300 according to my estimations) I’ve reviewed on this blog.  So to cap off the year, I’m sharing with you the 50 songs that grabbed my attention and kept me listening all year long. These are my favorite [...]

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2006 is coming to a close and it’s been a very good year for this blog. I’ve listened to countless hours of music and seen dozens of live shows and I’ve stayed up till 2 am discussing music on message boards and reading the comments on Stereogum. After all that I’ve come [...]

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This is my first attempt at an end of the year songs list. As a measure I’ve selected songs that I think I’ll still be playing and replaying after the year, but as a rule I didn’t choose more than one song per artist. It’s kindof crazy to try to rank songs at a [...]

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Since tomorrow I’ll be dedicating most of my time to eating as much food as I can, I’m making a mix today that is so good it could last you even longer than all that leftover turkey and be just as satisfying. There’s a caption that explains what each song has to do with [...]

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