Monday, December 31, 2012

Songs of the Year - "Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)," Silversun Pickups

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A mini-epic from Silversun Pickups - another song that sounded great on the radio in 2012.  Good enough that I bought the album, which is ...

Songs of the Year - "Rocky Ground," Bruce Springsteen

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When history renders its verdict, I suspect that "Wrecking Ball" will be regarded as the best album Bruce recorded following his...

Songs of the Year - "Love Sick," Mariachi El Bronx

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"Chimes of Freedom" was the rare cover tribute that did justice to its honoree and staked out a claim of its own.  That doesn...

Songs of the Year - "Split Decision," Bonnie Raitt

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"Slipstream" was the best Bonnie Raitt album in quite some time, and this was my favorite song on it.  If this doesn't make ...

Songs of the Year - "Better Than The Truth," Patterson Hood

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Another great one from Patterson's "Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance," one of the best albums of 2012.  I especially l...

Songs of the Year - "Disappear," Patterson Hood

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Patterson Hood, the erstwhile co-leader of what has become in recent years one of my all-time favorite bands - Drive-By Truckers - release...

The Last 2012 Netflix Wrapup

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Because we all love lists, don't we? Top Ten Pre-2012 Movies Seen on Netflix in 2012 1. Margin Call - watched it six times, enjoyed ...
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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Songs of the Year - "45," The Gaslight Anthem

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In his liner notes for "Something/Anything," Todd Rundgren wrote of "I Saw the Light," "If there's a single o...

"Les Miserables"

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First things first: I'm not what you would call an aficionado of musical theater or film, and I've never seen a stage production o...

Songs of the Year - "Narrow Way" and "Tempest," Bob Dylan

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It would appear that there isn't a single decent video for either one of these songs, so I guess you'll just have to take my word fo...
Saturday, December 29, 2012

Songs of the Year - "Gallows Pole," Neil Young & Crazy Horse

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Just the existence of an album by Neil Young & Crazy Horse in 2012 would have been reason for celebration, but this year we were lucky...

Songs of the Year - "Hypocritical Kiss," Jack White

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I thought Jack White's "Blunderbuss" was one of the best albums of the year because of its modesty.  Even on his best work w...
Friday, December 28, 2012

Django Rising

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When you leave the theater after watching a Quentin Tarantino movie, you feel exhilarated, you feel exhausted, and you begin thinking abou...

Songs of the Year - "Helena Beat," Foster the People

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And completing the "radio trilogy," we have Foster the People with "Helena Beat."  I can't quite figure out the we...

Songs of the Year - "I Don't Care," Icona Pop

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This is the kind of silly, loud and bordering on stupid pop song that I love.  Remember, you're talking to the guy who, in the middle ...

Songs of the Year - "Carry On," Fun

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Today, I'm going to focus on the songs that grabbed me on the radio. Up until this year, I wasn't much of a radio listener, but ...