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Top 10 Albums of 2008

December 28, 2008 – 6:07 am

After a WHOLE YEAR of deliberation, I bring you my decisive Top Ten Albums of 2008. I think. Maybe I shouldn’t be so decisive, because I’ve revised this about 15,000 times in the last two weeks. Let me just say this: It was a GOOD year for music. Things started to get really interesting in [...]

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the cause of violence

September 3, 2007 – 7:34 pm

Today the New York Times ran a pretty fascinating little piece on Colorado Springs and its music scene. Surprise, surprise: Police are blaming gangsta rap and hip-hop music for a spike in homicides in the area (there have been 19 already this year, compared with 15 in 2006).
I know what’s obvious, here: You can’t blame [...]

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Ten Political Songs

August 9, 2007 – 2:07 am

I posted a new page with my 10 favorite political songs of all time — and there are even MP3s and videos for most of them. Enjoy.

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