It’s Christmas Eve and I’m working on the Christmas jammies. Fifth Christmas without her and the sewing of my children’s jammies is a bit of therapy.
Christmas Jammies
TunesDay: Music to pluck raw nerves
If you care about music at all, you’ve probably got a few tunes that are agony to listen to. Tunes that you just can’t listen to, or that are so compelling that […]
Nota Bene #117: Wake Up!
“Hollywood is so crooked that Mafia gangsters are entirely outclassed and don’t stand a chance. People in Hollywood are smarter. They have more sophisticated knowledge of money and deals and how to […]
The Best CDs of 2009: the Album of the Year, and the Band of the Decade
Tournament of Rock – Legends: the envelope, please…
To quote one first-round upset victim, what a long, strange trip it’s been. Believe it or not, we have finally reached the end of the road. And now, the winner of the […]
Tournament of Rock – Legends: The Rolling Stones vs Pink Floyd
198 bands and solo artists, 66 posts, nearly five months of listening, debating and voting, and finally here we are. We ask you to give them another listen, think critically about what […]
Tournament of Rock – Legends: the Grand Final
Perhaps it says something about perceived influence at the present time, or maybe it just means that people like listening to Pink Floyd more than they do The Who (although the producers […]
Tournament of Rock – Legends: Pink Floyd vs. The Who
Our first semi-final was a tough, hard fought, back-and-forth affair. When the smoke cleared, The Stones had prevailed, and now advance to the Final. The numbers: #2 The Rolling Stones 54%; #5 […]
Tournament of Rock – Legends: the Final Four (and open thread)
First, the results: perhaps S&R voters are tired of conventional wisdom. Some would examine the results of ToR voting to date and reply that “conventional” isn’t the problem, they just lack wisdom, […]
Tournament of Rock – Legends: The Rolling Stones vs The Police
Results: When you saw that two legendary bands were going head to head you probably expected a slugfest. Hopefully you weren’t disappointed by what proved to be the tightest match we’ve seen. […]
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