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Song mash of the day

Music blogging has its pitfalls, to be sure. It doesn't pay the bills. Wandering from the reservation gets you in serious hot water. Your work output suffers. And everyone is a...

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Oh, no.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Now look what happened. I won't sleep for a week. I haven't been sleeping well anyway. Don't do this to me....

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Top tracks of each year of the decade, by year

Yeah. That's right. I'm going there. No pretty pictures. No MP3 files. No links. Just good ole fashioned Open Mouth, Insert Foot. Since 2009 is not quite in the can,...

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Is 2009 Already Better Than 2008?

Is 2009 already better than 2008 for album releases? NPR seems to think so. They have already compiled their list for the top ten albums of the year if 2009 ended today and the way...

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tMiM's best LPs of 2008

It's hard enough for one person, much less three, to put together a top 10 albums list. Add to that the difficulty of determining a points system that combines and tightens those three lists...

Song mash of the day

Music blogging has its pitfalls, to be sure. It doesn't pay the bills. Wandering from the reservation gets...

Oh, no.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Now look what happened. I won't sleep for...

Top tracks of each year of the decade, by year

Yeah. That's right. I'm going there. No pretty pictures. No MP3 files. No links. Just good...

Is 2009 Already Better Than 2008?

Is 2009 already better than 2008 for album releases? NPR seems to think so. They have already compiled their list...

tMiM's best LPs of 2008

It's hard enough for one person, much less three, to put together a top 10 albums list. Add to...

A regular ray of sunshine, I am

LP of the year? Surely you jest. Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavillion is altogether familiar terrain, thank you...

Five LPs 2008 yadda yadda yadda

3. Strictly speaking, today's dispatch recommends two albums, a double release from Quinn Walker: Laughter's an Asshole/Lion Land. ...

Five great LPs from 2008, continued

2. My stable mates will groan, but it has to be said: The Evening Descends, by Evangelicals, which delivers...

Five great LPs you may not have heard last year

In no particular order: 1. A Mad and Faithful Telling by DeVotchKa.  I much prefer their 2006 EP Curse Your...