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2020 Roundup of the Best Albums

As often tends to happen, the trend of posting late year-end wrap-ups continues…..and this year it is even more belated. In looking at my 2019 post of the best albums, published to the site on the flagrantly delinquent date of March 29th, there was a surety that would never happen again. Yet here we are, already a third of the way into 2021 and the window on 2020 reflections has clearly closed.  Nevertheless, stubbornness will prevail in almost all instances....

Just One Man’s Opinion: The 25 Best of the 2010’s

Preamble In 2009, I thought my listening habits would just continue to stroll into the 2010’s in the same manner. I was neck deep in a world of Indie Rock, with a peppering of classic Blues, Jazz, and R&B albums – basically to maintain some appearance of balance. Real Estate had released their eponymous debut album, Grizzly Bear had dropped the powerful and immersive Veckatimest record, and Animal Collective was making Electronic Indie music mainstream with Merriweather Post Pavilion. There...

Jog Jams: Songs that Make Me Forrest Gump

I’ve got a pretty extensive playlist on my IPod aptly labeled “Jogging”. It contains 314 songs clocking in at 20 hours and 38 minutes. That means I could jog for an extended period of time without hearing the same song multiple times. It also means that if I was to be so bold, I could jog continuously for 20 hours and 38 minutes just to experience the entirety of that playlist. That would be getting into absurd territory – nearing...