Category Archives: Music

Top Twenty-Five Songs of 2008

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Jason

As promised, here are my top songs of the year. Same rules apply here as with the albums; all songs had to be released in the last 12 months to qualify. Most of these were also highlighted in the albums … Continue reading →

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Top Twelve Albums of 2008

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Jason

As promised, here is my year-end list of the best music from the past year. I listened to more new music this year than in previous years, thanks to a couple of great offers from eMusic and the essential NoiseTrade.com. … Continue reading →

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Best Christmas Albums of All Time

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Jason

As I’ve posted here many times, I’ve become something of a Christmas music aficionado over the years. As such, I’ve accumulated quite the holiday music library. For the past several weeks, I’ve been listening through my Christmas playlists over and … Continue reading →

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1964

Posted on December 7, 2008 by Jason

I just made it home from a great concert. Corey called this afternoon with tickets to 1964: The Tribute, the “number one Beatles Tribute show on Earth” according to Rolling Stone. I’ve been a Beatles fan since college, so I … Continue reading →

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Punitive Manilow

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Jason

This story absolutely cracks me up. Barry Manilow? Barney? The Platters? I’d have to add Reba McEntire and Michael Bolton to the list, too. They’re like fingers on a chalkboard to me.

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What I’m Lovin’

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Jason

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these posts. Here’s a random sampling of some things I’m really loving these days. The XM / Sirius merger. A few years ago, Sunny got me an XM radio subscription for … Continue reading →

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MyPod: Essential Christmas Mix

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Jason

So by now those of you who know me know that I’m something of a Christmas music connoisseur. Before I married Sunny I was pretty much an Ebeneezer Scrooge come Christmas time. Christmas music just annoyed me and I pretty … Continue reading →

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‘Tis the Season

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Jason

So last week it was 86 degrees here. Today, it’s winter time. These arctic winds have blown in and tonight’s low is 30 degrees. So today we did something that we always do. As soon as we get a good … Continue reading →

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People Will Come

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Jason

There are few moments that make me feel more like an American than the singing of the National Anthem prior to a ball game, especially a World Series game. That is, unless the Backstreet Boys are singing, as they did … Continue reading →

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eMusic, Vol. 2

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Jason

Well, that didn’t take long… Last month, I signed on for an eMusic subscription. I paid $11.99 for 30 MP3 downloads and, since I was a returning customer, I got an additional 70 downloads for free. So for 12 bucks, … Continue reading →

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