Yes, it’s part three of my countdown and the gems keep coming! Are you getting mad yet? Seeing some old faves show up? Don’t forget you can see Part II here and Part I here. 300. Pavement – Brighten The Corners (1997) This aptly named record also tightens the focus after the sprawl of [...]
Welcome to the latest installment counting down my 500 favorite albums of the last 40 years, in celebration of my 40th birthday. Here’s Part I if you missed it, 500-401. 400. David Bowie – Station to Station (1976) Bowie here was not the same Bowie as on Ziggy Stardust or Let’s Dance. Fueled [...]
Welcome to the first installment of the 500 Best Albums of the Last 40 Years. An insane list but on the cusp of my 40th birthday, one I’ve given a lot of thought to. The rankings are somewhat arbitrary but it would be fair to infer that I’m not sure that number 500 (Spoon – [...]
Was 1990 really the 90s, or was it just the hangover from the 80s? While you ponder that, consider that Nirvana and Tarantino were still a year away and a little show called Seinfeld was confusing a tiny audience before supplanting Cheers as NBC’s big sitcom property. There was also the little matter of Gulf [...]
The decade that’s ending has the ignominy of following the 1990′s, an era that will be looked back on as a creative peak rivaling the 1970′s for cinema. This is not to say the 00′s sucked as there were some great films and wonderful talents that emerged all over the world. Pixar proved that the [...]
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