This year turned out to be a true annus horribilus (Latin for bad anus) for the world’s car makers. Designers continued to be creative though even as the year ended with the industry on a precipice. In no order whatsoever here were my favorite new designs of the year: 1. Mazda Furai Concept Mazda extended [...]
At first blush 2008 seemed like a, well, sucky year for new music. As I listened more it turned out to be less sucky, if still not a high water mark. Here are my top 40 favorite albums of the year – with a special shout out to my top 10. You can also see [...]
This year showed that the box set – due to price and lack of material – is on it’s way to becoming a rarity. Where New Order or The Replacements could have boxed up their notable songs with a bunch of rarities and called it a day, they instead went with the catalog re-issue route [...]
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