Lists

a return

Let’s start out with a recap of every show I saw in 2013. It’s a short list — just eight shows, the lowest total in several years. Turns out that interviewing for a new job, starting a new job, buying one’s first home, moving, renovating the home, and adopting a kitten each consume somewhere between two and 18…

in the spirit of the season

Having recently subjected myself to the horrors of mall Christmas music, I started ranking the Worst Christmas Songs Ever** with a friend whose distaste for (most) Christmas music is about as serious as mine.

this year’s gimmick

The annual year-end music lists have turned into an almost stressful undertaking. Over the years and in many different blogs, I’ve done rankings of every single album purchased, top 10 countdowns, haikus, and… not even sure what else.

top 10 — maybe the first in a series

This one started during an Aug. 20 conversation in New York with a fellow Wallflowers fan. What are your top 10 Wallflowers songs? What are your 10 least favorites?

correcting a delinquency

“Hey!” you’ve been saying. “You never finished your top 10 of 2010 list! I’ve been in suspense!”

(Alternatively, you just said, “Huh? You were posting something with favorite albums or something? Oh, right. I didn’t really notice.”)

day late and a dollar short

Happy 2011!

Let’s count down my favorite 10 albums of 2010.

10–6:

10.

addenda

Some last-minute additions to the 2010 albums list:

end-of-year shenanigans, part I of ?

This is the classic survey that originated somewhere on the internet.
(Sorry, the “read more” link doesn’t seem to be working, and I’m not sure how to fix it. So this is scroll-a-rific.)