• Friday Five

    The Friday Five: January 1, 2010

    Friday Five : ˈfrī-(ˌ)dā,-dē ˈfīv : On the sixth day of every week I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes and share my five and drop a little knowledge and insight for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist…

  • Best of Lists

    Michael’s Year in (Ick)Music: 2007:

    Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Write a Year-End Best of Column I’ll be honest, the thought of figuring out a ‘Top 10’ for the year is far more daunting a task than I had imagined. So much…

  • Best of Lists

    Pete’s Year in (Ick)Music: 2007

    I know you’re probably all sick of the obligatory year end list mania sweeping the interwebs, but indulge me, if you will, as I throw in a few favorites myself. I give you…. Pete’s Year in (Ick)Music: 2007 Songs of…

  • Pop,  Soul

    Amy Winehouse steps out at the Mercury Awards

    Speaking of Ms. Winehouse, who Michael mentioned in his Sharon & the Dap-Kings post (the Dap-Kings also being Amy’s backing band on Back to Black), after going through what I would call a rough few weeks, she made an appearance…