“These kids are all trying so hard to be weird. I’m genuinely weird, so I can spot the effort a mile away.” – Carter The book Carter Finally Gets It, is sophomoric, predictable, a bit shallow — and more fun for me to read than just about any in years. It’s a high school…
Back in my college house, we had a rule: Don’t mention Rolling Stone! You see, my friend Jack and I had a recurring argument (that sometimes would drag on for hours) about whether Rolling Stone — particularly their Top 500 Songs and Albums lists — are worthwhile sources of music analysis and evaluation or steaming…
Below are the links to all of the articles in Will’s Top 100 Ska-Punk Songs countdown Introduction, #100-91 #90-81 #80-71 #70-61 #60-51 (#50-1 coming soon!)
This is part 1 of Will’s countdown of the top 100 ska-punk songs Preface As the name of the article implies, I’ve composed a list of what are my top 100 favorite Ska-Punk songs. Note that I consider the list an ongoing draft. It’s not truly finalized, and it never will be. I spent about…
Probably the most fun ska band. I fell in love with Suburban Legends as soon as I heard their early EP’s, and though that’s still my favorite music they’ve ever done, I’ve appreciated their focus on light, straightforward ska in recent albums. Led by the likes of Rx Bandits and Streetlight Manifesto, ska has skewed…
I’ve already written an article about the wonder that is Count Gauntly’s, Earn This contributor and dear friend Brian’s public access television show (on FPA 10). But, since then, I’ve appeared in THREE different episodes. So if I’m ranking real-life pieces of art and media and such that have distinct personal meaning, then Brian’s show is…
See Also: Breakdown By Medium Introduction #100 Count Gauntly’s Horrors From the Public Domain #99 Enlightened #98 Rolling Stone #97 Space Jam Remixes #96 It’s Kind of a Funny Story #95 Paradox Development Studio #94 Lost #93 Ben Folds #92 My Cousin Vinny #91 The Spectacular Now #90 2D Mario Platformers #89 ‘N Sync and…
Starting today, I am going to be counting down my 100 favorite things, and writing articles describing what I like about them. I am doing this for a few reasons. There are a lot of things I love but have not had much of a chance to opine about; I love massive countdowns; and I…
100 Film Favorites – #1: UHF (Jay Levey, 1989) “All you do is make yourself a TV dinner, Press your face right up against the screen, We’re gonna show you things you ain’t never seen If you know what we mean.” Wow. I just typed “#1.” This day has been a long time coming, as…
100 Film Favorites – #2: Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981) “If adventure has a name, it must be Indiana Jones.” And lo, we are down to the TOP TWO! What originally was supposed to take less than four months has dragged on for nearly seven, and I thank you for sticking it…