As all four of our loyal readers may recall (I include our staff and my wife in that count), I made a series of predictions before the start of 2012. We’re a few months into 2013, but I want to look back on those predictions. Am I a sham? Or should you just call me…
There are a handful, maybe twenty, of heroes of mine in media, arts, and sports who have had such an impact on me personally (and/or my writing and the way I think) that I would feel absolutely compelled to write a piece honoring them and their impact on my life if they suddenly died.
Bruce Springsteen’s two biggest and best-known albums are his Borns. Born to Run came out in 1975 as Bruce’s third album and catapulted him to superstardom. Born in the USA came out nine years later as Bruce’s seventh album. Both were massive successes critically and commercially. The themes of the albums tie together quite well. Born in the USA…
I’ve been recruited to write episode recaps for the third season of Game of Thrones over at CharacterGrades.com! Character Grades uses the format of a report card for characters from the series with a tongue-in-cheek tone. I started with a round-up of the second season and then wrote a recap of “Valar Dohaeris,” the first episode of…
I’ve made it through six albums in my ongoing Billy Joel retrospective, which means it’s time to write a review for his seventh: Glass Houses. It’s certainly one of Joel’s best albums, and I’ve been listening to it again recently in preparation for writing the review. There’s one thing I noticed that I wanted to comment…
Album rating: 4.5 stars (out of 5) 52nd Street is The Stranger‘s jazzy little cousin, not quite so sophisticated or psychologically complex but a gem in its own right.
Dan: So, Colton, let’s talk about Eve 6. Their reunion album has come and gone. In a few months, we’ll hit the fifteenth anniversary of their debut album. Though they might tour some more and, who knows, release another album, now seems as good a time as any to reflect on their career, discography, and…
Hey folks — I wrote a post about the show Community for my friends over at Character Grades in preparation for the debut of the fourth season. It’s a countdown of the ten best episodes of the Dan Harmon era of Community. You can read the post over at CharacterGrades.com. Here’s an excerpt from the top ten: 9. “Introduction…
Over the past year, I have been working on writing in-depth reviews and features on Billy Joel’s discography. As I publish them, I will link to the articles in below Album Reviews (out of five stars) Cold Spring Harbor (1971) – *** Piano Man (1973) – ****½ Streetlife Serenade (1974) – *** Turnstiles (1976) –…
Last week, I posted a ranking of the 100 best Billy Joel songs. In this post, I take a look at the most popular Billy Joel songs according to aggregated listening data from Last.FM and how that compares to my selections.