Category Archives: Top 10

2009 Top Ten

Reasons why were partially explained in my “prescript,” but I’m still amazed that I was able to rattle off eight heartily-endorsable albums released this very year, plus a song or two and a band or two, just to round things … Continue reading

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Top 11 2007

MOJO Presents: Sun is Shining I have always claimed to hate reggae music. The reasons are exactly what you’d imagine: 1) It “all sounds the same” and 2) jocks in college loved it, and most of those guys were jerks. … Continue reading

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2006 Top 10

Goner – “Jersey Roy / An Island’s Worth of Avenues” In October, Scott gave me an advance copy of the new Goner CD while we were in New York. Sitting in the airport on the way out of town, I … Continue reading

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2005 Top 10

The Fake Fictions at Cleary’s on Clark Probably the defining live moment for me in 2005 came towards the end, at this modestly-attended show in December. I’d spent a year performing very little, and watching the FFs fling their short … Continue reading

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2002 Top 10

Opening Salvo So Greg asked me why I didn’t do a top ten, why I might not get around to it this year. “Even I posted a top ten,” he cajoled. Well, yeah, Greg, but you didn’t put any damn … Continue reading

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