Various publications have been compiling “best of the decade” lists for various cultural forms. A music email list I’m on conducted a poll on the best records of the decade. Here are mine, compiled in about 20 minutes. Thank goodness for iTunes, which made this a lot easier. One caveat is that I restricted myself [...]
Also taggedMJ = great player, not a nice guy. Sadly, people just go along with it. “Jordan’s night to remember turns petty” – Yahoo! http://bit.ly/EhbbJ # Incredible show – more thoughts later. “U2 Reinvent the Stadium Show as 360 Tour Launches in Chicago” – Rolling Stone – http://bit.ly/qKlL7 # It’s the beginning of the third week [...]
Also tagged academia, racism, sports, Swine fluRT @CMcGranahan: fascinating look behind the scenes at Whole Foods: “Is Whole Foods Sustainable or Just a High-Priced Hoax?” http://3.ly/AJx # Saw Terence Blanchard Quintet @ Nighttown in Cleveland last night. Absolutely brilliant (& I got to meet him). Two more shows tonight. Go! # RT @mashable: “20 Ways to Change the World in Only [...]
Also tagged Lance Armstrong, social change, wingnutsOur most listened-to artists for the week ending on August 16 (via Last.fm). What were you digging this week? 1 Latin Playboys – 40 2 U2 – 34 3 John Coltrane – 25 4 The Waterboys – 22 5 Steve Earle – 19 6 The 757s – 17 7 Son Volt – 15 8 Warren [...]
Also taggedThe following was inspired by a question that is going around Facebook. I thought it was worth sharing here as well. This is an interesting question: choose not necessarily your favorite records, but the ones that changed your life. For me, it’s a question with two parts, as some records have affected me as a [...]
Also tagged Facebook, jazz, rock & rollMy reads from Saturday morning: Race Guides Neighborhood Evaluation, Study Says – Interesting new study by Maria Krysan. An Unhappy Year – Freakonomics Blog – NYTimes.com – How has our subjective well-being fared during the recession? Sociological Images » Isn’t It Cute When Kids Sound Racist? – Gwen at Sociological Images does a nice job [...]
Also tagged cars, environment, neighborhoods, racism, segregation, social psychology, US economyI will have a follow-up to the Lance McAlister post soon. Until then, here are my thoughts on my favorite music of the year. At this time last year, I wrote: In terms of 2007 releases, this was a mediocre year of music for me. Through new purchases (mostly downloads), CDs I got from LaLa, [...]
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