When the “Year in Review” lists start pouring in as December dawns, I wonder what the rush is. Is it because nobody wants to be under the gun to produce a massively time intensive piece of content right before the...
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The 2015 MAMAMY Awards
Way back when, in a land called February, I took a trip down to Mexico. I’m a mixed bag when I get on a plane – I might be productive, I might be sleepy, I might have crippling anxiety that...
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Top 100 Songs of 2015
Now THAT was a year of music! 2015 was an overwhelming explosion of great tunes, so much so that I had no idea what was going to be my #1 song of the year coming into the writing of the...
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Favorite Artist Discoveries of 2015 – Happy Tunesday! Vol. 5 of 52
I don’t remember if it was NBC playing episodes over the summer or some TBS-like station syndicating them, but I distinctly remember Friends reruns being advertised as “if you haven’t seen them, they’re new to you!” way back in the...
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What in God’s Name Is This Music Video? Happy Tunesday! Vol. 4 of 52
On a flight down to Austin, Massachusetts, this past Friday, I had the pleasure of having a screen in my face the entire flight, courtesy of JetBlue. Since I’m a degenerate, I had my TV on the whole time, even...
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The Musical Reprise – Happy Tunesday! Vol. 3 of 52
It was a pretty fascinating week in the life of yours truly (it wasn’t), filled with countless women (dudes), extravagant feasts (late night hot dogs), and wild adventure (started watching Bob’s Burgers). And what was the soundtrack to that week?!...
Continue ReadingHappy Tunesday! (Vol. 2 of 52)
Assuming my body allows me (the road to recovery after a Sunday wedding can be a long one) and the show doesn’t sell out before I hit “publish,” I’ll be dragging what’s left of my body across town to check...
Continue ReadingHappy Tunesday! (Vol. 1 of 52)
Alright, so I (not at all recently) came to a couple realizations. First, I completely took my foot off the pedal with writing. Not okay. That’s how my brain keeps progressing, and I’ve been wasting its time on worthless junk...
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My Top 100 Songs of 2014
2014 may be atop the “most insane year of my life” list, finally eking out the year I punched a gas station attendant, dressed as the Easter Bunny, in the stomach for not giving me an egg out of his...
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Most of the time, when you’re making a fool of yourself on purpose, it’s just to make other people happy. Their happiness brings you happiness. You may be costing yourself immeasurably in the persona you’re left with, but it’s worth...
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