I've moved all of my writing over to http://puckandpunk.blogspot.com/.  Its supposed to be about hockey and music, but I'm sure so original writing and opinion pieces will work themselves into the whole general mish-mash.  My current plan is to feature and album of the week every Friday.  My hope is that it will be a newer album, but I've got ( Read more... )

I wrote this song by song review for the Suicide Machines forum and I thought I'd post it here for those who may be interested.
The review is for the new album African Elephants by Dead to Me.  Cuban Ballerina and the Little Brother EP were both fantastic and cemented Dead to Me as one of the best new Punk bands in the world.  A major driving force ( Read more... )

Night is night ( Read more... )

I said I would post these a month ago or so.  Here they are now.  The first are the top 6 songs from '08 and second are just a mix of songs from my top 20 picks of '08.  There is no overlap between the two.

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I finally stepped outside today ( Read more... )

To be brief, first we what are some of the best songs released this year.  Then we've got the top ten ( Read more... )

What's coming?  I finished my list of Top 20 albums of 2008.  Anyone who has spent any time around me in the past month or two will know that I have been consumed with working on this list.  I'm fairly happy with how the whole thing turned out.  There are some crazy albums on there and some music that I'm really glad to have discovered on the past ( Read more... )

"Lonely Hearts Cowboy Songs (I ( Read more... )

She sat up, crying in the dark ( Read more... )

I love when the leaves stain the concrete ( Read more... )