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Top 50 Songs of 2007 - Pop Playground
· 2007-10-31
sovietpanda OTM. Also, any reason why it's songs instead of singles this year?
Husker Du - On First Listen
· 2007-07-03
I "know" Ian in the sense that we both write for this site and as a result have occasionally traded e-mails. (I've...
Husker Du - On First Listen
· 2007-07-02
grandbanks, you're absolutely right that "every comment on this site is basically a testament to taste being...
Husker Du - On First Listen
· 2007-06-29
First of all, I co-sign Zapruder's first post entirely. I like reading Ian's stuff because he's a thoughtful,...
Husker Du - On First Listen
· 2007-06-29
Second: Ian, I forgot you dislike Sonic Youth! I dunno, this is all making me want to dig out the "best of Husker...
Husker Du - On First Listen
· 2007-06-29
"Let me make two points: To all of you who would defend Herr Mathers: would you take seriously a pop music critic...
Husker Du - On First Listen
· 2007-06-27
This is a really nice piece, Ian, especially your comments about how our tastes are not "inevitable and inviolate...
Sugar Shock #008: Outside Looking In - Pop Playground
· 2007-02-22
Someone needs to send this article to Jim DeRogatis, who abuses the word "pander" more than any other rock critic I know.
Top 10 Remixes of 2005 - Staff Top 10
· 2005-12-30
Nice, I was just wondering about that the other day, actually. And that "I Turn My Camera On" remix (the John...
Stylus Magazine’s Top 50 Singles of 2005
· 2005-12-09
I mostly just voted for the songs I'd played most often in 2005. :-)