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Last summer in about June, I wrote 'Last Call', a short story that was published in this anthology.  I wrote that story when I ...

Normally, the best part of writing my reviews is listening to the pile of previous material that the artist produced before their newest o...

It's the dream of every artist to make it big, for their work to be widely experienced and acclaimed by the masses, to be recognized f...

I think that Justin Timberlake and I got off on the wrong foot. And really, it's not entirely his fault either. Like nearly every ot...

Hey guys, how many of you remember the music of 2010? Well, if you're having a bit of trouble remembering the hits from this year, I...

I wish hipsters were more sincere. Now, in a previous review I wrote about hipster music and culture, how most of it is rife with con...

Let's talk about barriers of entry in music. Because believe me, they exist. For those of you who only listen to mainstream music, t...

In my list of the Top 10 Best Songs of 2012 , I made the comment that there are certain acts called 'silent majority', which are a...

No, I haven't seen The Hobbit yet. Or Skyfall . Or Argo . Or Lincoln . Or Django Unchained . Yeah, I went to see the big 'epic...

I've got to be honest here - when I wrote about the worst songs of 2012, I couldn't write about them all in one sitting. And it wasn...

About a year ago, I wrote my list of the Top 10 Worst Singles of 2011. My criteria was simple: the songs had to debut on Billboard's Yea...

I almost didn’t even have the heart to start the album. Those of you who have read my previous reviews (here and here) can understan...

Let me take you back to 1999. Man, the pop landscape was different then! Bubblegum pop and boy bands ruled. The first sparks of the pos...

I remember hearing 'Tik Tok' in late 2009 and hating it. I'm not joking here. Throughout 2010, I distinctly remember despisi...

So the Grey Cup, the final game of the Canadian Football League, is wrapping up as I write this. I honestly don't give a damn about who ...

You know, sometimes it really sucks to know a lot of music. I understand that's probably one of the whitest, most hipster-esque th...

You know, I've talked before about art that one could call 'So Bad It's Good'. You know, when something is so appalling aw...