January 2012
4 posts
Arguments With Friends: Lady Gaga (part 1)
I’ve decided to call this series of back-and-forths “Arguments With Friends” and the topics will vary from music to entertainment to sports to politics to anything else I’m right about and some other stupid idiot disagrees.
For this particular incarnation of Arguing With Friends I took on Mr. Steven Ginsberg, the esteemed Pendleton Chair of the Ithaca College Los Angeles program and my former...
Arguments With Friends: Lady Gaga (part 2)
Big Dion:
Steve, you just completely made my point. Being an “outsider” is not real hardship. It’s just not. And that’s what pisses me off so much about my generation. We think that not being popular in high school is now cause for righteous indignation.
There are kids in high school that don’t know where their next meal is coming from. There are kids in high school who get beaten by their...
The Year in Music 2011
I know I’m a couple weeks late with this, but I originally wrote this on my old computer and forgot to add it to my new computer, so it’s been sitting in Atlanta for three weeks while I was in Denver. If you’re still interested, this is my take on music in 2011. My list of the year’s best albums is below. Enjoy. Or don’t. Whatever.
My friend Kelley – also a journalist...
The Best Albums of 2011 (yeah I know I'm late)
There were five* albums that stood out among the rest this year as the absolute best. Each one of them, though, marked an unmistakable style marker and breaker. When you look back on the music released in 2011, it may not be the best ever, but when you hear it, it will undeniably take you back to a specific sound, a specific style and a specific era.
The music released this year was unique and...
