February 2012
15 posts
“Can’t stop doing Monkee math. It seems important right now.
See, my kids are...”
– Kristin Hersh, in 2009, on the Monkees. (via katherinestasaph)
My Billboard "Top 40 Hits" Spotify Playlists...
As a smattering of you have noticed, I have a crazy number of decade-centric playlists on my Spotify account with half-whimsical/half-inscrutable titles. Here’s a guide to the science - not taste, SCIENCE! - behind them, courtesy of my Billboard Top 40 Hits book. This is what kept me off the streets during my break from school last month:
You Kids Don’t Know PM Dawn?: Early ’90s...
In the early '90s, several people died after...
I have invented this scare in a pathetic attempt to explain the lyrics of Color Me Badd’s “I Wanna Sex You Up.”
Why, Yes, I Have Just Made A "Nu-Wave" Playlist →
One could quibble with tracks being too indie, not indie enough, etc., and contractual forces keep us from including anything by The White Stripes. But all its faults are faithful to the multi-label genre comp aesthetic.
If Your Band Takes An Average Of Three Years Or...
I hate your band.
