If you're anything like me, listening to music makes you want to listen to more music, and your appetite's always bigger than your disposable income. Here's a shuffle aimed at reminding myself of all the good music I already have, some of it listened to only once or twice in more affluent days. If you ever find yourself collecting music faster than you can truly listen to it, or neglecting older favorites in favor of the latest and greatest, post your own shuffle in the comments and let's feel … [Read more...]

With the Academy of Country Music Awards (and another free-form live blog chat thing, if anyone's interested?) coming up on Sunday, this seemed like a pretty good time to remind myself that music doesn't have to suck. So, I set my media player shuffling (14,000+ tracks) and listened to... and wrote down... the first 20 songs that came up. And you know what? I do feel a little better now. If you're so inclined, give it a try for yourself and share the results below. Most doctors agree that … [Read more...]

This would fit well on one of our questionnaires - I think we've already done favorite songs by least favorites artists, in fact - but it's not time for another questionnaire yet and I'm interested in doing this one today. So here we are. I don't give a hoot for fans who think their favorite artists are beyond reproach. To my mind, the ability to find fault (or at least acknowledge the possibility that fault might reasonably be found) with our favorite artists is a sign of character. That's … [Read more...]