Stop me if you heard this one before. The story goes something like this: a trio of art school students bond over the discovery of their shared apprec...
Many of my favorite college-era music-related memories were set at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. I wasn't a student there. In fact, it was a two h...
I believe that everyone has a happy place. It's that place you can go to clear your head, breathe a little easier and take on life at a slower pace. T...
OK, I know that New Year's resolutions are cheesy. It doesn't help that they are so easy to break either. Like most people, I've broken far more than ...
It is 2012. Honestly, when I think about that, my mind is blown. After all, I was raised in the 80's when hearing Prince sing that "We're going to par...
Let there be no doubt: Spoon is easily one of the top five greatest contemporary rock bands. In fact, very few bands have ever managed to consistently...
My tastes in most things in life, especially food and music, are not very consistent. I have a cousin who half-jokingly told me that she only eats pep...
You Are Free blew my mind the first time I heard it. That was nearly nine years ago, and it still retains that power when I listen to it today. It's s...
Calamari (especially the tentacles) are one of those divisive food stuffs. Some people find the tentacles (and in some cases squid in general) gross a...
I think an argument can be made that the quality of a hip hop track is 75% a reflection of the producer. It's no accident that many of the best hip ho...
You may have heard of today's Musical Pairing before: The Shins. They've been around for awhile now. But although they are pretty seasoned indie-rocke...