Courtesy of WFMU's Beware of the Blog, here are mp3s with 10 seconds of every single top 100 song ever. See you all in a few hours. 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981

I watched most of the Grammys yesterday, and I was baffled by the Chris Brown love.  He kept coming back, and the crowd kept loving it...  It was a Chris Brown love-in and I don't get it. Help me understand why everybody loves this guy.  Sure, he can dance, but

Deadmau5 pranked Skrillex by wearing a t-shirt with Skrillex's personal cellphone number on it. That's right, if you need to get ahold of Skrillex, just call 626-319-1039. Update: Skrillex is now forwarding his calls to Deadmau5' phone.  Deadmau5 is forwarding these calls to Markus Persson, creator of Minecraft.  My son

This 9-year old kid plays  Ralph Stanley's' How Mountain Girls Can Love on a banjo like a mofo. His name is Jonny Mizzone and he and his brothers are the Sleepy Man Banjo Boys. My 9-year old played like this: I might be biased, but I'd say my son did

"You'll Never Walk Alone" is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel.  You might know it best from soccer football matches, particularly when they involve Liverpool, or maybe as the song Jerry Lewis used to sing at the end of his Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. I've

I watched the Super Bowl half-time show yesterday.  I was underwhelmed by yet more lip syncing by an artist I actually liked when I was ten.  Flanking her for part of the show was Nicki Minaj, who grimaces too much for the camera, and M.I.A. who flipped us

Clive Young tells a great story about Donald Fagen's "I.G.Y." from his 1982 solo effort The Nightfly. Everyone does play “I.G.Y.” It’s become the “Freebird” of pro audio—visit a linecheck at a major concert venue or a speaker demo at AES or InfoComm, and

Full disclosure: my nephew's mother's cousin directed Organized Rhyme's video for Check the O.R. Now that that's out of the way, let's talk about Check the O.R., a CanCon hit from 1992... Organized Rhyme is now most famous for including Tom Green, but back in '92 I knew

Who else remembers Spookey Ruben?  If you don't know the name, you might recognize this: If you were watching MuchMusic in the mid-90s, you likely remember Spookey Ruben.  I hadn't heard his name in years until Rob Pagetto mentioned Spookey was a bud. Hi Spookey!  These Days Are Old is

I missed Lana Del Rey on Saturday Night Live last weekend, but judging from my Twitter feed she was terrible.  Most people were probably hearing her name for the first time, and from what I've read she was a little nervous and had an off night.  People love to hate,

Absent Minded & iLLvibe are Blunts & Roses.  The album is a mash up of Legendary Classic Rock tunes by The Eagles, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Queen and more, and I've been playing it all week. Blunts & Roses by Blunts & RosesOh yeah, and

Band of Horses' The Funeral is aging very, very well. It was released almost six years ago, yet when it came my iPod earlier today, it sounded better than ever. Like a fine wine, I'd argue The Funeral is getting better with age. Damn that's good.

What year is it?  I've been on a steady diet of The Wire and Wii Mario Kart and am just now coming up for air. I hear Cee-Lo performed John Lennon's Imagine just before midnight on TV last night.  I also hear he changed a lyric.  Here's what he sang:

Yesterday, I shared that sweet rendition of O Holy Night from Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.  Today, I'm going in a different direction. Sung with Little John and the Rinky Dinks, Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Johnny Bower's "Honky the Christmas Goose" was released in 1965 and enjoyed a significant

I share this MP3 every year around this time.  It's from Aaron Sorkin's "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" which I actually enjoyed but you've likely never seen. "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" is long gone, but five years later a song that aired on that series still makes

Australian comedy group Axis Of Awesome want us to know that lots of songs are based on the same four chord progression.  G, C, F and A. Songs in 4 chords: SONGS in 4 CHORDSJourney -- "Don't Stop Believing"James Blunt -- "You're Beautiful"Black Eyed Peas -- "Where Is

On December 6, a new Elvis Costello box set entitled "The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook" will be available, but Elvis Costello doesn't want you to buy it.  From his blog: Unfortunately, we at www.elviscostello.com find ourselves unable to recommend this lovely item to you as the

I love this.  It's every Kanye sample.  Ever. Download part 1 in MP3 and part 2 in MP3.

I caught the Spoons in concert last night.  If you're too young to remember the Spoons, they were a pretty big deal around these parts in the 1980s.  They were part of that synth pop scene you've heard in old John Hughes movies. They sounded great.  I grew up hearing

It's funny how things change.  In 2006, I listed my five favourite R.E.M. songs, and they were as follows: Follow MeDriveEverybody HurtsMan On The MoonIt's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)I still love those five tunes, but I think my