Line of the night
"Capitalism - God's way of determining whose smart and whose poor."

I've never met a real fan of
The Oranges Band. They're a Baltimore pop outfit who were on Lookout! which is why I saw them open for Ted Leo in '05 and fell in love with them. They had just come out with their best album, The World and Everything In It, which is summertime distilled into beautiful guitar pop and…

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No slight intended to any non-mentioned Jersey punk bands. Although I was mentally limiting myself to current acts, obviously the Misfits would be right up there.

Agreed
I can't believe that I didn't actually bother to listen these guys before November, their album immediately made my year end list as did "I Don't Mind".

Sooo, I'm the only one who likes to belly up to the bar after a long day in malarial climes and knock back 10 to 15 G&Ts? Good to know.

It's an example of what makes Big Star great. They love those 60's albums where everyone's genre fetish gets a spin, and you know what? It's a damn enjoyable interlude within the album. I mean, no one's gonna buy the album for this song, but it's a quintessential album cut, it advances the album, sleepily, happily,…

I Denounce This List!
Any list of best TV of this year without The League is fundamentally flawed and I will have none of it.

Why Haven't I Gotten Into Him?
As someone who LOVES Ted Leo, in all incarnations, I know that I should be all over Paul/The Jam, but I've somehow never managed to make it stick beyond a few hits from the Jam. I know that Ted is, at times directly channeling the Jam (hell, Chisel's "The Town Crusher" is pretty much…

Haha, my post intended to pay tribute to a great man's bravery in the face of terminal illness has degenerated into a thread on panda costumes, but somehow I think Roger'd be ok with that.

…Uhh yeah, that is obviously the wrong link… no comment.

Roger Ebert, Ultimate Badass
Besides being just a super sweet dude, Roger Ebert has been amazing in how he's faced life after cancer, man, if I were half as brave as this dude…

This is what happens Larry.

Best cutaway in a long time
"In the Darfur region, the dead may be the lucky ones."

Yeah, the Drive-By Truckers are the same way too, their curse is their consistency. But although I'm writing from the southside of Chicago, my family is from lovely Carteret, last exit on the turnpike, still New Jersey love is not such a narrow thing. I'm also pumped over this year's Gaslight Anthem (The Diamond…

Ted Leo anyone?
OK, I'll admit that I'm about as rabid a fanboy as they come for Ted Leo, but, my own prejudices aside, how did The Brutalist Bricks not make this list? Even if you're not the biggest fan in the world there are at least absolute crackerjack songs on this album (The Mighty Sparrow, Even Heroes Have To…

Hehe, Terriers: PI
It's like the old Phil Hartmen sketch.

Sigh, Please Let This One Stick
I LOVED both Andy Richter and Ted (and really, they were both of a piece workplace comedies with one notable lead and a strong ensemble, great jokes about morally questionable corporations, etc.) following them from the beginning, but knowing ultimately that they weren't gonna make a…

Yes, if only that pluck little Ally McBeal show ever had a chance to get off the ground.

Mel Gibson's Road To Redemption Starts With The Beaver
This should have been the headline.