nah, you didn't commit heresy. everyone has their fav beatles album and I don't think there's any objective reason it oughta be sgt pepper. fwiw my fav beatles album is let it be, and I stand by the spector version. now that's heresy

I say this as someone who loves Chicago, but it's great weakness is that it's one of the most profoundly segregated cities I've ever seen.

my dad is a sox fan and I'm a cub fan and I can say that in both cases it was a massive relief. I feel like now I can just be a normal baseball fan like fans of any other team that has experienced success, failure and everything in between. I know my dad felt similarly….

high fidelity and Midwestern alt rock, but nothing on chess records? seems like a massive oversight, doesn't it? what would the guys at the high fidelity record store say? :)

that's what's interesting about this. a lot of times our jumping off point causes us to miss good records. I lost interest in wilco with yankee hotel foxtrot—- which I get is a minority opinion. I didn't hate it or anything. I just liked it less than the previous two records and sorta turned my attention elsewhere. I…

that's totally what makes this interesting. one person's favorite album by an artist is another's get off the boat point.

I recently heard myself say about a young and naïve (but in fairness well intended) colleague: 'never listen to anyone under 30….sigh….

so within hours of reading this I get in the car and hear two classic rock radio staples back to back for the 17 list. coincidence? I think not. btw, they were steely dan reelin in the years…"you been telling me you were a genius since you were 17….and the cars let's go…"she won't give up cuz she's 17 or something…

all this categorizing and labeling. it's all just rock and roll. some of it's awesome. some of it sucks. a lot of it falls somewhere in between. new ideas emerge constantly. many reach for them at same time. a few nail it and add to the language of rock and roll. others sound like they are trying too hard to achieve a…

look, I liked fugazi too, especially live. but I gotta think this dude is gonna be embarrassed 20 yrs from now when he is reminded that he said they were 100 times more important to him than the beatles or stones.