Category Archives: Music

Recently I heard an interview on my local NPR station KERA with musician and author Ted Gioa who wrote a book called “The Birth (and death) of Cool“. He talked about trends in culture and the public’s mindset over the past few decades and how there has been a shift recently.

Come up with this list proved to a bit more difficult than you would think. For me the years between 2000 and 2009 proved to be quiet formative in regards to my musical appreciation. This is a list of music that for one reason or another had an impact or effected me . Here’s my twenty.

As promised here’s my list of best albums of the year 2009 edition. Admittedly 2009 was a bit of a dry year for me music-wise, I’ve stayed pretty buys. But I did manage to find some time to work on this list.