My the contrast we have here. 2002 was a year of nonstop joy for me. I won a bunch of contests. I had several great trips. I… Read more “The Best Songs of 2002”

2001! How would I describe my taste this year? Pretty bad. This was basically a holding pattern year until I got into comics. I mean I had… Read more “The Best Songs of 2001”

And I’m back. I often joke that 2000 was a dead zone for culture. It’s not. Great year for comics. Great year for tv. Even the movies… Read more “The Best Songs of 2000”

I am finally done with my last round of commissions! This clears me! I’m free. And that means I’m free to reload. My apologies to Kenny on… Read more “Review: Space Battleship Yamato (2010)”

We have made it to the end of the 90s. And it’s a hell of a landing. Admittedly you have to leave the year end hot 100… Read more “The Best Songs of 1999”

If I was excited to cover 1997, I feel the opposite talking about 1998. Not that the music is bad, it’s actually better, but I feel immense… Read more “The Best Songs of 1998”

Well, we’re at the big one for me. I don’t think any year on this project will compare to 1997 in terms of importance. I was 13… Read more “The Best Songs of 1997”

1996 is both exactly what I remembered it being and nothing like it being. It’s exactly what I remember in that it’s awful musically and nothing like… Read more “The Best Songs of 1996”

This is a big landmark! We’re officially at the halfway mark of this entire project, plus or minus two postlude columns to cover 2010-2022. And with that… Read more “The Best Songs of 1995”

As this column goes into a new year, I have a lot planned. I’m finally looking at the Planet of the Apes 2001 Expanded Universe for a… Read more “The Tie-Ins That Bind: Vamp by Christian Francis”