Friday LinkFrogging – 12/3/10

Welcome to December. We're back, and more importantly, back on time. Tis the season to shop early, often and excessively. Lucky for you, our weekly trip around the internet is still free of charge and full of cheer. Last week was Black Friday.  This Friday is Black Swan. Yes, that as another of my patented …

iPod 2nd Anniversary: Top 25

I know. It doesn't seem like a year has passed since the first anniversay post. It hasn't. The first anniversary was supposed to have been a serial celebration of the music I love as logged by my iPod. I tired of it, however, and finished it off with one big list right before the second …

iPod First Anniversary: Top 25

I started this with the intent of making it a regular serial feature. Neither regular nor serial ended up happening. I love music. And I love sharing the music I love with the rest of the world. But I couldn't even interest myself in keeping up  with this. Imagine how horrid it would have been had I …

Friday LinkFrogging – 2/19/10

Photo - SI.com Welcome back kids. What a week.  The Olympics are in full effect, provided you don't mind staying up until the wee hours of the night to see the full coverage.  Tiger apologizes, sort of.  ECW dies, again. And the GonzoGeeks are back with some more links for you. Before we get to …

New Woods Order

AP Photo/Matt Dunham In the last few weeks we have learned, ad nauseum, that Tiger Woods' carefully crafted public persona was simply a facade hiding the real Tiger from the public.  The real Tiger, as it turns out, is a world class gashhound (thanks Mr. Ellroy). As floozie after floozie has come out of the …

An Open Letter to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

FAME (noun) - 1.  public estimation 2. popular acclaim   Kiss released their self-titled debut in 1974.  Though not an initial success it laid the groundwork for a career that has spanned 34 years and at least 3 generations of fans. Still, despite 24 gold records and 80 million records sold worldwide, Kiss has been not …

Fargo Rock City

..."Photograph" is the best Journey song ever made. I grew up in the 80s.  I grew up in what was, for all intents and purposes, a small town in South Louisiana.  I grew up liking 80s metal. There I said it. Ratt was my favorite band.  Or maybe it was Van Halen.  Eventually it was …