The top 10 artists who are releasing new albums in 2012 that I am looking forward to: 1. Fiona Apple 2. Best Coast 3. Garbage 4. Nicki Minaj 5. Azealia Banks 6. Kanye West G.O.O.D. Music compilation 7. Janelle Monae 8. Mazzy Star 9. A$ap ... << MORE >>

MTV, BET, and VH1 have all given up any pretense of being music channels instead focusing on realty T.V. and reruns. Thus, it is great news to a music and particularly a hip hop fan like myself that there is a rumor out there that Sean Combs might be starting a new "urban" music network. Read the article here:  ... << MORE >>

Kyle Williams replaced Cundiff as the biggest goat of the day with 2 dumb turnovers set up a rematch Super Bowl of Patriots vs. Giants.  Some Super Bowls have to be hyped up to seem bigger than they actually are, but no hype or hyperbole will be needed in the lead up to this game; no matter what happens, NFL history will be made. Go Pats. ... << MORE >>

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There needs to be more research into the value of NAEYCAccreditation for Preschools; I have done every type of search and have only found one independent study regarding (see link) NAEYC accreditation relating to quality of a center and the results were mixed; this is especially important with the advent of QRIS. If a center simultaneously attempts to pursue NAEYC Accreditation and QRIS what ends up happening is the ECE ...

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When your punter punts, that is not a good sign; when your star QB is punting (and pinning the other team in their own 10) that is a good sign. ... << MORE >>

Lana Del Rey will be this year version of Adele or Florence and The Machine. Lasy yeas she had blogger buzz both positive (regarding her voice and track "video games") and negative (because of backlash of being rich and a failed more mainstream pop star) but now her label is going full court press with big budget videos and SNL appearances. It is all going to come together and she will be this year's break out star, sell a couple million albums, and get a Best New Artist Grammy next year. ... << MORE >>

Drake and Common have recently been sending shots at each other: See Drake's verse in this song Rick Ross' s Stay Schemin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0g2hyiUUCw and Common adding his reverse as a response to Drake on a remade version http://www.xxlmag.com/bangers/2012/01/common-%E2%80%9Cstay-schemin%E2%80%9D-drake-diss/ Common fired the first shots in this beef which will no doubt go down as one of the most random and ridiculous rap beefs in history and it all appears to have started because of Serena Williams:  << MORE >>

Willard Mitt Romney won his second straight primary (is a caucus technically not a primary?) and is leading in the polls in South Carolina and seems like he will cruise to the nomination. Have the Republicans found their John Kerry?   I see strong political parallels between this year and 2004. In both cases, there was an ... << MORE >>

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/opinion/sunday/kristof-a-poverty-solution-that-starts-with-a-hug.html?_r=1&src=tp&smid=fb-share ... << MORE >>

Watching Romney and Santorum flip flop the lead in Iowa is like watching a really closely played but mostly meaningless April baseball game featuring 2 teams that I dislike. While it was interesting to have a close, there is a higher chance that we will see Rick Santorum singing Lady Gaga's Born This Way on an episode of Glee in 2013 than seeing him working in ... << MORE >>

Iowa Caucus Prediction: Santorum 24% Romney 23% Paul 20% Newt 13% Perry 8% Bachmann 8% Huntsman 4% ... << MORE >>

Good stuff:  http://www.killerhiphop.com/b-o-b-play-the-guitar-lyrics/ ... << MORE >>

Good stuff:  http://www.killerhiphop.com/b-o-b-play-the-guitar-lyrics/ ... << MORE >>

Demarcus Cousins looks to be trying to get out of Sacramento (could you blame him?)  ... << MORE >>

• This is an odd Patriots Team. I mean we just got a buy and played a game where we scored 49 unanswered points; that being said, it still felt like a shaky win since it continued the trend of the defense getting torched at the start and the offense sputtering in the first quarter. In addition, we had McCourty at safety today which shows the defense is still in complete flux and we are tinkering things. That being said I am more confident in this team than last year because I think the competition in the AFC is ...

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All things considering, after losing Papelbon, Andry Bailey is the best we could do for a closer; I did not want to get an older veteran like Ryan Madson to a big contract; Bailey has good stuff and it is 27. However, he does seem to have many nagging injuries which is a concern; as it moving to the A.L. East. I never considered Reddick that great of a prospect so I am not worried about losing him; overall, I rather keep Ryan Kalish in the organization. Furthermore, this makes it seem like Bard is definitely going to ... << MORE >>

The Year In Music 2011

 

It is time for my annual list mostly for my own amusement, but also for anyone who is bored and in need of something to read. Same format as past years: leading off with my 10 favorite albums of the year in descending order to #1 and then commenting on everything else that I heard in both the indie and main stream worlds and my vote for worst album of the year.

10.   21 by Adele

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The Boston Celtics weakness is our greatest strength; That sounds like some cliche movie line, but in the case of the Celtics I think it is true. In this odd season with  no real pre-season 66 games stuffed into a short period of time the age of the Celtics key guys like Allen, Pierce, Garnett, and to a lesser extent O'Neil will be a big weakness on nights when we have to play back to back and they will have tired legs and possibly more prone to injury. On the other hand, the core 4 of Rondo, Pierce, Allen, ... << MORE >>