Between the Home Run Derby, sticking around for all 15 innings of the All Star Game and my birthday yesterday I’ve had quite the week and I’m completely wrecked. I’ve
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I’m busting my proverbial cherry this week, first with a B List and now with my inaugural crack at a Friday Mix Tape. This one should be perfect to throw
I’ve been writing full time here for about five months or so, and figured it was about high time that I took a crack at offering up a B List. Last week the HT Staff gathered Around The BBQ to gab about some of our favorite music of the year, so far. To continue on that theme I thought I’d give you a more focused list of my favorite albums of ’08 with my Top 6 Of The First 6.
Taking a quick glance at my iTunes I was a bit underwhelmed by the majority of the music that has been injected onto my iPod, but here’s the best of what I’ve heard…
6. Girl Talk – Feed The Animals
When I tell my friends how much I’ve been loving this album they seem to scratch their heads a bit. Not because this isn’t a killer party album, it’s just because I’m not the type to usually like killer party albums. But what’s not to like here? Greg Gillis has essentially taken the last 40 plus years of pop music and smushed it into a powered packed hour of samples and beats. Within one song he offers up hooks from Procol Harum, Fergie, The Band and 50 Cent – and that’s just scratching the surface. This is the feel good album of the summer and quite possibly the year. READ ON for more of the B List…
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