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Author: J. J.

  • Soundtracks are underappreciated

    A few years ago, I posted a journal entry on Last.fm about film scores (from 2001: A Space Odyssey to The Dark Knight) and why I like so many of them. Here’s a little update – adding Benjamin Button, The Social Network, and Tron: Legacy.

  • A few album ratings – Part 1

    Since the Rate Your Music feed doesn’t work, I present here a few albums I’ve enjoyed lately. ******** Linkin Park – A Thousand Suns ********** Robyn – Body Talk ********* Loscil – Plum ********* Various – 2001: A Space Odyssey (w/ review) ******* Eminem – Recovery ********* Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More *********…

  • Mandela on fear

    “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of…

  • My Oscar 2011 predictions

    In a few hours, America’s favorite gawking event will begin, first with the red carpet at 7pm EST on ABC followed by the awards from 8:30-11:30. Here are my predictions. I’ll probably be Tweeting and on Facebook during the event.

  • Favorite podcast episodes

    I’ve listened to a lot of good episodes from various podcasts since October (when I listed my favorite subscriptions). Here are a few that I rated the highest. Most of them should still be available to download, or at least to stream.

  • A blues primer

    A coworker of mine has never heard of B.B. King. This must be remedied. In response, I’ve created “An Evolution of Blues” compilation. It’s not a definitive list and I had to question if certain songs could truly be considered blues tracks (when they’d likely first be catalogued as jazz, rock ballad, folk, country or downtempo,…