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The Year in Songs 2011: #10-1

January 17th, 2012 · 8 Comments

[#40-31; #30-21; #20-11] [Last year's countdown]

Here they are: The best of the best, the most of the most, the… you know.

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The Year in Songs 2011: #20-11

January 17th, 2012 · 4 Comments

[#40-31;#30-21] [Last year's countdown]
The countdown continues! Get ready for some devastating ballads and a few happy songs that are so happy you’ll probably freak with all the happiness.

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The Year in Songs 2011: #30-21

January 17th, 2012 · No Comments

[#40-31] [Last year's countdown]
Welcome back! Let’s keep things rolling with some very, very cute boys. Oh, and some good songs, too…

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The Year in Songs 2011: #40-31

January 9th, 2012 · 4 Comments

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Now that I’ve absorbed the music I bought with Christmas gift cards, I am ready to anoint my top 40 songs of 2011. As you know, this countdown is mandated by my DNA, so I am delighted to once again fulfill my genetic destiny.

2011 delivered a lot of great ballads, but curiously, the first leg of the countdown is entirely uptempo. So think of this as your dance warmup, y’all! Headbands and torn sweatshirts… activate!

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The Oscar Songs Project: 1990

June 30th, 2011 · No Comments

And so it ends… for now. Welcome to the final installment of the Oscar Songs Project, where Roommate Joe and I revisit every Oscar-nominated song from 1980-1990.

Today’s entry, hosted on Low Resolution, is for 1990, where Madonna and Sondheim became the unlikeliest bedfellows since Madonna and Vanilla  Ice.

(To see all the entries in the project, just go here.)

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The Oscar Songs Project: 1989

June 28th, 2011 · 20 Comments

Welcome back to the Oscar Songs Project, where Roommate Joe and I revisit every Oscar-nominated song from 1980-1990.

Today’s entry, hosted right here, is for 1989, when the script was flipped by a happy little crab.

(To see all the entries in the project, just go here.)

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The Oscar Songs Project: 1988

June 24th, 2011 · No Comments

Welcome back to the Oscar Songs Project, where Roommate Joe and I revisit every Oscar-nominated song from 1980-1990.

Today’s entry, hosted on Low Resolution, is for 1988, when we chose to let the river run. Or did we?!?!?

(To see all the entries in the project, just go here.)

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The Oscar Songs Project: 1987

June 23rd, 2011 · 19 Comments

Welcome back to the Oscar Songs Project, where Roommate Joe and I revisit every Oscar-nominated song from 1980-1990.

Today’s entry, hosted on The Critical Condition, is for 1987, when mannequins had the time of their lives.

(To see all the entries in the project, just go here.)

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The Oscar Songs Project: 1986

June 21st, 2011 · No Comments

Welcome back to the Oscar Songs Project, where Roommate Joe and I revisit every Oscar-nominated song from 1980-1990.

Today’s entry, hosted on Low Resolution, is for 1986, when Berlin got really, really lucky.

(To see all the entries in the project, just go here.)

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The Oscar Songs Project: 1985

June 16th, 2011 · 15 Comments

Welcome back to the Oscar Songs Project, where Roommate Joe and I revisit every Oscar-nominated song from 1980-1990.

Today’s entry, hosted right here on The Critical Condition, is for 1985 when Lionel Richie was America’s national balladeer.

(To see all the entries in the project, just go here.)

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