Top 10 songs of 2025
I came across fewer new songs this year than I often do, but I’ll squarely attribute that to trying to get through 50 books this year, and that often taki...
Category: music
When good music is SO good
The province-owned liquor store I work in has planned playlists that they swap out every “period”, the segments of the year when featured products a...
Wait, I… kind of like some country music now?
I’ve long maintained that I listen to a pretty wide variety of music. Classic rock was probably the first thing I really tweaked to — one of my earl...
Top 10 songs of 2024
Another year done already? Craziness! As per usual, I’ve been taking in all the music I can reasonably get and adding songs to this year’s playlist ...
Linkin Park rides again
Seven years ago, Chester Bennington, the charismatic lead singer of the hugely successful alt rock band Linkin Park, killed himself. He had a history of depress...
My growing appreciation of Tool
For those not into progressive metal music [glances at most family and friends] who may not have heard of the band Tool, here’s the scoop.*. When the worl...
Those classic November… blues?
The new playlist at the LCBO for this period is very blues heavy. Now listen, I like the blues just fine. At no point will I hear any blues song on the radio or...
Top 10 songs of 2023
Not as busy a year, music-listening-wise, as I’m used to. But I still added 53 songs to various playlists. As per usual, my top picks from that list aren&...
All hail guitar tabs
When I was still in public school, my dad — a guitar player for as long as I can remember — offered to teach me guitar. I was years into my life-lon...
RIP Sinead O’Connor
Just heard about Sinead O’Connor’s untimely death. She stood up for black musicians before they were officially recognized at award ceremonies. When told by her...