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Matt Erickson’s Top 100 Songs. #55-51

October 15, 2010
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Matt Erickson’s Top 100 Songs. #55-51

Matt Erickson is counting down his top 100 songs. These are his picks 55 through 51. "As an epitaph for the first half of my list, nothing is allowed to follow it."
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Matt Erickson’s Top 100 Songs. #60-56.

August 17, 2010
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Matt Erickson’s Top 100 Songs. #60-56.

Matt Erickson is counting down his top 100 songs. These are his picks 60 through 56. "Shit! I left the tape recording!"
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Matt Erickson’s Top 100 Songs. 70-67

June 22, 2010
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Matt Erickson’s Top 100 Songs. 70-67

Matt Erickson is counting down his top 100 songs. These are his picks 70 through 67.
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Matt Erickson’s Top 100 Songs. 76-71

June 4, 2010
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Matt Erickson’s Top 100 Songs. 76-71

Matt Erickson is counting down his top 100 songs. These are his picks 76 through 71.
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Matt Erickson’s Top 100 Songs of All Time. 80-77

May 7, 2010
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Matt Erickson’s Top 100 Songs of All Time.  80-77

We’ve switched from 10-song CDs to 4-song EPs. 80. Rush ~ 2112 First song on the first cassette I ever owned, it’s actually several mini-songs assembled into one giant Go Bot beast.  This was Rush before singer Geddy Lee hit puberty, shrieking like a mad queen on her period in the great ‘Temples of...
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Matt Erickson’s Top 100 Songs Ever. Part 2: 90-81

March 22, 2010
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Matt Erickson’s Top 100 Songs Ever.  Part 2: 90-81

I know you’ve all been sitting there for 7 1/2 months, listening to your Only Ones download, obsessively hitting refresh, waiting for this series’ next installment.  So here it is, the next ten songs you should discover, or re-discover: 90. Daniel Johnston ~ Grievances Any Johnston song has been made at least as much...
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Toxic vs. Non-Toxic. (Which Type are You?)

May 21, 2009
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Toxic vs. Non-Toxic.  (Which Type are You?)

Forget horoscopes. Or those placemats at Chinese restaurants. Forget cootie-catchers, and forget MASH.  There are really only two kinds of people in this world. Take this quick quiz to find out the only characteristic that matters: 1. You break up with your boyfriend/girlfriend of nine months. The next Saturday night you are most likely...
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