All Posts by Matt Erickson

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 is counting down his top 100 songs. These are his picks 65 through 61.
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Matt Erickson is counting down his top 100 songs. These are his picks 70 through 67.
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Matt Erickson is counting down his top 100 songs. These are his picks 76 through 71.
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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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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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Want to know what the best song of all time is?  Easy – it’s “Stages” by ZZ Top.  I first heard it when I was maybe five or six.  Before it was even through playing, I declared to my family that it was my favorite song. My older brother, who was in high school,...
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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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