Today marks the final post of 2008 for Bottom Feeders. So instead of starting the letter G and then going on break, let’s take a look back at the first…
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This week you get another extended post so we can finish up the letter F nice and clean. Without further ado, I give you the final batch of artists whose…
I know I said IÁ¢€â„¢d be quitting the intros for a while, but I had to put this all into perspective. I hadnÁ¢€â„¢t thought about the scope of this series…
New baby = less time. Imagine that. I was somehow under the impression that sleepless nights were going to give me plenty of free time to continue to write meaningless…
You know, I don’t rant in public too often (yeah, right), but I’ve been getting really annoyed with iTunes and my iPod lately, so I think it’s time I let…
IÁ¢€â„¢m a list man. I love making them, I love talking about them, I love everything about them. And if I accept a challenge to make a list I will…
It’s week 27 of Bottom Feeders and you know what that means. What? You don’t know what that means? Actually, neither do I. But what I do know is that…
One of the things I just love doing that doesnÁ¢€â„¢t happen much anymore is laying on the couch, in the dark, listening to an album. As I get older, IÁ¢€â„¢m…
The other day someone asked me what the Á¢€Å“most valuableÁ¢€ record in my collection is. ItÁ¢€™s a question IÁ¢€™ve always had a hard time answering, because I have no idea…
A few weeks ago I laughed at someoneÁ¢€™s musical taste. I feel kind of bad about it. See, a buddy of mine asked me if I had heard the new…
Last weekÁ¢€â„¢s E.G. Daily track reminded me of bar trivia with my buddies, so I thought IÁ¢€â„¢d expand that into an intro. For a good three years, Wednesday was the…
IÁ¢€â„¢m writing this week’s post on a Sunday afternoon. Why is that significant? Because itÁ¢€â„¢s the absolute best day of the week for Á¢€Ëœ80s music. My wife and I end…
ItÁ¢€â„¢s amazing sometimes to see how music brings the world together. I was food shopping with my wife last week and Á¢€Å“867-5309/JennyÁ¢€ by Tommy Tutone was playing in the store….
I turned on the radio the other day for the first time in months and the first thing I heard was Á¢€Å“more music, less talk,Á¢€ so thatÁ¢€â„¢s what weÁ¢€â„¢re going…
You know, there are times when even I’ve had enough of ’80s music. ItÁ¢€â„¢s hard to believe that since IÁ¢€â„¢m still acquiring Á¢€Å“newÁ¢€ music all the time, but sometimes I…
So hereÁ¢€â„¢s my question of the week for you — what the hell is a Á¢€Å“fancy dancerÁ¢€? IÁ¢€â„¢ve been listening to a lot of Á¢€Ëœ80s funk and R&B lately and…
Every now and then I like to talk about what I have deemed Á¢€Å“inappropriate ghetto moments.Á¢€ These moments occur when I have the windows open in my car, the stereo…
Last week I talked about Á¢€Å“the Shrink,Á¢€ the guy at the record show who thinks he knows everything about every artist that ever recorded. This week we move on to…
A few weeks ago I was at a record show for a few hours flipping through thousands of $1 records. I fully admit that I am a nosy person —…
The other day Metal Sucks introduced me to FirewindÁ¢€â„¢s cover of Michael SembelloÁ¢€â„¢s Á¢€Å“Maniac.Á¢€ That in turn took me to iTunes to search for other covers and yielded the interesting…
This past week I was like a pig in shit. Nine tracks from Chinese Democracy were leaked and I couldnÁ¢€â„¢t be happier. See, Guns nÁ¢€â„¢ Roses are my Led Zeppelin….
I love collecting music, that’s a given. As with most collectors of something, it’s the thrill of the find that really does it for me. Two weeks ago I was…
If youÁ¢€™ve got nothing to do on a Tuesday from 8 PM to midnight Eastern time, you should head on over to Bastard Radio and listen to DestinyÁ¢€™s Bastard Children,…
—– Bell Biv Devoe – “Poison” Dave: “Never trust a big butt and smile.” Has there ever been a statement so true? And this coming from three dudes that…
Welcome to double digits! This marks the tenth week of posting every song from the Billboard Hot 100 in the 1980s that peaked at #41 and beyond. I have to…
How many of you remember your first music purchase? I have a terrible memory, so I’m not sure if it really was my first purchase ever, but I absolutely remember…
Today weÁ¢€™re going to finish up with the story of my collection. As I mentioned last week, I consider Á¢€Å“The CollectionÁ¢€ to be complete, i.e. I own a hard copy…
The story of how I completed my collection continues in 2006. I was winding down to the end. I found that collecting the first 4,000-plus songs to hit the Billboard…
So, IÁ¢€â„¢m about to reveal to you a problem I have that only a few know about: I cannot scream. ThatÁ¢€â„¢s right, I can’t yell really loud at anything. I…
This has been an interesting trip so far. Since IÁ¢€â„¢m talking about the songs that reached the Hot 100 but not the Top 40, I know there are some stinkers….