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Back in Black
Julian Cope's Trip Continues on Citizen Cain'd
February 16, 2005

I Think, Therefore I Am
Pain of Salvation Explores What it Means to Be
February 9, 2005

Eyes Without a Face
Conor Oberst Remains Restless and Bright
February 2, 2005

Taking One Breath at a Time
Ani DiFranco Knuckles Down
January 26, 2005

Don’t Pass Me By, Don’t Make Me Cry
Three Albums That Got Away in 2004
January 19, 2005

Point/Counterpoint
Mike Ferrier and I Discuss the Music Industry
January 19, 2005

Dr. Sellout
Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the iPod
January 12, 2005

The Dance of Lifey Death
Goodbye to Will Eisner, Hello to Jeremiah Naos
January 5, 2005

Ah My My, What an Elation
The 2004 Year-End Top 10 List
December 22, 2004

Last Minute Marvel
Mike Roe's Year-Ending Winner Fun With Sound
December 15, 2004

The Marshall Plan
Eminem Falters With Encore
December 8, 2004

Love and Death
It's Better Than Fun, It's Blog!
December 8, 2004

This Is Not the Best Song in the World
My Last Rant of 2004, I Promise
December 1, 2004

Dreaming Out Loud
The Long-Awaited Rebirth of U2
November 24, 2004

Second Verse, Not Like the First
Rufus Wainwright's Brooding, Beautiful Want Two
November 17, 2004

Reunited And it Feels So Good
The '80s Are Back in Style
November 10, 2004

Ain’t That America?
The Madness of King George
November 3, 2004

A Tale of Two Pictures
How I Want to Remember 2004
October 27, 2004

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
A Fond Farewell to Elliott Smith
October 20, 2004

Begin the Begin Again
R.E.M. Starts Another Trip on Around the Sun
October 13, 2004

The Transformed Man
William Shatner Gets Serious on Has Been
October 6, 2004

SMiLE Time
Jesus Loves You, Brian Wilson
September 29, 2004

Elvis Costello’s Diverging Roads
Not to Get All Robert Frost About It...
September 22, 2004

Closest Thing to Heaven
Is Great Albums by Tears for Fears and the Autumns
September 15, 2004

Lift up Your Voices
To Praise Bjork's A Cappella Medulla
September 8, 2004

Brothers Gonna Work It Out
Family Style With the Robinsons and the Finns
September 1, 2004

Goodbyes Are Sad
Glenn McDonald and Ben Folds Wrap Things Up
August 25, 2004

Joy Electric Land
Ronnie Martin's Pocket Universe
August 18, 2004

Holding On for Dear Life
Bill Mallonee Goes Back in Time
August 11, 2004

Revenge of the Filler Column
George Lucas and a List
August 4, 2004

Turns Out, It Is the Size of Your Boat
Getting Huge with The Fiery Furnaces and the Polyphonic Spree
July 28, 2004

Puttin’ the Backbone Back
They Might Be Giants Rock Out on The Spine
July 21, 2004

Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
The Cure and Phish Wear Out Their Welcomes
July 14, 2004

Like They Said
The Lost Dogs Cover Themselves on Mutt
July 7, 2004

Burning Sensation
Michael Moore Lights a Fire With Fahrenheit 9/11
June 30, 2004

A Ghost is Bored
Wilco's New Album is Less Than You Think
June 23, 2004

Old Is the New Young
Growing Up With the Beastie Boys and Sonic Youth
June 16, 2004

Bored Now
Mediocre New Ones From Lenny Kravitz and Bad Religion
June 9, 2004

Peachy Keane
On Hopes and Fears and 30 Years
June 2, 2004

Fallen Angel
Joss Whedon Signs Off, Just When TV Needs Him Most
May 26, 2004

Catching Up Is Hard to Do
Some Albums I Really Should Have Reviewed By Now
May 19, 2004

A Man of Letters
Stephin Merritt's Magnetic Fields Return With i
May 12, 2004

Two For Tuesday
Come Back to Prince and Discover Spymob
May 5, 2004

The Marbles Revolution
A Brief History of Marillion Part Three
April 28, 2004

Brought to You by the Letter H
A Brief History of Marillion Part Two
April 21, 2004

A Fish Tale
A Brief History of Marillion Part One
April 14, 2004

The Truth Hurts
Todd Rundgren Takes Sweet, Sweet Aim at All the Liars
April 7, 2004

The British Are Coming… Eventually
Muse, Franz Ferdinand and Snow Patrol Finally Hit the U.S.
March 31, 2004

Mommy, What’s a B-Side?
Join the Dots With The Cure
March 24, 2004

Men, Men, Men! A Column Filled With Men!
It's The Man Show With Peter, Brian and Grant-Lee
March 17, 2004

See, There’s This Talking Aardvark…
After 26 Years and 6,000 Pages, A Farewell to Cerebus
March 10, 2004

Jesus and Jonatha
Thoughts on Gibson's Passion and Brooke's Circus
March 3, 2004

We Believe in the Three Rs
A Rant, a Retraction, and a Review
February 25, 2004

Round Round Round the Bend
The Indigo Girls Fill It Up Again
February 18, 2004

Who Do You Think You Are?
Three New Albums Beg an Identity From Harry Connick, Jr.
February 11, 2004

Raised on Radiohead
Britpop Needs a New Revolution
February 4, 2004

Playing Hard to Get
What Moby and Matthew Sweet Don't Want You to Hear
January 28, 2004

One Woman Show
Ani Difranco Goes It Alone On Educated Guess
January 21, 2004

Phantom Planet Is Missing
Or, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Band
January 7, 2004

Don’t Forget About Delight
The 2003 Year-End Top 10 List
December 31, 2003

Who’s Gonna Cry When Old John Dies?
One Last Grand Visit With the Man in Black
December 17, 2003

Not As Good As Gold
Ryan Adams and the Art of Mythmaking
December 10, 2003

Progressive Or Regressive?
A Look At Some Recent Prog-Metal
December 3, 2003

No Z’Nuff, Just Enough
Donnie Vie Makes His Winning Solo Bow
November 26, 2003

It’s Sacrilege, For Christ’s Sake
Why McCartney Should Have Let It Be
November 19, 2003

Tuesday Mourning
What a Year It's Been
November 19, 2003

Long Distance Dedication
Travis, Meshell, Sting and My Former Roommate
November 5, 2003

It’s All About Choice
Barenaked Ladies Try to Be Everything to Everyone
October 29, 2003

I Didn’t Understand
An Angry Goodbye to Elliott Smith
October 22, 2003

The Decapitation of Spock’s Beard
New Eras for Neal Morse and his Former Band
October 15, 2003

Randomania
Four Albums, A Movie and a Bunch of Tangents
October 8, 2003

I’m Older Than I’ve Ever Been, And Now I’m Even Older
On Limp Bizkit, Elvis Costello and Acting One's Age
October 1, 2003

Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Jeff Buckley's Live at Sin-e Just Makes Life Better
September 24, 2003

For Those About to Rock
Sloan Salutes You With Action Pact
September 17, 2003

I Hang My Head and Cry
Three Goodbyes in One Week
September 10, 2003

The Battle of Project Greenlight
Thoughts on Kyle and Efram's Movie
September 3, 2003

Gone With The Wind
Warren Zevon Makes the Record of His Life
August 27, 2003

Re-Introduce Yourself (Right On)
Reinventing Ben Folds, BT, Prince and Mark Eitzel
August 20, 2003

Maine Events
New Ones From Northerners 6gig and Cerberus Shoal
August 13, 2003

Parts Is Parts
Ween's Whacked-Out, Disjointed Quebec
August 6, 2003

This One’s For All the Marbles
Marillion's Independence Day
July 30, 2003

Return of the Kings
Jane's Addiction Shows Us How It's Done
July 23, 2003

Proclaim Your Joy
Pop Rocks with Fountains of Wayne and Enuff Znuff
July 16, 2003

The Normal Rules Do Not Apply
On Glenn McDonald and the Alarm
July 9, 2003

You’ve Never Heard Everything
Bruce Cockburn vs. the Mass Marketing Machine
July 2, 2003

Anatomy of a Sellout
Dumbing Down with Jewel and Liz Phair
June 25, 2003

Another Big, Long…Um…Sorry…
We Used Up All the Good Puns Two Columns Ago
June 18, 2003

Metallica’s St. Anger Rules
On The Other Hand, It Also Sucks
June 11, 2003

Size Does Matter
Six Reviews, One Long, Hard Column
May 28, 2003

Slayed to Rest
Goodbye to Buffy the Vampire Slayer
May 21, 2003

Nothing To Be Scared Of
Blur's Think Tank is Better Than You've Heard
May 14, 2003

Too Much of a Good Thing
Fleetwood Mac's Reeeeeeealllly Long Say You Will
May 7, 2003

American Life
I Used to Be Disgusted, Now I Try to Be Amused
April 30, 2003

My Head Hurts
Big List! New Music! Go!
April 23, 2003

The World’s Most Handsome Man?
Why Robbie Williams Will Never Conquer America
April 16, 2003

The Really Big Small
Ester Drang's Impressive Infinite Keys
April 9, 2003

Hail to the (Online) Thief
A Sneak Peek at Radiohead's New Disc
April 2, 2003

Searching for Simplicity
God, Faith, Religion and the Lost Dogs
March 26, 2003

Angry Old Men
The Joe Jackson Band Rocks on Volume 4
March 19, 2003

Change Is Good
Ani Difranco Encourages Us to Evolve
March 12, 2003

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