I slipped the kid a twenty, said, "Billy, give 'em hell"

The best idea in music criticism in a long time: Download the top 20 songs on the Billboard chart, review and grade. Why didn't I think of that?


FMFM: John Prine's Sweet Revenge. I'd been planning to watch the great Nick Lowe tomorrow afternoon at HSB, but while laughing all the way through "Please Don't Bury Me" this morning, I'm going to have to reconsider. It's going to be a close call, but there's no way to see both. Toughest decision of the fest. Neither one's getting any younger, either.