I got into SO MANY records this year. I had much more of a drive than usual to search for new music. Maybe it was due to being at home much more and needing to feel connected to the outside world. Maybe it was due to an exceptionally good year…

Is This Still Good? is a series in which I revisit records that I loved as a youngish person, and examine how well they have held up over the years for me. How did I get into this record? I’ll never understand how. My best guess is that 311 got…

Is This Still Good? is a series in which I revisit records that I loved as a youngish person, and examine how well they have held up over the years for me. How did I get into this record? I don’t have much of a story with this one. I…

Is This Still Good? is a series in which I revisit records that I loved as a youngish person, and examine how well they have held up over the years for me. How did I get into this record? In the spring of 2002, my friend Adam Horning traveled to…

*Is This Still Good? is a series in which I revisit records that I loved as a youngish person, and examine how well they have held up over the years for me.* How did I get into this record? The Sunday night before my first day of 7th grade in…

I live in Des Moines, Iowa, where if you want to root for a professional sports team, you get to pick literally anyone. Because my mom married my stepdad in the mid-90’s, at a time when his childhood Dallas Cowboys fandom was reinvigorated thanks to their big success, that’s the…

Hello! I wrote way, way too much for this, so I’m not going to say much. In fact, this is it for an introduction. I just hope you read at least some of it, that’s all. Thank you! Rooftops — A Forest of Polarity (2010) Maybe the most obscure…