and make it a good one
Bad economy ... good shows! With the economy in a tailspin, all signs pointed to a dismal concert year. Somehow it was more boom than bust, at least for the fans.
More here: The year in (local) rock (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
This year was such a good one for heavy music, I wound up having to cheat when putting this list together. I just couldn't settle on ten albums that kicked my ass the hardest in 2009; there ...
More here: Listomania: Top Metal Picks For 2009 (SF Weekly Blogs)
“The urge to destroy is also a creative urge,” argued Picasso. Now a Yorkshire artist will put that theory to the test after buying a clifftop house just so that he can document its collapse into the sea.
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Artist Kane Cunningham bags property crash bargain Knipe Point (Times Online)
As in years past, Phillyist will be counting down to 2010 every workday of December, presenting you with our highlights from the past year and our predictions for the next. If you have a list you'd like to submit, let us know ! Photo by Flickr user Rasmin 20. Stankonia - Outkast I would put this in the Top 20 just for being the only rap album ever not to contain skits that completely blow. "Kim ...
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Countdown to 2010: Bill's Top 20 Albums of the 2000s (Part I) (Phillyist)
009 was a progressive year for residents in the Downriver area. Communities embarked on new projects to draw visitors and employed drastic cost-cutting measures to cope with the worsening economy.
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Downriver communities brave another year of Michigan's economic slump (The Voice)
This is the year where, in my opinion, a lot of good music was unleashed but very little great music was created. We've hit a stasis point it seems, where the music scene has become so varied and so wild that the end result is a homogeneity that makes it very difficult for anything truly astounding to surface. Sure, loads of critics laud the efforts of Animal Collective and Grizzly Bear, and I ...
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Rockin' My Turntable In 2009: Tankboy (Chicagoist)
Ashland's 11th annual labyrinth walk to the New Year will honor musician Dave Marston, who died of a rare brain disease in June.
Continue here: Labyrinth to honor Dave Marston (Ashland Daily Tidings)
By Leah Greenblatt Leah Greenblatt ranks the records that dominated the soundtrack of our year, three minutes at a time
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Music Mix: 10 best singles of '09 (Entertainment Weekly)
Jim Gouvellis, vice president for Heartland operations of Sun Coast Media Group, will become publisher of The Polk County Democrat, The Fort Meade Leader, and Polk County Times on Jan. 1.
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Gouvellis To Become Democrat Publisher (The Polk County Democrat)
Editor's note: Every year at this time we stop, catch our breath and look back on the year that was in Pembroke, Petawawa and the area. Please enjoy this retrospective as we continue it every day this week.