Why It Matters

The Day After Christmas

No day in the life of a kid is more exciting than Christmas Eve.
Deep Cuts: Your Obligatory Christmas Playlist, Volume 5

Christmas music. Love it or hate it, there’s no avoiding it.
We Took Off Our Hats (And So Began Thunderdome)

The other day I found myself in a very awkward social situation.
Deep Cuts: Change Songs

Change and innovation are the name of the game.
Social Media Is The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

Human history is the history of brilliant ideas with disastrous, unintended consequences.
Deep Cuts: Magic Songs

Everything is magic, nothing is magic.
Flying Kites In the Dark

Sometimes I catch sight of the sun and the mystery of it all returns.
From the Stacks: Jimmy Bryant, ‘Laughing Guitar, Crying Guitar’

Jimmy Bryant was a monster guitarist.
Deep Cuts: Classic (Instrumental) Rock

Rock and roll, for all of its memorable riffs and heavy beats, is really a lyric-based medium.
Heaven 16: The Sitcom

Heaven’s newest–and worst–television comedy. “Mom, I’m home,” Fidel yelled, closing the double doors of the ranch house behind him.