the 51st grammy awards

this years grammy awards: what did you think about this years show, winners, and performances?

interesting comparison

for a very interesting discussion including a comparison of two heavy-weight rock songwriters check out this post by one of our own contributors

a theory in the works

the initial idea of creating a blog like this came from a conversation with nathan about the state of music today and a personal theory of mine which partially involves the topic of why some people stop listening to new music as they age. i believe the theory will eventually involve many possible reasons for this all-too-common occurrence and i will be working on fleshing out the general outline of my theory in coming days and look forward to hearing if you have any such personal insights right now. is it more than just the human tendency to look with disgust upon incoming generation's culture? is it that overall music generally devolves each year? is it the form and way we listen to music because of changing technology? is it genetic? etc...