I’m truly sorry T-Sides and all related projects have been offline for so long. Chalk it up to summer, chalk it up to a quarter-life crisis, chalk it up to any sorry excuse for life taking us away from the things we love that require any amount of work. But let’s turn the focus on [...]

There are a few miscellaneous honors from 2008 that we felt were worth mentioning, so here they are. Enjoy!
Best Album Cover:

Coldplay, Viva La Vida
As much as I hate to award Coldplay for anything, every time I saw the poster of this while walking in the subway, I thought, “That looks AWESOME!” I hoped it was [...]

* = As with last year, these songs are pulled from albums that weren’t on my Top 10 albums list. There’s less overlapping this way, which makes things more interesting for all of us.

10. Snoop Dogg: “Sensual Seduction / Sexual Eruption” (download)
Read my review of the album here. Snoop must have been listening to a [...]

Usually T-Sides is a stickler for not releasing any sort of “Best of the Year” list until the year is actually over. However, because I had to write-up my list earlier than that for Bullz-Eye, and perhaps maybe a little bit because I wanted to be part of the Hype Machine Zeitgeist (yeah, I’ll admit [...]

Today, Blogactionday.org asks the question – “What would happen if every blog published posts discussing the same issue, on the same day?” The issue: the environment.
Marvin Gaye: “Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)” (download)
We’re supposed to find a way to connect the environment to our normal subject matter, so here’s a thought for you:
What if people [...]

I tend to shy away from hyped bands. This isn’t out of a holier-than-thou disdain for popular opinion, but because of the trend that hyped bands often become over hyped bands that see little chance of living up to the hyperbolic qualities of the hype machine. See: Arcade Fire. See also: Beirut.
During the past week, [...]

I love James Bond movies. And when I say “James Bond movies,” I mean the ones starring Sean Connery. Maybe I’m just an old fashioned kind of girl, but in my eyes, no man has been able to so much as hold a candle to Sean Connery’s Bond.
Bond debate aside, one thing most Bond fans [...]

Another week, another contrast podcast!
This week’s theme is “Song Chain,” and yours truly was able to jump in and contribute a song and intro. Basically, each blogger that participated had to choose a song that connected to the song before it in some way.
Knowing the song choices out of context isn’t much fun for [...]

I’ve wanted to take part in the Contrast Podcast for a long time now, but just kept putting it off, mostly out of fear that I would just choose a completely ridiculous, out of place, inappropriate song. This week’s theme gave me no reason to fear any of those things, however, because the theme [...]

Although I’m sure no one will read this before the New Year, I wanted to share my favorite New Year’s song with you, oh internet.
The Dismemberment Plan: “Ice Of Boston” (download)
Enjoy! Tomorrow comes the T-Sides Best of ‘06 lists, including the following lists:
Top 10 Albums
Top 6 EPs/7″/Demos
Top 5 Rap/Hip-Hop Albums
And more!

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