
End of the year lists are always controversial and clunky, with a round-off elimination race to the bottom. This column, Goldmine Sacks, was invented to be the springboard platform for underachievers wth great promise, while observing the trendsetters of today that are impacting our hopeful tomorrows. So in the name of reflection, here is just a sample of some of the year's greatest artists who did big things in 2011 and have shaped the way we are starting to envision 2012, in a monthly orde...

I remember just two weeks ago, the first of September and how the air already felt different. We've had some warm days but it's not the sun of the summer beating down. Instead, it's gentle, refreshing, and makes you look forward to fall. Having misplaced my usual ipod, I've had to use my backup that is synced with an older itunes library. I haven't listened to much of that music that resides on a back up hard drive, so it was a nice change of pace when I went [...]