Blog: WFMU's Beware of the Blog

(also see my music list below the fold) Year-end top-ten lists can be so...contemporary. We have over a half-century of television, nearly a century of film, and centuries of art and music to explore and discover. When faced with the staggering maw of creative history, whatever jazzed you in the last year can quickly lose relevance. In addition, items that resonated during the last several months of the year inevitably take precedence over things that emerged at year's beginning. Still, people seem to love these list dealies, and after musing over the concept [...]