Video: B.o.B - Generation Lost (HQ MUSIC VIDEO)

We're about a quarter some stretch of the way through 2009. And because I am a blogger and enjoy both creating arbitrary segments of time for my own writing purposes and the compilation of shamelessly subjective lists, I have (yet another) one of the latter for one of the former. Check the Quarter Pole archives for past editions, and click the jump to read this one. I'm burying the lede this time: My favorite songs are at the bottom of the page. [...]

Say what you will about Idolator (especially in the comments section, please), but one thing we don't do around here: the dreaded listicle slideshow. In a really odd combination, Esquire 's website has a slideshow of "Ten Bands Set to Break Out at 2009's SXSW Festival." To spare you the trouble of clicking through 11 panels (there's an ad midway through) just to scoff at the magazine's choices, a list of their somewhat strange choices are below the cut, and we take it a step further with YouTube clips. Take that, Esquire! [...]