Year in Review 2013

I had a lot ebb and flow through my mind this past year. But most of it didn't matter to anyone else. Here are the top five that did. photo credit: Susan Crow 1. Top 5 Most Influential Metal Bands When it comes right down to it, people listen to the music that they do simply because they like it. I try to make lots of philosophical cases for why rap is terrible; but ultimately, it just bores me. And as much as heavy metal’s opponents can conjure up an army of strawmen against it, they just don’t like the way it sounds either... Read More 2. Atlas Stumbled I grew up in the church. And as a homeschooled high school drop out, my entire social life existed at church as well. So you would think that it would feel like home to me. That I would share the same partiality and affection toward it as I do with the state of New Jersey. But it don’t. And the worst part is the assumption that I’m going through that rebellious, younger person phase, or perhaps “a crisis of faith.