"Idolator's 2007 Pop Critics Poll is live. My ballot (published under my real world name, William C Lipold) should look familiar, since it's identical to the top albums I published under I Rock Cleveland's Year End Extravaganza Bonanza. As a bonus, I included a year-end essay with my ballot. Ok,..."

"Unlike my year end album chart where the rankings were based solely on my personal reactions from listening to albums, there's more to the year end single chart than simply playing a song on the stereo then deciding whether it was hot or not. For one, a good video helps...."

"The methodology for I Rock Cleveland's Top 25 Albums is a lot simpler than the system used to select teams for the college football championship game. There was only one person casting a vote, and no computers were used to calculate an albums strengths or deficiencies. Did I listen to..."

"Damn I am clever. There were too many great songs from 2007 for me to narrow into one mix, so I cheated and decided to make this a double disc. Many of the songs are repeats of things I've posted throughout the year but, since I am putting them on..."

"There's a great FREE show this weekend at The Billiken Club, being billed as “This Is American Music - A Rock & Roll Revue” featuring The Drams, Two Cow Garage, Grand Champeen, and Glossary. All the bands will be playing each other's songs and rotating members throughout the night. All..."