Category Archives: Thirty before thirty

You knew it. You saw it coming.

Posted on October 22, 2007 by JJH

No. 1 Pearl Jam Life Wasted  “Darkness comes in waves. Why invite it to stay? You’re one with negativity, Yes, comfort is an energy… Why let the sad songs play?”  Pearl Jam’s blistering return to prominence in 2006 is of … Continue reading →

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So let’s recap – all the way to No. 2

Posted on October 18, 2007 by JJH

30. Nirvana, Serve the Servants 29. Vendetta Red, Shatterday 28. Pearl Jam, Porch 27. Guns N’ Roses, Patience 26. K’s Choice, Not an Addict 25. Metallica, Creeping Death 24. Danzig, Mother 23. Foo Fighters, Breakout 22. Pearl Jam, untitled 21. … Continue reading →

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What? You thought I wasn’t going to offer any praise to Ms. Faded Glory?

Posted on October 18, 2007 by JJH

I like to watch her sway. She’s luck before I’m going away… I like what she sees in herself. Gives me all of her confidence… Kim… Kim… Kimberly Austin No. 3. Porno for Pyros, Kimberly Austin. Yeah, I’m a hopeless … Continue reading →

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Come Back Down

Posted on October 18, 2007 by JJH

No. 4: Why doesn’t anyone believe in loneliness? Stand up and everyone will feel your wholeness. Soundgarden, Zero Chance. So, yeah. This is turning into a depressing countdown, and I hate feeling like I need to quote High Fidelity: Am … Continue reading →

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Number 5

Posted on October 17, 2007 by JJH

No, I’m not going to try and cram some bizarre, stupid Short Circuit 2 reference into this post. (Although whatever happened to Fisher Stevens? And, seriously, how was Steve Guttenberg too busy to turn down Number 5′s reprise?) Forgot my … Continue reading →

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No. 6 – 3 Libras

Posted on October 15, 2007 by JJH

We’ll hold off on our 1/3-season report on the NFL and our predictions, as well as our Colts progress report until next Monday. For now, consider our No. 6 song not only the most emotional of all our top thirty … Continue reading →

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Haunting, familiar

Posted on October 10, 2007 by JJH

“Haunting, familiar, yet I can’t seem to place it. Cannot find the candle of thought, to light your name. Lifetimes are catching up with me…” Pearl Jam, Elderly Woman Behind the Counter In a Small Town. Notable not only for … Continue reading →

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No. 8

Posted on October 8, 2007 by JJH

“Have you ever heard the story? Of Mister Faded Glory? Says he who rides the pony must someday fall. Talkin’ to my alter… He says life is what you make it… and if you make it? Well, death will wrest … Continue reading →

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No. 9

Posted on October 8, 2007 by JJH

“The only direction we flow is down…” Mad Season, River of Deceit. Mad Season’s best-known track is strangely brilliant, Layne Staley’s understated vocals highlighting a somber acceptance of circumstance. And here I am, turning 30 tomorrow, with an unfinished novel, … Continue reading →

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And I don’t even know how this post got off the track

Posted on October 4, 2007 by JJH

… before tonight’s must-win. Actually, what am I saying? They’re all must-wins. But, our universe doesn’t revolve around the Cubs. It revolves around our hair. And if you’ve met us, or (shudder) went to college with us and our much-maligned … Continue reading →

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October

Posted on October 3, 2007 by JJH

I’ve been wanderin sideways, I’ve stared straight into the sun. Still I don’t know why you’re dying, long before your time has come. Your time has come… 14. Audioslave, Your Time Has Come October And the trees are stripped bare … Continue reading →

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Lorries rolling by … Also, movie list!

Posted on October 1, 2007 by JJH

A lorry is a term for ‘truck’ in British, in case you wondered. Anyway, ‘lorries rolling by’ is a lyric, but not the No. 15 lyric in question in our Thirty Before Thirty countdown. (And, seriously, thirty is a lot. … Continue reading →

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Tell me, tell me what you’re after…

Posted on October 1, 2007 by JJH

No. 16 Tell me, tell me what you’re after … I just want to get there faster. Smashing Pumpkins, Siva. No, I did not choose the solemn refrain to one of the Pumpkins‘ earliest, fuzziest, ferocious cuts, off of Gish, … Continue reading →

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Cubs clinch.

Posted on September 28, 2007 by JJH

I guess that’s why you have a 3.5 game lead going into last Monday. You know, so your fans aren’t suicidal after a lackluster road sweep. (Scratches head furiously, points fingers everywhere.) Good win tonight, of course. Cubs are division … Continue reading →

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I won’t back down

Posted on September 22, 2007 by JJH

So while I’ve been in corporate lockdown – training seminars – the Cubs have managed to look like a competent baseball team, surviving miscues by some, picking each other up when they’re down, and finding a little bit of power … Continue reading →

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