John’s favorite pop songs of the Aughts (Music commentary)

Putting together my top 20 songs of the decade list is more personal, more a matter of taste, than compiling the TV and movie lists. There will be a few songs on this list that you love, too, but mostly it’s stuff you have no interest in sampling, let alone purchasing.

For some reason, I really like reading books about Bruce Springsteen (Commentary)

Does anyone else out there like reading about a subject more than you like the subject itself? I suppose tabloid readers would qualify — the types who need to know who Jennifer Aniston is dating, but won’t pay money to see her new movie. But in this case, I’m talking about books, preferably big, fat