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.

I’m completely smitten with Tracyanne Campbell (Music review)

Like many overly sensitive guys in their (extremely) late 20s, I have a long-distance crush on Camera Obscura lead singer/songwriter Tracyanne Campbell. Yeah, I know I have to get in line, especially after the release of the band’s fourth album, “My Maudlin Career,” which came out in April.