About Me
Charles Olney, Associate Professor of Constitutional Law and Judicial Politics at the University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley (academic website). This is a blog about music, politics, and the law. I also write about women’s soccer at Backline Soccer and Stars and Stripes FC.
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Recent Posts
Greatest Hits
- Beatles from worst to first
- Top 25 albums of the decade
- Top 50 songs of the decade
- Top 10 Bruce Springsteen songs
- Top 10 Modest Mouse songs
- Top 10 Tom Petty songs
- Top 10 Carissa's Wierd songs
- Top 10 Paul Simon songs
- Top 10 Bob Dylan songs
- Top 10 breakup songs
- Top 20 albums of 2005
- Top 30 albums of 2006
- Top 40 songs of 2006
- Top 25 albums of 2007
- Top 40 songs of 2007
- Top 25 albums of 2008
- Top 40 songs of 2008
- Top 30 albums of 2009
- Top 40 songs of 2009
- Top 25 albums of 2010
- Top 40 songs of 2010
- Top 15 albums of 2011
- Top 40 songs of 2011
- Top 20 albums of 2012
- Top 40 songs of 2012
- Top 30 albums of 2013
- Top 50 songs of 2013
- Top 25 albums of 2014
- Top 50 songs of 2014
- Top 30 albums of 2015
- Top 50 songs of 2015
- Top 15 albums of 2016
- Top 40 songs of 2016
- Top 25 albums of 2017
- Top 50 songs of 2017
- Top 30 albums of 2018
- Top 50 songs of 2018
Music links
- Hype Machine
- elbo.ws
- Music for Kids Who Can't Read Good
- Can you see the sunset from the southside?
- Hits in the Car
- A Certain Romance
- Herohill
- Speed of Dark
- Lost in your Inbox
- Vague Space
- Skatterbrain
- I Guess I'm Floating
- Largehearted Boy
- Neon Gold
- Another Form of Relief
- Cover Lay Down
- The Monsters Under the Bed Are Not Real
- Yellow Stereo
- Quick Before It Melts
- Knox Road
- Sand is Overrated
- Shake Your Fist
Recent Comments
- url on By the grace of God go I into the great unknown
- R on The songs everyone should hear
- Heather on The Beatles from worst to first
- Eize Basa on Top 40 Songs of 2021
- George Patterson on By the grace of God go I into the great unknown
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Monthly Archives: January 2013
I’m thinking of your wide open eyes
If You Are To Bloom – Hum (from Downward is Heavenward) Big crunching guitars, a nice little groove, and a series of deft little touches on the side. It comes out of the same Chicago tradition of layered guitars and noise … Continue reading
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Don’t you remember love?
Time Ago – Black Lab Hey blog, long time since we’ve talked. In an effort to liven things up around these parts, I’ve come up with a couple projects to keep my occupied with posting for a while. First, I’m going … Continue reading
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The platinum option and the value of executive overreach
Lucky Denver Mint – Jimmy Eat World As our country lurches from crisis to manufactured crisis like a drunken sailor, the next big event on the horizon is the semi-annual renewal of the debt ceiling. If you remember what happened in … Continue reading
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