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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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
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I wouldn’t have it any other way
A few random pop songs for a cold Sunday evening… When You Were a Millionaire – The Eames Era If you’ve been reading here for any length of time, you know how much I love the girl singer over 60s-influenced … Continue reading
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We’re perfectly in tune
Combine equal parts swirling 90s guitar rock (Smashing Pumpkins, Silversun Pickups) and 70s-throwback New York garage rock. Toss in a little post-prog seasoning, and you’ve got Manic. They’ve got a new EP called Floor Boards. It’s only got one song … Continue reading
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New releases this week
2007 is going to see new releases from a huge number of the big names in the indie world. The first set of those have come out in the last few days. I’ll try and cover a few of them … Continue reading
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One year of blogging
Years Ago – Super Deluxe Heartache With Hard Work is officially one year old. A year ago today I made my first post, talking about my favorite albums of 2005. I wasn’t really sure if it blogging would become a … Continue reading
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Politics Tuesday – Hillary Clinton
You always hear that everyone has already made up their mind about Hillary Clinton. They either like her or hate her and there’s no middle ground. I’m not sure I believe that. For one, while I have made up my … Continue reading
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Who doesn’t love Lily Allen?
No one, that’s who. Anyways, the new big thing from England is heading this way for some shows immediately following the long-delayed US release of Alright, Still. If you’re in the following places, why not check her out? I’ll be … Continue reading
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Tied me up in conversation
Sticking with the Texas theme, a quick touch today on a band from Austin I know very little about: Summer Wardrobe. They’ve got a lot of Big Star and Tom Petty (the jangly Petty more than the rocking Petty) going … Continue reading
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I find I’ve swallowed the sun
Back in New Hampshire to discover that the Apple Store at the library is fresh out of Macbooks, which means I need to wait another week, and makes me feel that much stupider for not having foreseen this and ordered … Continue reading
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Politics Tuesday – Are they serious?
No MP3s today, but I’ll be heading home to New Hampshire tomorrow and will have my new Macbook by Wednesday which will let me get back to sharing music with a lot more ease. For now, it’s just a few … Continue reading
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Beckham and the Galaxy
David Beckham is coming to the US. The long-speculated deal with the LA Galaxy has been finalized, which will bring the Derek Jeter of soccer to the same country as his baseball counterpart. But that’s not the real news: the … Continue reading