Posts Tagged ‘The idolator dozen’

This Week’s Top 12: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, And Justin Has The Blues

4:00 AM on Fri Feb 6 2009 by Maura

In this week’s top 12: A song that was thought to be lost to the demise of the VHS era, Justin Timberlake pouring out his heart, televised baseball signaling the possible thawing of the northeast, and Nick: The Twitter.

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This Week’s Top 12: A Week In Which We Ignored Dr. Love’s Prescriptive Advice

6:00 AM on Fri Jan 30 2009 by Maura

Gene Simmons getting territorial, alternate theories of the alternative era, Assteroidz, and the British band that’s probably more excited about Superchunk’s inclusion on the Coachella bill than anything else, after the jump.

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This Week’s Top 12: You Can Probably Ballpark No. 1

5:30 AM on Fri Jan 23 2009 by Maura

This week’s top 12, from Tuesday’s Obamarama to the prospect of Lil Wayne throwing a turkey to the idea that maybe music writing can be saved through the power of Britney Spears’ philanthropy, after the jump.

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This Week’s Top 12: Remixed Gallaghers, R & B Royalty, And (Surprise!) Ida Maria

4:45 AM on Fri Jan 16 2009 by Maura

Welcome to the inaugural version of The Idolator Dozen, our new weekly countdown of notable-slash-positive happenings in the music world as decided by me. To answer your questions: “Why?”; “Ranking things is fun, duh.” “Why 12?”; “Because I like the number, and always have.” “What’s on the list?”; “Whatever I say, plus maybe a few things that I neglected to get to during the week.” “Why now?”; “Why not now?” “When will then be now?”; “Soon.” The top 12 after the jump!

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