Songwriter and singer Roger Miller was born January 2, 1936. He may be the most underrated country songwriter ever.
Sad that we couldn't select Twenty Years of Dischord as the "album of the year." Nevertheless, these 10 (11, really) albums of rock, hip hop and electro will long keep you happy. Ladies and Gentlemen, the best of the year....
Alan Furst's spy novels tell the sort of untellable stories that one can only imagine from the obituary pages, as the last survivors of the W.W. II years silently pass away.