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Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 1968

This is the first mixtape I've made in this ongoing series where have no personal memories from the year in question. I did not go to the...

Priest Picks #3: Our Weekly Top 10

Happy Memorial Day all! Every Monday, holidays included, this is where you'll find ten loosely curated items of intrigue, anointed by the...

Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 1983

Today, we're starting a new series. One mixtape dedicated to each year of the Rock & Roll era. Each mixtape will have two sides with...

Priest Picks #2: Our Weekly Top 10

Every Monday, this is where you'll find ten loosely curated items of intrigue, anointed by the Pickled Priest himself. Lots of new music,...

The 25 Greatest Greatest Hits Albums from the Golden Age of Greatest Hits Albums

There was a time when the Greatest Hits (GH) album meant something more than just the yearly repackaging and re-marketing of an artist’s...

Priest Picks #1: Our Weekly Top 10

Every Monday, this is where you'll find 10 loosely curated items of intrigue, anointed by the Pickled Priest himself. Lots of new music,...

25 Things Every Record Store Should Have (Other Than a Future)

In tribute to the countless record stores suffering through this pandemic, here's something I wrote a while back and have now updated. I...

The Priest's 50 Worst Band Names of All-Time

50 Elbow In the not-so-grand tradition of British one-word band names (Oasis, Blur, Cast, Suede, Muse, Keane, Pulp, Shag, Clinic,...

Play That Last Thing One More Time: The 50 Greatest Last Songs on Albums

SONG SEQUENCING IS AN ART. As important to the success of an album as the cover art and the title. So what makes a great closing song on...

The Priest's 50 Favorite Band Names of All-Time

What makes a great band name? Not the music, that’s for sure. The mere mention of the Rolling Stones brings nods of approval and talk of...

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