#90sTop30 in no particular order, 26/30: Slide, Goo Goo Dolls Iris and Name get more attention, but for me this is and always will be The One. 'What you feel is what you are, and what you are is beautiful' youtu.be/yP4qdefD2To?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 25/30: Time Will do the Talking, Patty Griffin A powerful piece of work on surviving so much; this one is a real top of the lungs sing out alone in the car. 'I can outrun all of the devils here, but never the doubts' youtu.be/Mf_9jSliUoQ?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 24/30: Porch, Pearl Jam And of course this MTV Unplugged version, which I have on a treasured, crumbling VHS tape as well. What a ragged, brilliant song. 'Take a good look; this could be the day' youtu.be/llOpE85bmW0?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 23/30: Top of the City, Kate Bush My fave artist of all time had a somewhat quiet decade, but this is gorgeous and lush and everything Kate. 'I don't know if I'm closer to heaven but it looks like hell down there' youtu.be/Al9lg4utwNE?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 22/30: Lovers in a Dangerous Time, BNL Some early BNL that introduced me to its writer Bruce Cockburn, Andy Creegan's piano, and the best guy. This has so much of my heart. 'You've got to kick at the darkness till it bleeds daylight' youtu.be/xBysvBtXcrA?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 21/30: Shotgun down the Avalanche, Shawn Colvin Just so damn cool. Some of my favorite songwriting from her; it just pulls you in and under the snow as well. 'After countless appeals we keep spinning our wheels' youtu.be/FzNCKG-hiMg?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 20/30: A Murder of One, Counting Crows A tender howling frenzy, easily my fave from their whole catalog. 'There's a bird that nests inside you, sleeping underneath your skin' youtu.be/QWj-04CoNuw?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 19/30: Crazy Mary, Victoria Williams Some may know this better from Pearl Jam's cover, but what a breath of shattering, unique fresh air her own version was, and is. 'That what you fear the most could meet you halfway' youtu.be/kb6OiQdDq7g?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 18/30: On Every Street, Dire Straits Nearly everything Mark Knopfler writes is atmospheric and stunning, but this adds chills and is my fave of faves of his. 'A three chord symphony crashes into space; the moon is hanging upside down' youtu.be/MVCBUd2QiK0?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 17/30: Like a Drug, They Eat Their Own An anthem for acknowledged and accepted mutual MESS; how I love it so. 'I don't mind the things you tell me, because I know we'll say anything to get by' youtu.be/IvRsClGoEbQ?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 16/30: High Hopes, Pink Floyd Lovely and haunting, one of the kinder PF elegies to time passing. 'Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary; the ringing of the division bell had begun' youtu.be/pDKPz6KD8fs?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 15/30: Ridiculous Thoughts, The Cranberries Astonishing vocals, that bass, and an incredible video with the young Elijah Wood. Full atmospheric marks. 'You're gonna have to hold on' youtu.be/7LM4Cb6wZUA?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 14/30: Porcelain, Better than Ezra A band often bundled with others, BTE were on a different, sometimes unnerving level. This is skin-prickling perfect. 'Then lie as I scream to the heavens above, that I was the last one you ever loved' youtu.be/9Aw7KRI1wHQ?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 12/30: You Oughta Know, Alanis Morissette Please be upstanding for the national anthem, this fantastic red haze of rage released. 'I'm not gonna fade as soon as you close your eyes' youtu.be/NPcyTyilmYY?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 12/30: What a Good Boy, BNL This live version is wrenching; I remember a night wide awake, imagining a future my guy was ready for, and I was not. 'Afraid of change, afraid of staying the same, when temptation calls, we just look away' youtu.be/plOXxTBHCO0?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 11/30: The Emperor's New Clothes, Sinead O'Connor So sharp, so smart, and such a great statement; Vale Sinead. 'I will live by my own policies; I will sleep with a clear conscience; I will sleep in peace' youtu.be/yhfATC9baPo?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 10/30: Intergalactic, Beastie Boys You will never see me act more happily a fool, or shout lyrics any louder, than when this comes on. 'Step inside the party, disrupt the whole scene' youtu.be/qORYO0atB6g?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 9/30: Here's Where the Story Ends, The Sundays A mournful masterpiece, with some of the most beautiful vocals of the early decade. 'I never should've said the books you read were all I loved you for' youtu.be/FHsip5xOenQ?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 8/30: Long Day, Matchbox 20 I have lots of time for MB20's debut, and this is one reason why: the stuttering breath as it kicks in, the urgency, the scattered mess. 'Reach down your hand in your pocket; pull out some hope for me' youtu.be/Lgoz3XkW1UM?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 7/30: The Blessings, Dar Williams This has lifted me out of the muck so often, so gently and sensibly and sure. 'It's like getting the answers when I don't need them anymore; finding the pictures and I finally know what I kept them for' youtu.be/TzHnrQ9PBG0?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 6/30: Me in Honey, REM (with Kate Pierson) All time fave from REM; another feat of internal and external storytelling to leave you in ribbons. 'Knocked silly, knocked flat, sideways, down; these things they pick you up, turn you around' youtu.be/uDucg0E4kMI?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 5/30: Silent All These Years, Tori Amos I first heard this in a car with my then boyfriend and best friend; three certified yappers were knocked for silent six, in 18 different ways. 'It is your turn now to stand where I stand' youtu.be/YzKTbry99X0?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 4/30: Devil's Dance Floor, Flogging Molly I am unfortunately an actual problem and risk to everyone and everything around me when this comes on. Reinforcement of floors is recommended. youtu.be/Q2OC_lDrsRw?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 3/30 Bury My Lovely, October Project I love a good sweeping, soaring, sung-through ghost story, and there are few voices better suited to them than Mary Fahl's. 'Something happened long ago; something that will not let go' youtu.be/puGEpGzk2hk?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order, 2/30: Your Town, Deacon Blue. The ground-down granite heart and gritted teeth of it all. This slices to ribbons if you let it. 'Maybe there's a way not to make it hurt; to cover up the words like you covered up the dirt' youtu.be/DLDIndy2i74?...

#90sTop30 in no particular order. Jezebel, 10,000 Maniacs. Tears one to shreds, but the truth sometimes does that. 'We've mistaken one for thousands of words.' youtu.be/TC5R_HqsHQQ?...

Me with American football. The itty bitty running game especially annoys me SO much. Yes let's run directly into the wall of men and get nowhere, repeatedly, other than to an eventual hospitalization, yes, excellent.

So, Kiss of the Spiderwoman. Hadn't planned to go, but mumster wanted to. What I will say is that Diego Luna elevates everything he's in x one million, and about 75% of the non musical sections were very moving. The rest is, whew. (Luna, though; really absolutely wonderful.)

No, honestly, it's fine; I've not got even the slightest bit of work to do, Harv.

My 10 different eyeliner pens at the bottom of my bag; Photography, 1997

This is fucking disgusting, end of.

Fond memories of school field trips to some of these (school being on Rumelihisari, easy breezy trips).

A fight I am gearing up to fight at work uncomfortably soon.

Dublin! Don't love how cold it can get at the actual gates, but the terminals? Excellent. And the new(ish) Terminal C at MCO is a lifesaver and I never want to use A or B again.

Joe goes into the Orioles Hall of Fame. College Era Ginger would be going off the RAILS with joy. OK, Current Era Ginger is there, too, tbh. Joooooooe 🧡🖤🧡

A happy international cat day from the single most dignified creature on the planet, over here.

I used to come home from a horrible work commute and watch this on my Secret Policeman's Ball VHS tape at least three times a week. My mad queen; my brilliant king.

What a time to be alive with an ancient Buckingham Nicks vinyl and delusion to spare, wheeeeeeee

Unfortunately, The Tin Drum. 😵‍💫 it'll be great to be a teacher's aide for German III students, they said. You'll probably pick up some German while you're at it! they said. You'll have a migraine and nightmares for an entire week, they expressly did not say.

Baby, take a walk outside. youtu.be/BLInAn1LwZU?...

Sitting across from Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys for the duration of a Jubilee line ride, in competition as to who was The More Shy, tied with passing the cool breeze yet also impossibly warm glow of Bill Nighy in the NPG one night shortly before it was closing; my heart fluttered so for both.

It's Fells, not Fell's (and I have done and seen things there about which we shall not speak), but otherwise, see ya roun' downtahn.

A singularly ridiculous creature, and his erstwhile girlfriend. Punching above your weight, Harv.

Hiring somebody to kill me is insane… just take my glasses Just as effective

Incredibly excited for this!

She is so, so nasty and bitter, and I am so, so tired of the excuses people make for her because of the voice they love and I think sounds like garged molases. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Me to my mom and her Serious Hairbrushes between (my) years of 5 and 12

LOVE. THIS. STORY. Blew my mind reading it all in real time.