To dilute the year gone by into a list is a common journalisticpractice. The big, important numbers always come with lists and, to be honest, I've never been sure why. The journalistic devise of 'Top Events of the Year', 'Highlights of the Year'or similar suchmonikersis natural one that serves a purpose. Human beings in general like to have a cut off point, a metaphorical line to draw in the sand to signify thenextleg of the journey.In creating our content for the end of the year I've tried to bring an e... read more »
On a day like today, when we could potentially be running from floods of lava in the next few hours anticipation is a key factor. When we started considering our event coverage feature, our Crucial 20 albums of the year many months back we didn't know what it would look like or how we'd be able to narrow down from all the records we've heard this year. But somehow we did it, and thanks to lord knows how many gallons of coffee and love we've assembled the final list . There could be agreement, disagreemen... read more »