Here are my top 21 fave raves of 2010. In no particular order.

People are strange. That's the best explanation I can come up with for why it's suddenly so important for outgoing Florida Governor Charlie Crist to see Jim Morrison receive a posthumous pardon for indecent exposure and open profanity.

As a rule, songs about miners haven't generally been as upbeat as the news we are watching now on CNN. So here's a largely uplifting playlist for all the miners in Chile, and all the people who love them.

To celebrate the rise of powerful female artists, a new non-profit is launching a major initiative to inspire and help the next generation of female talent.

When you're 40something, you're probably better off trying to live in the present tense and not in the past -- even at your high school reunion.

Here is my cheap gift to all of you: my personal Top Ten Albums of the Year list -- based on my mood today -- as well a few other stray merry musical musings as stocking stuffers.

A playlist for Joe Wilson -- if only to try and shut up this loudmouth for at least a little while.

Even now as what's left of our music industry evolves into whatever it may soon become, you still hear a rare album that reminds you why albums still exist.