Jason FranzThat list of music you didn’t ask for — 2023 editionLight the fireworks, blow the kazoos…we are finally able to bid adieu to the Year of Travis Kelce’s Girlfriend. And you, my dear reader…17 min read·Jan 2, 2024----
Jason FranzA list of music you didn’t ask for — 2022 edition2021 was a bit of a watershed year for music, at least in my opinion. So many great artists used their time tucked away in…18 min read·Jan 1, 2023----
Jason FranzAnother list of music you did not ask for — 2021 edition2020 was a nightmare, a year none of us wants to revisit outside of any rare bright moments that could lift our optimism, which, quite…17 min read·Jan 1, 2022----
Jason FranzLet me know if you have seen this movie…A slowly melting glacier in northern India, used to power a hydroelectric facility, has a major breakage causing a landslide that takes the…3 min read·Aug 9, 2021----
Jason FranzI’m Trapped In Texas and I Can’t Get Out!The first sign of major trouble was not the snowfall in El Paso on Valentine’s Day or the pileups of semi-trucks or the always-open…5 min read·Feb 25, 2021----
Jason FranzAnother List of Music You Did Not Ask For — My Picks for Best of 2020Movies stopped. Concerts were cancelled. Museums and art galleries closed. COVID nearly killed culture. Thank goodness for the internet…10 min read·Dec 28, 2020----
Jason FranzHow Rolling Stone got it wrongWhile their updated list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time is more representative of the last one, it still is rife with errors. And…12 min read·Sep 28, 2020--1--1
Jason FranzHollywood’s Home Town Has Become Its Own DystopiaI was wholly unprepared for the environment that unspooled before my daughter and me as we explored Los Angeles for historic Jazz sites…7 min read·Sep 10, 2020----
Jason FranzMe v. Us: Are our United States doomed?As we enter the lion’s den of the political season, the ideological chasm(s) of our electorate has never been more evident.6 min read·Aug 31, 2020--1--1