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January
  
01/04 - Welcome back; Roland Howard (The Birthday Party) RIP; Introduction of new Best of Band Poll (Cheap Trick); Review: The Twilight Garden - A World We Pretend - CD.  
01/06 - Odds n' Ends; Cheap Trick Poll continuation: Willie Mitchell; Gregory Slay (Remy Zero); Tony Bellamy (Redbone) RIP; Introduction of Elvis 75 single-disc CD contest; Review - Elvis 75: Good Rockin' Tonight 4CD Box.  
01/08 - Concert slump recession-caused? Uh...no.; No Reviews.  
01/11 - Results of Cheap Trick Poll; Reviews: Doug Johns - Pocket Fulla Nasty - CD; Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond S/T/Sufficiently Breathless 2009 Remasters.  
01/13 - Mick Green, RIP; Too many streaming/download services: SETTLE!; No Reviews.  
01/15 - Teddy Pendergrass - RIP; Danny Flesher - RIP; Jay Reatard - RIP; Why not an Archival service?; Review - Bad Lieutenant - Never Cry Another Tear - CD.  
01/18 - Underrated Guitarist Poll; Review - The Rifles - Great Escape - CD  
01/20 - Kate McGarrigle - RIP; Erich Segal - RIP; SoCal Rainstorm(s) - YIKES!; Poll continued; Review - Elvis Costello & The Attractions - The Costello Show: Live at Hollywood High - CD.  
01/22 - Why do Great bands no longer emerge discussion; Underrated Guitarist Poll continuation (results on 01/25); Review: Big Big Train - The Underfall Yard - CD.  
01/25 - Gerald McCabe - RIP; Richard Lester (The Chi-Lites) - RIP; Apologies for late Poll results (now planned for 01/27); No reviews.  
01/27 - First fruits of the Underrated Guitarist Poll (it's a long one, folks); No reviews.  
01/29 - No Post. All Apologies!  
   
February
  
02/01 - A rethink of the Underrated Guitarist Poll; RIP: JD Salinger (Catcher in the Rye); Introduction of Rykarda Parasol with link to free MP3; Reviews: Danny Heines - Every Island, Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston Anniversary Edition (Mike Duquette - reviewer).  
02/03 - Request for Enhanced mentions of Underrated Guitarists Poll; No Reviews.  
02/05 - Final thoughts on Underrated Guitarists Poll leading into the publication of the list on Monday (02/08). LPs purchased; Review: Nick Cave and Warren Ellis - The Road soundtrack.  
02/08 - The LIST: Underrated Guitar Poll in its fullness; No Reviews.  
02/10 - Introduction of new Poll: The Perfect Album Poll; Reviews: Gryphon - Treason (2009 Remaster) - CD; Corinne Bailey Rae - The Sea - CD.  
02/12 - Less Music is More Memorable; Reviews: Various Artists - Under the Weight of Light (Projekt Sampler 2010) - CD; Ravi Shankar - Rare and Glorious - 2CD.  
02/15 - Where are our heroes?; Perfect album Poll continues; Review: Sade - Soldier of Love - CD.  
02/17 - Doug Fieger (The Knack) RIP, Jake Hanna - RIP, Dale Hawkins - RIP; Review: Santana - Supernatural (Legacy Edition) - 2CD.  
02/19 - A few lines and then the weekend; Reviews: Buzzcocks - Another Kind of Music in a Different Kitchen / Love Bites / A Different Kind of Tension 2010 Remaster and Expanded Special Editions 2CDs; King Crimson - Lizard (2009 Remaster/Remix) - 40th Anniversary Edition - CD/DVD.  
02/22 - The firstfruits of the MONSTROUS Perfect Album Poll results; Review: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To the Pleasuredome - Deluxe Edition (2010 Remaster).  
02/24 - The Perfect Album Poll (Part Two) continued...; No Reviews.  
02/26 - The Perfect Album Poll (Part Three) continued. RIP: Lee Freeman (Strawberry Alarm Clock); Rolling Stones' Exile On Main Street reissue; No Reviews.  
   
March
 
03/01 - The Perfect Album Poll in all of its glory and finality; Contest for Supernatural (Santana) begins for one week; Review: Gentle Giant - In a Glass House (2009 Remaster) - CD.  
03/03 - Vinyl Scrawls (old skool); FaceBook for MusicTAP; RIP: Tom "T-Bone" Wolk (Hall & Oates); Review: Rykarda Parasol - For Blood and Wine - CD.  
03/05 - A 2-Album Fight Off between Rocks and Toys in the Attic (Aerosmith)...Who Wins?; RIP: Ron Banks (The Dramatics); Bobby Espinosa (El Chicano); Hacienda MP3 from new album; Review: Fran King - My Sweet Elixer.  
03/08 - Revealed: Which is Better - Rocks or Toys in the Attic (Aerosmith) Mini-Poll Face-Off; Vinyl Scrawls (Don't Worry/Nothing Will be OK) and More: Winner of Santana - Supernatural LE; New Mini-Poll Face-Off); Kansas Mini-Poll Face-Off: Leftoverture or Point of Know Return; No Reviews.  
03/10 - Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse) RIP; Reviews: The Plimsouls - Live! Beg, Borrow & Steal - October 31, 1981 - Whisky A Go Go - CD ; Jimi Hendrix - Valleys of Neptune - CD.  
03/12 - What do we really want from Rock, if anything? - Reviews: Various Artists - Motown Around the World: The Classic Singles - 2CD; Was (Not Was) - Pick of the Litter: 1980-2010 - CD.  
03/15 - Results of Kansas mini-poll; No reviews.  
03/17 - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame BS!; Reviews: Santana - Santana III: Legacy Edition (Revisited) - 2CD; The Miracles - City of Angels - CD.  
03/19 - RIP: Alex Chilton (The Box Tops/Big Star); Review: Joey Stuckey - So Far - CD.  
03/22 - Rocks (Aerosmith) SACD  
   
   
   
   
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