(Game Thoughts) Bills 16, Chiefs 10: Back In The Race Again

November 26, 2017

If anyone didn’t think the NFL truly is a week to week league you haven’t been watching the Buffalo Bills lately.  After appearing like a team on the verge of finally making the playoffs in getting off to a 5-2 start, the Bills crashed back to earth with three consecutive blowout losses in which they … Read More

Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#61) Stevie Nicks – Bella Donna

November 24, 2017

Year Released: 1981 Notable Songs: “Stop Dragging My Heart Around”, “Leather and Lace”, “Edge of Seventeen”, “After The Glidder Fades” Album MVP: “Stop Dragging My Heart Around” Why I Loved It: Despite being barely 10 years old when this album dropped I’d already developed a little bit of an infatuation with Nicks because of her … Read More

Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#62) Tina Turner – Private Dancer

November 23, 2017

Year Released: 1984 Notable Songs: “What’s Love Got To Do With It”, “Private Dancer”, “Better Be Good To Me”, “Let’s Stay Together”, “I Can Handle The Rain”, Album MVP: “What’s Love Got To Do With It” Why I Loved It: For better or worse there’s a handful of songs that truly capsulate the 80’s, and … Read More

Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#63) Tears for Fears – Songs From The Big Chair

November 22, 2017

Year Released: 1985 Notable Songs: “Shout”, “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”, “Head Over Heels”, “Mother’s Talk” Album MVP: “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” Why I Loved It:  “Songs from the Big Chair” tip-toed the line connecting 80’s candy pop manufactured commercial and progressive pop that felt distinctive and new, while pulling from fundamentals … Read More

Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#64) Eric B & Rakim – Paid In Full

November 21, 2017

Year Released: 1987 Notable Songs: “I Ain’t No Joke”, “Eric B is President”, “Move The Crowd”, “I Know You Got Soul”, “Paid In Full” Album MVP: “I Ain’t No Joke” Why I Loved It:  To be honest I’m confident when I go back someday and evaluate the job I did with this countdown, this will … Read More

Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#65) Madonna – Like A Prayer

November 20, 2017

Year Released: 1989 Notable Songs: “Like a Prayer”, “Cherish”, “Express Yourself”, “Oh Father” Album MVP: “Like a Prayer” Why I Loved It: In my humble opinion “Like a Prayer” is Madonna’s first authentic album.  Hear me out now.  Clearly it’s not her first album as she banged out eight before this and was literally the … Read More

Thoughts: Chargers 54, Bills 24

November 19, 2017

First-year Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott has built up some trust among the team’s fan base with his no-nonsense attitude since taking the reins from all-talk, no-action Rex Ryan earlier this year. That trust escalated this fall as the Bills, a focus of “tanking” talk over the summer shocked most the football world by … Read More

WWE Survivor Series 2017 Card & Predictions

November 17, 2017

It’s that time of the year where the fourth and final of the WWE major Pay-Per-Views hits the air. Survivor Series comes this Sunday, November 19, live of course on the WWE Network. Between the kickoff show and actual card itself this is expected to be an event that lasts at least six hours. Marketed … Read More

Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#66) Styxx – Paradise Theater

November 17, 2017

YEAR RELEASED: 1981 NOTABLE TRACKS: “The Best of Times”, “Too Much Time On My Hands”, “Rockin The Paradise”, “Nothing Ever Goes As Planned” ALBUM MVP: “Too Much Time On My Hands” WHY I LOVED IT: For starters this may literally be the first pop-rock album I can remember having, not a huge shock considering I … Read More

Yanks: Thoughts On Aaron Judge Not Winning MVP

November 16, 2017

Earlier this week Aaron Judge won American League Rookie of the Year and was vying to be just the third player ever to win top rookie and MVP. It didn’t happen. Jose Altuve was named American League MVP Thursday evening, with Judge finishing a rather distant second. MORAN-ALYTICS TAKE: Let’s not get it twisted, Yankee … Read More