The List Guy is Dan Reed, Music Director for WXPN. Three times a week, Dan gives his spin on Top 10 musical moments in pop culture.
Rock ‘n’ Roll’s wildest decade, and maybe the hardest list I had to do of all of the decades. So many essential albums, classic artists… where to start? OK – […]

The List Guy is Dan Reed, Music Director for WXPN. Three times a week, Dan gives his spin on Top 10 musical moments in pop culture.
This decade was very difficult to decide upon which albums were the best, so much so that I had to expand the list to 20 albums. There are many, many […]

The List Guy is Dan Reed, Music Director for WXPN. Three times a week, Dan gives his spin on Top 10 musical moments in pop culture.
Here’s a list of 10 essential albums from the decade when the 45 still ruled. Each and very one are essential, and I’m curious to know if I left out […]

The List Guy is Dan Reed, Music Director for WXPN. Three times a week, Dan gives his spin on Top 10 musical moments in pop culture.
However you care to define it, metal is here to stay. The hair, the pyrotechnics, the thundering drums and bass, wailing lead guitar – it’s all become a rite of […]

The List Guy is Dan Reed, Music Director for WXPN. Three times a week, Dan gives his spin on Top 10 musical moments in pop culture.
This Friday Noon tradition all started on February 11, 2005 with Donovan Frankenreiter. Since that time, we’ve had 125 different Free at Noon concerts, and below are my favorites – […]

The List Guy is Dan Reed, Music Director for WXPN. Three times a week, Dan gives his spin on Top 10 musical moments in pop culture.
I got so beat up over my list of best bassists that I’m hesitant to do this again but – hey – I’m just another music geek with an opinion, […]

The List Guy is Dan Reed, Music Director for WXPN. Three times a week, Dan gives his spin on Top 10 musical moments in pop culture.
You remember this, right? In the 1970’s every time a new singer/songwriter released a pretty good debut album, he was tagged with the dreaded “New Bob Dylan” tag. One of […]

The List Guy is Dan Reed, Music Director for WXPN. Three times a week, Dan gives his spin on Top 10 musical moments in pop culture.
I’m talkin’ big – as in tall, wide, etc. Here’s 11 (the same size as a football team) of some of the biggest (literally) names in rock history. As a […]

The List Guy is Dan Reed, Music Director for WXPN. Three times a week, Dan gives his spin on Top 10 musical moments in pop culture.
You put the record on your turntable – or the cd in your player (or… OK… you press play on your iPod), the crowd noise slowly fades in, the goose […]

The List Guy is Dan Reed, Music Director for WXPN. Three times a week, Dan gives his spin on Top 10 musical moments in pop culture.
Finally… a little soul music on this one. Actually, there’s like four tunes in a row there with some groove to them, with Leonard Cohen’s “Joan Of Arc” thrown in […]