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Michael's Top 40
Est. 2001
My favorite 40 songs of the week, and other music-related thoughts
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Michael's Number Ones: "Love Song" by 311
DATE WEEKS April 17, 2004 3 I think it was around 2001 when I realized most Adam Sandler movies were the same. Sure, there were different plots and characters, but you weren't going to an Adam Sandler movie for a complex or moving plot. You went because you wanted to see Adam Sandler act like a wise-ass with his buddies. Now I'm not counting the exceptions to this rule, namely 2002's Punch-Drunk Love, and 2019's Uncut Gems. And it's not a knock on the quality of some of t

Michael Trimboli
Jun 19, 20247 min read
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Michael's Number Ones: "I Miss You" by Blink-182
When I turned 21, I remember thinking, "I don't feel 21; I feel like I'm somewhere between 14 and 28." At the time this is published,...

Michael Trimboli
Jun 12, 20248 min read
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Michael's Number Ones: "Megalomaniac" by Incubus
Here's one thing I remember very clearly about the 2000s: George W. Bush was not a good president. He surrounded himself with lying...

Michael Trimboli
Jun 5, 20244 min read
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Michael's Number Ones: "Hit That" by The Offspring
In 2006, the conservative magazine The National Review published a tongue-in-cheek list of its top 50 rock songs, and predictably, the...

Michael Trimboli
May 29, 20248 min read
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Michael's Number Ones: "Hey Ya!" by Outkast
There really is no rationalization behind music genres. Classifying songs in different genres can often be tedious and possibly...

Michael Trimboli
May 22, 20249 min read
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