The Best (and Worst) of the Decade

1. Swoon - Silversun Pickups
2. Only by the Night - King's of Leon
3. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
4. TV On The Radio - Dear Science
5. The Grey Album - Jay Z and DJ Danger Mouse
6. Outkast - Stankonia
7. Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
8. Icky Thump - The White Stripes
9. The Killers - Hot Fuss
10. At The Drive In - Relationship of Command

Top 10 Songs of the Decade

1. Crazy by Gnarls Barkley off of "St. Elsewhere"
2. Sex on Fire by King's of Leon off of "Only by the Night"
3. Birthday Girl by The Roots w/Fall Out Boy off of the iTunes version of The Roots "Rising Down"
4. Hey Ya! by Outkast off of Speakerboxx/The Love Below
5. Hey There Delilah by Plain White T's off of "Every Second Counts"
6. Psychosocial by Slipknott off of ''All Hope is Gone"
7. 99 Problems by Jay-Z off of "The Black Album"
8. Zero by The Yeah Yeah Yeahs off of "It's Blitz"
9. Tie: Kids by MGMT off of "Oracular Spectacular"/ Gold Digger by Kanye West off of "Late Registration"
10. Behind the Sun by Living Colour off of "The Chair in the Doorway"

Top 4 New bands of the Decade

1. TV On The Radio
2. Silversun Pickups
3. King's of Leon
4. Slipknott

Top 5 Moments in Music

1. Prince at the Super Bowl (Still an amazing performer/great Foo Fighters cover)
2. Bruce Springsteen at the Super Bowl (He can still tear it up)
3. The Police reunite and tour...well done gentlemen!
4. Paul McCartney Plays Coachella...and steals the show!
5. DJ Danger Mouse takes Jay Z's vocals and the music of the Beatles and makes mashup music history with The Grey Album.

10 Worst Trends/Fads of the decade

1. Auto tune
2. Sarah Palin
3. See number 2
4. Kanye West's ego
5. twitter
6. The Obama Administration, at times fumbling the ball on a few minor and not so minor issues, thus incurring the insanity/wrath of the folks mentioned in number 7 while the rest of the population comes to grips with the fact that real change is slow and takes time.
7. Tie: Anti-health care advocates screaming I want my country back/The Birthers claiming our President is not a US citizen/Both of these groups using words like "socialism" and "communism" in a way which tells the listener they have no clue as to what either word means.
8. Supergroups
9. Emo
10. Reality TV

5 Biggest Surprises of the decade (music, lifestyle, etc.)

1. The Afro-Punk Movement...Great to see it take shape and thrive on the east coast and beyond.
2. Michael Jackson's passing...finally at peace...
3. Dancing with the Stars is still on the air. (What the hell?!!?)
4. Beck is still able to be consistently impressive with his musical releases.
5. Lil Wayne...honestly, why is this guy popular?

Top 5 Bands Who Will Be The Biggest Thing of The Next Decade

1. Earl Greyhound
2. The Noisettes
3. Kid Cudi
4. The Cool Kids
5. VISA