Author: John Laird

Movie Breakdown: A Complete Unknown

Pre-Screening Stance: James Mangold is a good director, Timothée Chalamet is great actor, and Bob Dylan is a legend, but I have pretty minimal interest in A Complete Unknown because – frankly – it’s had...

101X Homegrown

Here you’ll find the latest on Homegrown, which airs every Sunday at 9pm CST on 101X. Be sure to also follow along on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you’ve got music or comments you’d like...

Top 25 Albums Of 2024

Now that my Top 50 Songs of 2024 have been put into the world, I’ve gone about assembling my Top 25 Albums list. These aren’t in any sort of order (other than alphabetical), and my...

Top 50 Songs Of 2024

Let’s run through my Top 50 Songs of 2024! As has been the case over the last few years, these are in no particular order. In regard to how I selected them, I cut out...

101X Homegrown

Here you’ll find the latest on Homegrown, which airs every Sunday at 9pm CST on 101X. Be sure to also follow along on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you’ve got music or comments you’d like...

Movie Breakdown: Y2K

Pre-Screening Stance: As someone who was a 16 year-old in 1999, Y2K will likely be a hit for me based solely on the massive clump of nostalgia it’s going to throw at my face. And...

Quickdraw: Zzzahara, The Men, Dutch Interior

Enjoy one last little 2024 Quickdraw before I get on with sorting out my year-end lists. Zzzahara – It Didn’t Mean Nothing One of the first albums in 2025 that I’m looking forward to diving...

101X Homegrown

Here you’ll find the latest on Homegrown, which airs every Sunday at 9pm CST on 101X. Be sure to also follow along on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you’ve got music or comments you’d like...

101X Homegrown

Here you’ll find the latest on Homegrown, which airs every Sunday at 9pm CST on 101X. Be sure to also follow along on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you’ve got music or comments you’d like...

Movie Breakdown: Wicked

Pre-Screening Stance: I’ve never seen Wicked The Musical and I’m pretty picky when it comes to musicals in general, so I really couldn’t be heading into this movie with my expectations more in check. With...