Top 5 C.J. WatsonHe’s an ex-Warrior, and when I say “Watson,” I’m imitating Arsenio Hall introducing Mr. Randy Watson in Coming to America. Derrick RoseBecause he subs in for C.J. Watson sometime   More

Top 5 “Salty Dog Blues,” Morris BrothersGoogle “salty dog” while keeping in mind that this song is from the late ’30s. There is something just so filthy about the term.“Rye Whiskey,” Tex Ritte   More

Top 5 Jazz Conversation: Roy Nathanson & Curtis Fowlkes with Marty Hughley, Sunday, Feb. 19, at The Art BarThese Jazz Passengers know an awful lot about the New York scene, and hopefully they’ve got   More

Top 5 1. Black Keys, El Camino The Akron, Ohio, outfit—which headlines the Rose Garden in May—has gone from baby-faced blues-rock duo to total rock and roll juggernaut. 2. Kathleen Edwards, Voyage   More

Top 5 A new Trail Blazers rap songBecause “Bust a Bucket” is finally getting old and I want to hear Kurt Thomas’ legendary skills on the mic. Come on, Santa, I know you can make this happen.A Ki   More

Top 5 5. “MY PRESENCE WILL BE COMMMANDING. MY REPERTOIRE SENSITIVE AND FULL OF GOODNESS. MY ARRANGEMENTS PRACTICALLY ILLEGAL. MY VOICE OF REASON RIGHT ON.” 4. “my new seamstress from portland o   More

Top 5 Our favorite Pacific Northwest "music media" site Into the Woods:Feels LIke Home #40, Guidance Counselor The sadly defunct dance-punk group’s Ian Anderson belts the Bushwick-hipster-skewering “   More

Top 5 5. Texas On the merit of some very good friends that live there, Texas comes in at No. 5 for me…and what’s not to like about Austin? Texas has many flaws. Its state flag sums it up: the American   More

Top 5 Teddy Pendergrass, “Turn off the Lights” “Would you rub me down in some burnin’ hot oils, baby, yeah?” Probably the best slow-dance song ever by the (reportedly tranny-chasing) King of the   More

Top 5 Tommy Boy I was wrong to dismiss this movie as a throwaway when I first saw it. I know this because it’s 16 years later and I’m still reflexively quoting it like an annoying Monty Python fan.Zab   More