What To Shop For

  • What To Shop For - 2014

    What To Shop For – 2014

    Here are QRO’s top-rated album reviews of the year (plus some special stocking stuffers): Albums: Against Me! – Transgender Dysphoria Blues Laura Jane Grace has managed her transformation with grace, culminating in Transgender Dysphoria Blues, a record that is not only meaningful and powerful, but also catchy and enjoyable....
  • What To Shop For - 2013

    What To Shop For – 2013

    The lamely-numbered, lame year 2013 is finally coming to a close. Here are QRO's top-rated album reviews of the year (plus some special stocking stuffers)....
  • What To Shop For 2012

    What To Shop For – 2012

    What To Shop For 2012The Olympics are over, the election is over, and now it's time to shop. Here are QRO's top-rated reviews from 2012 (plus some special stocking stuffers)....
  • What To Shop For 2011

    What To Shop For : 2011

    What To Shop For 2011

    Do your best to ward off a double-dip recession by going out and spending - and if you're gonna spend, spend on an industry that needs it, music.  Here are QRO's top-rated reviews from 2011:...

  • What To Shop For : 2010

    What To Shop For : 2010

    What To Shop For : 2010

    After this year's Black Friday & Cyber Monday, the lamestream media says that people are spending again.  Of course, in the music business, the only people plunking down dough are old folks buying boxed...

  • What To Shop For : 2009

    What To Shop For : 2009

    What To Shop For : 2009

    Economists might say the recession's over, but it sure don't feel that way - your job's been outsourced to India, your bank account to China, your house is underwater, your car's a clunker, your...

  • What To Shop For : 2008


    American may have been in a recession since last December, but it's the holiday time and damned if we aren't going to do the patriotic thing and buy stuff!  So, before you lose your job, your health-care, and your 401K, break down...