Second-guessing the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees is a ritual as time-honored as quibbling over Jazz Fest's lineup each year, but that doesn't mean it's pointless.

This week's Spotify soundtrack features disco, retro soul, real soul, power pop and more.

This has been a good week for me since this website's now live, but it's hard to feel too celebratory when so many good people at The Times-Picayune lost their jobs. It was more touching than I expected when employees updated their Facebook status on the Friends of the Times-Picayune group as "-30-": end of the story.

On to the week ahead: 

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