That's the thing about this Internet. In a way, it makes it easier to listen to new music but it's also easier to just pull yourself into some sort of musical bubble in which you do nothing but listen to twenty year olds songs that you liked back in the day and haven't heard since then. And seriously, would you rather listen to the Killers or Van Halen? We think that choice is obvious.

So with that in mind, we thought we'd combine our two write ups-- we're going to list our favorite music downloads of the past year with our recap of sports. We're not sure, but we think the kids call this a "mash-up."