While scrolling down the entertainment page at cnn.com, I saw a link to this story about the best artists from each state. I was intrigued, so I followed the link. I clicked on each state I have lived in — Georgia, South Carolina and Connecticut — and was surprised by some bands listed and not so surprised by others.

Georgia's band was (obviously) R.E.M. and the solo act was Ray Charles. Not shocking on either account. I don't want to reignite the R.E.M. argument from a while back, but these sort of "best of" lists always seem to piss off someone. I am just the messenger on this one people … yell at the the Boston Phoenix if you think they chose the wrong bands.