underdogs

With Record Store Day fast approaching and the weather dreadful today, I found myself spending a lot of time thinking about my music collection. Not the gigs and gigs of stuff I have logged on my computer (that I may or may not have really actually digested), but my ACTUAL collection of physical pieces of recorded music...

While the press always thinks they know who the Academy Award winners will be, an underdog or two usually manages to snatch a statuette away from the favorite. Just last year, little-seen indie film "The Hurt Locker" upset James Cameron's blockbuster "Avatar" for Best Film. In 2002, 29-year-old Adrien Brody upset Oscar perennials Jack Nicholson and Daniel Day-Lewis to win Best