You don't have to look very far to find conflict in this world. From the very real conflicts such as the debacle in Iraq, to the petty conflicts where friends intelligently debate who between them should rightfully claim ownership of the louder speaking voice, to the fictional biting-social-commentary conflicts supposedly portrayed in cutting-edge television shows and movies, to the trivial conflicts when one is deciding whether or not to hit the snooze button for the fifth time that morning. Conflict is one crop us humans will never run out of until His Kingdom Comes (no Hov).

Well wouldn't you look at that. This post is sounding promising. And there's much bigger in the issues in the world, I know...

...but I first have to take care of the world I know.

Similar to Star Wars, in music, there is a dark side, and there is a good side. Subjectively speaking of course, but that is implied, given that firstly, this is the Internets, and secondly, if I refer to myself as the most highly aawesome Buttug McOysty, it can be inferred that I am openly opinionated. Of course, I also willingly flip sides, and do so very frequently. Luckily for me, this won't be much of a problem for the next few posts because there happens to be another force, neither good or bad, neither jedi or dark, neither gravitational or centrifugal, that is governing the recent musical offerings by your favorite artists (favorite artists to hate included)...

...the force of central tendency.

For those less mathematically, statistically, scientifically and computationally inclined, that was just an abnormal way of "average".

And over the next little while, I hope to delve into samplings of the current music industry. After all, I started this blog business posting lyrics, and any of my posts of substantial length will no doubt include some musical reference(s) that few will catch (my very own blog easter eggs), so this is going back to the basics (no Genie in a Bottle) for me.

Stay tuned, pun (haha), for more.