Jason Ankeny Biography

Jason Ankeny served as a member of the All Music Guide editorial staff from the fall of 1996 to the summer of 2000, at which time he was named senior editor of the telecommunications magazine Upstart. In his off hours he continues to freelance for AMG, at least when not working on his pet project, “Tigga Please,” a proposed live-action adaptation of the classic Winnie the Pooh series starring rapper Ol’ Dirty Bastard as Christopher Robin.Desert Island Picks1. Van Morrison, Astral Weeks 2. Spiritualized, Lazer Guided Melodies 3. Joni Mitchell, Blue 4. American Music Club, Everclear 5. Pavement, Slanted & Enchanted 6. R.E.M., Fables of the Reconstruction 7. The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin 8. Mercury Rev, See You on the Other Side 9. Galaxie 500, On Fire 10. Prince & the Revolution, Purple Rain 11. Talk Talk, Laughing Stock 12. Nick Drake, Bryter Layter 13. Red House Painters, Red House Painters I 14. Bark Psychosis, Hex 15. Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 16. The Jesus and Mary Chain, Psychocandy 17. The Blue Nile, Hats 18. The Rolling Stones, Let It Bleed 19. The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground 20. My Bloody Valentine, Loveless 21. A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector 22. Love, Forever Changes 23. Hüsker Dü, New Day Rising 24. The Beatles, Abbey Road 25. Main, Dry Stone Feed