I like to take credit for my friend MacKenzie's outrageous success as a rock-and-roll journalist with extra rock. 

See, in high school, I used to tell her that her record and concert reviews for the school paper were so good - way better than everyone else's - that she simply had to do it professionally.  So she did.

The truth is, she's just got the chops and the determination to succeed.  Her writing credits include Bust, the Detroit Metro Times, and her day job at All Music Guide.

She also has a rad new blog called MacKenzieLand that covers many of the world's most important things:  Music, Michigan Sports, Music, Pop Culture, and more Music.  Highly recommended.

Where else can you get a mixtape playlist of the all-time greatest Christmas rock songs, complete with stop-motion Rudolph illustration?