When the MTV News camera crew visited our apartment to tape a segment about Ruined Music, the producer had us sit on the stoop and tell the camera what we’d learned about relationships from running this website. “Has it made you cynical?” he asked. “Is there no such thing as a happy ending? Does love [...]

Ruined Music: the coda

“Come here. You’ve got to hear this song – it’s my favorite. You know Phil Collins, right?” Mark clicked through his iTunes library, finally landing on “Sussudio.”
It was getting late, probably around three in the morning. The party downstairs was starting to die down. This boy was irresistible.
It was late September of my freshman year [...]

U.K. band Shrag’s “Forty-Five 45s” is the closest we’ve come to finding a theme song for Ruined Music. Helen Shrag tells all.

Congratulations to the winners of our Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist soundtrack giveaway contest!

Amelia Penner took her dream date to the prom – and that’s when the nightmare began.

Win a copy of the “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist” soundtrack. Contest deadline: October 7.

When you live above a bar, you live with the bar’s favorite song. Chuck Meyers tells a cautionary tale.

Barack Obama seems like a nice man. Why does he make me think about John Mayer?

Introducing a new game: the Ruined Music Shuffle Scuffle. Grab your headphones, a calculator and possibly a box of tissues.