so i’ve just finished the third revision of my top 100 albums list — which to avoid confusion/arguments is a personal selection, not an attempt at a best of all time list — and to build some interest/excitement in the list beyond myself and the 1-2 other people that have traditionally cared about this i’ve [...]

mp3: relation – here comes your man
relation’s cover of “here comes your man” sounds more inspired by the decade that produced doolittle than the song itself… but it’s still an interesting, if unexpected, approach.

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i’ve slowly begun working on the third revision of my personal top 100 albums list. as planned, this year i am making the transition to a one album per artist limit… which has automatically disqualified twenty excellent albums from last year’s list (see below). this has been a hard step for me to take, but [...]

i’ve finalized volume two of my top 100 albums list at last! check out the opening tracks of my top ten albums below and then check out the full list… plain text here… and/or a graphic version here (pdf, 3.8mb).

1) the natural bridge (1996) — [buy it]
mp3: silver jews – how [...]

i saw indiana jones 4 last weekend for my sister’s birthday. i wasn’t really expecting anything, so i can’t say i was disapointed, but it’s probably not something i’d be interested in seeing again anytime in the next 5-10 years.
i guess my main problem is one of suspension of disbelief. i’m willing to accept that [...]

i just saw penelope and it was pretty cool. obviously nothing mind blowing, but still fairly entertaining. some very loosely related songs….
mp3: wolf parade – it’s a curse [link expired]from 2004 wolf parade ep #2, [self-released, out of print]
mp3: sebadoh – the freed pig [link expired]from sebadoh iii [buy]
mp3: sparklehorse – pig [link expired]from [...]

mp3: tv on the radio – mr. grieves [link expired]………. [buy young liars]
mp3: pixies – mr. grieves (live 8/10/89) [link expired]……… [buy doolittle]
a friend of mine just compiled his own top 100 list and selected tv on the radio’s desperate youth, bloodthirsty babes as his #1 album. i am so unfamiliar with [...]

i just saw an old episode of later with jools holland in which k.d. lang makes some horrible attempt to cover leonard cohen’s “hallelujah”. i remember being pretty disappointed by the artists covering cohen for the i’m your man tribute concert, but none of them were as bad as this. beyond the fact that [...]