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That’s a cool thing, right? The kids are into it, I’ve heard.
Watch out for wayward Star Children
If you’re the sort of person who enjoys reading other people’s opinions- and I know you are!- you might be interested to know that the GDTS Best of 2009 list has been posted for your reading pleasure.
You can hit this link right here for an obscenely long list of albums, plus descriptions of the top 10, just in case you forgot how awesome they were.
Also available over on the sidebar are the Best of… lists from 2007 and 2008, if you care to visit those olden days.
Finally, coming soon will be a list of the top 50 albums of the decade. Because, well, when you’re in list-making mode, why stop? And it’s fun to look back and see what came out this decade. 2001′s How I Spent My Summer Vacation seems like a long-ass time ago, huh?
Here’s to 2010!
Yeah, this blog has fallen into bad disrepair. But I am going to bring it back to the juggernaut you all know and love. I still have music to gush over in a fanboyish manner! Such as:
So yeah, stay tuned, true believers. Excelsior!
Well, the holidays are upon us, and as a result, I’ll be away for some time. So, in keeping with the spirit of the times, I’ll suggest some albums for the holiday season.
I might add some more here if I think of them. So happy holidays to everyone! We’ll meet again after the Bosstones’ Hometown Throwdown!
I was driving around this weekend, and thinking about the “X stars” system of ratings albums/movies/etc. I wasn’t pleased with it, as I feel the whole giving numbers to these things is pretty arbitrary. Why not give something more concrete? I was thinking it would be way more useful to tell people whether or not, in no uncertain terms, the album is worth buying, downloading, etc. However you choose to get it, is it worth it. So I’m going to move away from the stars/numerical rating system.
So said the Replacements to their producer when they switched instruments and recorded the raucous album opener, “Hootenanny,” when he asked if they wanted to try it again, a bit cleaner.
And so it goes for this blog; one take, no regrets, no looking back. Of course, the Replacements got more polished as their career went on, and hell, it could happen here. For now, though, this is going to be some rough, perhaps sloppy, and certainly not “professional” talk about music. I’m just a fan, like any of you, and I want to talk about the music that means a lot to me.
So welcome aboard!