Monday, February 01, 2010
Ten Best Albums 2001
Diane Cluck - Macy's Day Bird Death Cab for Cutie - The Photo Album Ben Folds - Rockin' The Suburbs Jeff Mangum - Live At Jittery Joe's Beulah The Coast Is never Clear The Frames - For The Birds Microphones - Glow, Pt 2 I Am The World Trade Center - Out of the Loop Ted Leo/Pharmacist - The Tyranny of Distance White Strips - White Blood Cell Honorably MentionJosh Ritter - Golden age of Radio M. Ward - End of Amnesia EPApples in Stereo - Let's Go Belle & Sebastian - Sing Jonathan David Stillwater Labels: 2001, album, Best of, best of 2001, list, music, tag overload
- Rich,
1:50 PM
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Ten Best Albums 2000
This list is in no order. Belle & Sebastian - Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant Diane Cluck - Diane Cluck Mates of States - My Solo Project Harvey Danger - King James Version Mirah - You Think It's Like This But You Really Like It Neko Case - Furnace Room Lullaby The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic Wolf Colonel - The Castle Death Cab For Cutie - We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes The Mountain Goats - The Coroner's Gambit Honorable MentionThe Strokes - Is This It? Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue Volume 2 Johnny Cash - American III - Solitary Man Songs: Ohia - The Lioness Josh Ritter - Josh Ritter Radiohead - Kid A Richard Ashcroft - Alone WIth Everybody Robin Hitchcock - Robyn Sings Songs: Ohia - Protection Spells Wesley Wills - Rush Hour Be Good Tanyas - Blue Horse Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP EP Belle & Sebastian - Legal Man They Might Be Giants - Working Undercover for the Man Labels: 2000s, album, Best of, Best of 2000, best of 2000s, list, music
- Rich,
3:40 PM
Best Albums of the Decade
This is the plan. I am going to post my list of the ten best from year year of the decade. I am going to start with 2000 as the first year. I know there are technical reasons that decade starts in 2001, but I think decades also have social starts also. I am picking February 19, 2000 as the start of the decade. It is the day that George W. Bush beat John McCain in the South Carolina Republican Presidential Primary. I think that date opens the door for everything else that happens in the 2000s. That is besides the point. After I make the top ten list every year, I am going to make my overall list for the 100 best albums of the decade. Yes, there are some albums that might be honorable mention one year, but beat out an album from another year. Let me know what you think. Labels: 2000s, album, Best of, best of 2000s, list, music
- Rich,
1:41 PM
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Best Days of the Decade
A few days ago I posted my best day of 2009. This got me to think about the best days of the '00s. Here is the list that is popping my head. My wedding day The Phillies Winning the World Series My First date with Kate When I went from A temp to a permanent Employee At TiVo Eric hosting my 30th birthday Party The TiVo Picnic-Open House Asking Kate to marry me on the Burnside Bridge My First Raise at TiVo The Project Review of the 3.2 TiVo Software The first baseball game Kate and I went to together Finishing my First Nanowrimo novel Going to Prague on my own. Sailing Around San Francisco Bay with Bullwinkle Kate meeting my parents Me meeting Kate's parents Going to the Site of the First Olympics with Sean and his family. My first Phillies at Citizens Bank Park When I insisted Kate move in with me The first bonus I got at TiVo Going to the Philadelphia Zoo with Ruth, Charlie, and Kathy Getting the offer from VuDu My Second Date with Abigail Going to the SF Zoo for Kate's Birthday My interview at SlingMedia My Birthday At the Phillies Game/My Last Game at the VET. Labels: best day of the decade, best day of the year, Best of, best of 2000s, tag overload
- Rich,
10:14 AM
Friday, December 11, 2009
Best of the decade
 Here is the e-music best of the decade list. I know this list is to sell albums. That means anything not on eMusic will not be on the list. I am not sure how The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts did not make this list, It is one of my top of the decade. My top selections from this list 96. For The Birds by The Frames 76. The Execution of All Things by Rilo Kiley 59. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver 47. Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend 41. Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? by of Montreal 38. The Glow Part 2 by The Microphones 30. Actor by St. Vincent 27. I Am A Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons 23. The Moon & Antarctica by Modest Mouse 19. Destroyer's Rubies by Destroyer 1. Is This It by The Strokes Labels: Best of, best of 2000s, best of decade, eMusic, list, music, tag overload
- Rich,
2:38 PM
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Wrapping up the decade
I have been taking part in Aught Music blog. It is an music blog put together by Jeremy Bushnell. The point is for people to write little love notes or appreciations for the songs of the last decade. The project is broken up to be done year by year. We have just finished up 2000. I am sending my posts for 2001 songs that will be posted over the next couple of weeks. If you like you can see my posts. I would suggest looking through all the posts. There is a lot to look at there. I would recommend it all. Labels: 2000s, Best of, best of decade, blog, music, song
- Rich,
3:36 PM
Monday, January 05, 2009
best photo of 2008
 On flickr I made a set of the best photos I took in 2008. Above is the mosaic of the photos. I have not decided which one is the best yet. If you have any ideas please let me know. I am trying to pick the one that is the best for photographic reasons, not sentimental reasons. This year that might be really hard. That is why I need some outside input. Labels: 2008, Best of, best of 2008, flickr, flickrpost
- Rich,
8:51 AM
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Best Albums of this decade
 Is it too early for me to be thinking about the best albums of the 00 decade? I hope not, because I have been thinking about them for a while. I know that if I do not think about this list now, I will never get the list done in a reasonable time. The funny thing, this is the decade that I have been the most interested in music. In the 80s I was very young when it started and could not find music for myself. In the 90s I was very connected to music while I was in college, but after that I all but forgot about music. By the end of the decade I was not listening to anything. Because of the internet, iPods, and blogs, I really connected to music early in this decade. It has been a great decade for music. There are a lot of bands that I know of that I doubt I would have heard of in former decades. It is true that the music industry has also changed in this time. These bands might have been signed in the past. I have started working on my list of the best albums from this decade. So far the list has over 100 albums on it. Those are just albums which I have tracks from on my laptop. I think the list will get bigger as I look at all the albums from the decade. I know there are things I must be forgetting. Of course this means I still listen to albums. I am not sure how many other people are still listening to albums. I keep on hearing how albums are going away, but I have not see it yet. The bands I listen to are still putting out albums. It might be a little while longer before they go away. This might be the last decade for a list like this. Let me know if you want to do this as a project. I want to know if I can get lists from enough people so I can give more than just my ranking. Is anyone else going to make a list of the best albums from the 00's? How many albums will you put on your list? How detailed are you going to be about the ranking? Update: I am defining the decade at 2000-2009. I know the whole zero year thing is in play, but I think it is esthetically better to start on 2000. Labels: album, Best of, best of decade, flickrpost, music
- Rich,
3:30 PM
Monday, February 11, 2008
Past end of year mixes
Here are a few of my best of the year mixes. I am not sure what you can learn about my by looking at these links. I think that you can learn something about me by looking at my musical tastes. Best of 2003, Best of 2004 Best of 2005, Best of 2006. Labels: Best of, best of 2004, best of 2005, best of 2006, best of CD Challange, link, mix, mixcd, music
- Rich,
10:02 PM
Friday, January 13, 2006
Best of 2004
That is right, this is my best of 2004 listing. I noticed that I never put my best of 2004 mixes up on the web last year. I just wanted to do this while I worked on my best of 2005 mix. I hope you enjoy these year old best of mix. Thanks Chemical No 4 (and other Ingredients of life) Best of 2004 1. Somebody Told Me The Killers 2. The Good Times Are Killing Me Modest Mouse 3. The Rat The Walkmen 4. Cmere Interpol 5. Company In My Back Wilco 6. Miracle Drug A.C. Newman 7. Wonderful Beta Band 8. Autumns Child Devendra Banhart 9. German Test Drive - Spymob 10. Blinded By The Lights The Streets 11. Barfly Blues The Hold Steady 12. Cassiopia Joanna Newsome 13. Yr Million Sweetnesses Diane Cluck 14. Dear Landlord Mirah with the Black Cat Orchestra 15. Terrible Angels - CocoRosie 16. Against All Odds The Postal Service 17. Mad World Gary Jules 18. Where Is The Line - Bjork 19. High Speed Train R.E.M. 20. Another Day - AIR 21. Range Life (L.A.s Desert Origins) Pavement I did not expect to hear that - New To Me 2004 1. Ink & Needles Diane Cluck 2. So Much Water M. Ward 3. Let A Good Thing Go Gemma Hayes 4. Mass Romantic The New Pornographers 5. Please Apples In Stereo 6. Venus Stop The Train - Wilco 7. 405 Death Cab For Cutie 8. Central Reservation Beth Orton 9. Denver The Beauty Shop 10. Already Dead Beck 11. Symbolistic White Walls Matthew Good Band 12. Slob - Weezer 13. I Wouldnt Go Out With Me Either - Viewfinder 14. Love Athena Olivia Tremor Control 15. Just Like Henry Dressy Bessy 16. Brainwashed George Harrison 17. Happiness Whistler 18. The Aristocratic Swells Beulah 19. Battlefield Nurse Diane Cluck Labels: 2004, Best of, best of 2004, best of CD Challange, cd, mixcd, music, tag overload
- Rich,
12:02 AM
Monday, January 09, 2006
raccoon best music of 2005
Speaking of the best music of 2005, Jeremy has posted his list of the the top ten albums of 2005. Jeremy's taste are not like most of the people I know. Jeremy has always sent me his best of 2005 mixes. I should post the track lists of the mixes if he does not. Labels: 2005, Best of, best of 2005, music
- Rich,
8:36 PM
eMusic Best of 2005
One of the main places I found music in 2005 was eMusic. I love eMusic because it has a lot of odd stuff. They are carving out a place as the best place for indie rock and indie pop on the internet. Lots of the songs from my best of 2005 mix will be from eMusic. I would have never listened to Spoon - Gimme Fiction if it was not for eMusic. The writers at eMusic are posting the list of Best Albums of 2005: 10-1. It is a pretty interesting list. I think by looking at this list the other lists you can get a good idea of what you can get from eMusic. Labels: 2005, Best of, best of 2005, eMusic, music, Spoon
- Rich,
6:19 PM
Saturday, December 29, 2001
More Music
Jeremy saw the entry where I say he is one of my musical influences and my album of the year entry. He sent me his top ten list for 2001. From his web log he links to the best of the 2001 lists at Othermusic.com. I am happy to say Ben Folds - Rockin' The Suburbs is not on any of their lists. Labels: 2001, Best of, best of 2001, Jerery P Bushnell, list, music, other music
- Rich,
10:43 AM
Thursday, December 27, 2001
Year End Music
It is the time of the year that everyone makes there best of lists for music. I used to be really into these kinds of lists. I would always be disappointed when the bands and records would be passed over. I was hoping that people would see the same things in this music that I saw. I would make my own top list. Maybe if I made my old top 10 list of that year's records people would see what I saw in those records. I would send the list to my friends and e-mail it to other people. I would not get much response. The people that knew me would say that the list matched what they expected from me. I still love music. I listen to about two hours of music a day, but I no longer care about new music. I have no interest in following around new music. I cannot keep up with that treadmill. I just look for things that I like and listen to them. Most of the new music I hear does not hold my interest very long. I do not connect with it. I did not buy many CDs in the past year. I spend most of my time downloading songs from Napster, listening to all those songs once Napster closed down, and making CDs of those songs. I bought a couple of CDs, but it was mostly old stuff that had been popping around my head. I bought stuff like old R.E.M. and Smiths albums that I crave hearing every once in a while or stuff I missed the first time around like Belle and Sebastian or Neutral Milk Hotel. There was one new CD that I bought this year. It is a CD that has been spinning around my CD player since I got it. I do not think I have gone a week without listening to it. I would like to declare Ben Folds Rockin' The Suburbs the album of the year. It is hard for me to express how good I think this album is. It is one of the best things that I have heard in years. It is an album that should be admired for both its sound and lyrics. It has all of Ben Folds trademark piano playing, but you do not feel like you have heard it all before. It is an album that moves slowly over a landscape of ideas, constructing a coherent world of thoughts and feelings. What I like about Ben Folds is that I feel that he is a guy about my age write songs about things people my age should care about. I do not feel that I am listening to people who are ten years older or younger then me. His songs make sense to me. I can understand what he is getting at. I think there is both an intent and texture to the songs that fit into my life. I think that this is a great album, but I have a hard time seeing my friends really embrace it. I do not think they have the kind of patience that this album need. It is full of songs that need to be discovered one my one. I think most of my friends do not like albums that unfold that way. Labels: 2001, Belle and Sebastian, Ben Folds, Best of, bestof2001, music, Napster, Neutral Milk Hotel, R.E.M., tag overload
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