tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90445192240725616882024-03-13T23:17:22.515-07:00Mindless rantings of a music loving beer snobDave Polakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00965694801797774583noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044519224072561688.post-60771282702255338022017-12-30T18:54:00.000-08:002017-12-30T19:00:29.307-08:00<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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10 Records of 2017</b></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Felicia
Atkinson – <i>Hand in Hand</i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Esmerine
– <i>Mechanics of Dominion</i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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– <i>A flame my love, a frequency</i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Des Yeux – <i>Reaching for Indigo</i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lee Owens – <i>s/t</i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Kelela
– <i>Take Me Apart</i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Zola
Jesus - <i>Okovi</i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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- <i>Ash</i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sudan
Archives – <i>s/t</i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Irreversable
Intanglements – <i>s/t</i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Bonus
100 records I really enjoyed from 2017</b></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Aida
Victoria – <i>Beyond the Bloodhounds</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Áine
O'Dwyer - <i>Gegenschein</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Akira
Rabelais – <i>Spellewauerynsherde</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Alan
Vega – <i>IT</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Alessandro
Cortini & Merzbow – <i>s/t</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Alice
Coltrane Turiyasangitananda - <i>The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane
Turiyasangitananda</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Aldous
Harding - <i>Party</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Angel
Olsen - <i>Phases</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Arca
- <i>Arca</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Arve
Henriksen - <i>Towards Language</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Avec Le Soleil Sortant De Sa Bouche - <i>Pas Pire pop, I love you so much</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ben
Frost - <i>The Centre Cannot Hold</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bérangère
Maximin – <i>Frozen Remains</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bill
Brovold and Jamie Saft – <i>Serenity Knolls</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bjork
– <i>Utopia</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Broken
Social Scene – <i>Hug of Thunder</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Brooklyn
Raga Massive – <i>Terry Riley In C</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">C.
Spencer Yeh – <i>The RCA Mark II</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Can
– <i>Singles</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Carmen
Villain – <i>Infinite Avenue</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cécile
McLorin Salvant – <i>Dreams and Daggers</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Charlemagne
Palestine - <i>Strumming Music</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Charlemagne
Palestine and Grumbling Fur Time Machine - <i>Omminggg And Schlomminggg</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Charlotte
Gainsbourg - <i>Rest</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Colin
Stetson - <i>All This I Do For Glory</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cosey
Fanni Tutti - <i>Time To Tell</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dave
Douglas – <i>Little Giant Still Life</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Deradoorian
– <i>Eternal Recurrence</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dhani
Harrison – <i>IN//PARALLEL</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Diamanda
Galás - <i>All The Way</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Diamanda
Galás - <i>At Saint Thomas the Apostle Harlem</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Do
Make Say Think - <i>Stubborn Persistent Illusions</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ellen
Arkbro – <i>For Organ and Bass</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Elliott
Sharp with Mary Halvorson and Marc Ribot – <i>Err Guitar</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Emika
- <i>Melanfonie</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ex
Eye - <i>s/t</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fred
Frith & Hans Koch – <i>You Are Here</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Grizzly
Bear - <i>Painted Ruins</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Gas
– <i>Narkopop</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Godspeed
You! Black Emperor – <i>Luciferian Towers</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Helena
Hauff – <i>Have You Been There, Have You Seen It</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hélène
Breschand & Elliott Sharp – <i>Chansons Du Crépuscule</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ian
William Craig - <i>Slow Vessels</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">James
Holden & The Animal Spirits – <i>The Animal Spirits</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jessica Moss - <i>Pools of Light</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Julie
Byrne – <i>Not Even Happiness</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Julien
Baker – <i>Turn Out the Lights</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Kaleema
- <i>Nomada</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Keiji
Haino - <i>Watashi Dake?</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Keiji
Haino, Jim O’Rourke, and Oren Ambarchi – <i>The Dazzling, Genuine
“Difference” Now Where Shall it Go?</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Konrad
Sprenger – <i>Stack Music</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Laetitia
Sadier Source Ensemble - <i>Find Me Finding You</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Laibach
- <i>Also Sprach Zarathustra</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Laraaji -
<i>Bring On the Sun / Sun Gong</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Laurel
Halo – <i>Dust</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lee
Ranaldo - <i>Electric Trim</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Loren
Connors – <i>Evangeline</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Maggie
Rogers – <i>Now That the Light is Fading</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Marissa
Nadler - <i>Leave the Light On: Bedroom Recordings</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Marvin
Pontiac – <i>The Asylum Tapes</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mary
Lattimore - <i>Collected Pieces</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mary
Ocher – <i>The West Against the People</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Merzbow
-<i>Pornoise 1 KG</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Merzbow / Keiji Haino / Balázs Pándi – <i>An Untroublesome Defencelessness</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Neil
Young – <i>Hitchhiker</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nimesh
- <i>Pharma</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ninos
Du Brasil – <i>Vida Eterna</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Noveller
- <i>A Pink Sunset For No One</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oiseaux-Tempête - <i>A L - ' A N ! الآن</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Olga
Wojciechowska – <i>Maps and Mazes</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pere
Ubu - <i>20 Years In a Montana Missile Silo</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Phew
– <i>Light Sleep</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Prurient
– <i>Rainbow Mirror</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Roscoe
Mitchell – <i>Bells for the South Side</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Royal
Trux - <i>Platinum Tips and Ice Cream</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ryuichi
Sakamoto - <i>async</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Saicobab
- <i>Sab Se Purani Bab</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Splice
Girls – <i>Spliceworld</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">St.
Vincent – <i>Masseduction</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Stars
– <i>There Is No Love in Fluorescent Light</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The
Bug vs Earth - <i>Concrete Desert</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The
Caretaker - <i>Everywhere at the end of time - Stage 2</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The
Caretaker - <i>Everywhere at the end of time - Stage 3</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The
Magnetic Fields - <i>50 Song Memoir</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The
National – <i>Sleep Well Beast</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The
Sun Ra Arkestra - <i>Singles Volume 2: The Definitive 45s Collection
1962-1991</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thurston
Moore - <i>Rock’n’Roll Consciousness</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tiger
Village - <i>Fade</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tom
Rogerson with Brian Eno – <i>Finding Shore</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tony
Conrad – <i>Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Waclaw
Zimpel - <i>2</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Washed
Out – <i>Mister Mellow</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">William
Basinski - <i>A Shadow In Time</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">William
Eggleston – <i>Musik</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Xordox
- <i>Neospection</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yves
Tumor – <i>Experiencing the Deposit of Faith</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">[V/A]
- <i>Mono No Aware</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">[V/A]
– <i>The Killing of a Sacred Deer OST</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">[V/A]
- <i>Twin Peaks Limited Event Series Soundtrack Score</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">[V/A]
- <i>Twin Peaks Music from the Limited Event Series</i></span></li>
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most accounts 2016 was a shit year. From the deaths of musicians that
shaped the way we listen to music to our own personal losses and
struggles, most of us are glad to put this year to rest. With all the
deaths in music from David Bowie to Leonard Cohen to Pauline
Oliveros, whose music deeply and profoundly changed the way I listen,
there was still a lot of great music released in 2016. These lists
can easily get out of hand, so I limited myself to 13 of my
favourites from this year. I could have easily made this list 25, 50,
or even 100 albums long, but I chose to keep it brief. These
following records, for one reason or another, got me through the
year. A dark list? Perhaps.
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Stetson - Sorrow</span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Maja
Ratkje - <i>Crepuscular Hour</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jenny
Hval – <i>Blood Bitch</i></span><br />
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Bowie – <i>Blackstar</i></span><br />
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Cohen – <i>You Want it Darker</i></span><br />
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Lewis – <i>Too</i></span><br />
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Olsen – <i>My Woman</i></span><br />
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McCann – <i>Music for Public Ensemble</i></span><br />
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Cave and the Bad Seeds – </span><span style="color: black;"><i>Skeleton
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Blood – <i>Front Row Seat to Earth</i></span><br />
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William Craig - <i>Centres</i></span><br />
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Dave Polakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00965694801797774583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044519224072561688.post-44258971688514621252016-01-03T13:16:00.000-08:002016-01-03T13:16:39.506-08:00My Favorite Records of 2015<div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
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year I decided to narrow down my list a bit. Below are my 33 favorite
records of 2015 with #1 being my absolute favorite. All of them are
exceptional and are well worth a listen. They only represent a
fraction of what I purchased and listened to throughout the year but
for one reason or another somehow stood out. The list represents a
combination of LPs, downloads, and compact cassettes. </span></span>
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Herndon – <i>Platform</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;"><i><span style="text-align: center;">Felica
Atkinson – </span><i style="text-align: center;">A Readymade Ceremony</i></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Jenny
Hval – <i>Apocalypse Girl</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Mette
Henriette – <i>S/T</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">FKA
twigs – <i>M3LL155X</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Colin
Stetson and Sarah Neufeld – <i>Never were the way she was</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Lucrecia
Dalt – <i>Ou</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Matana
Roberts – <i>Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Julia
Holter – <i>Have You in My Wilderness</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Circuit
des Yeux – <i>In Plain Speech</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Bjork
– <i>Vulnicura</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">D'Angelo
and the Vanguard – <i>Black Messiah</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Colleen
– <i>Captain of None</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Ibeyi
– <i>S/T</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Laurie
Anderson – <i>Heart of a Dog</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">GABI
– <i>Sympathy</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Carter
Tutti Void – <i>f(x)</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Chrstina
Vantzou – <i>No. 3</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Darius
Jones Quartet featuring Emilie Lesbros - <i>Le bébé de Brigitte
(Lost in Translation)</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Akira
Sakata & Jim O'Rourke with Chikamorachi & Merzbow – <i>Flying
Basket</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Godspeed
You! Black Emperor – <i>Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Via
Tania and the Tomorrow Music Orchestra</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Dave
Douglas – <i>High Risk</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="profile_title"></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
Revolutionary Army Of The Infant Jesus – <i>Beauty Will Save The
World</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Deradoorian
– <i>The Expanding Flower Planet</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Tiger
Village – <i>In Stereo</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">ZS
– <i>Xe</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Rrose
– <i>Having Never Written A Note for Percussion</i></span></span></div>
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House – <i>Thank Your Lucky Stars</i></span></span></div>
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Kashkashian / Sarah Rothenberg / Steven Schick / Robert Simpson -
<i>Rothko Chapel: Morton Feldman, Erik Satie, John Cage</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">King
Midas Sound & Fennesz – <i>Edition 1</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue LT Std;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Milford
Graves & Bill Laswell – <i>The Stone</i></span></span></div>
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Saunders – <i>Y Dydd Olaf</i></span></span></div>
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Dave Polakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00965694801797774583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044519224072561688.post-80370898046549529242015-01-15T08:21:00.002-08:002015-01-15T08:21:37.907-08:00My Favorite Films of 2014<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My
10 favorite films of 2014 in general release:</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<ol>
<li value="1"><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Nymphomaniac</i>,
d. Lars von Trier</span></div>
</li>
<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Birdman</i>,
d. Alejandro González Iñárritu</span></div>
</li>
<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Only
Lovers Left Alive,</i> d. Jim Jarmusch</span></div>
</li>
<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The
Double</i>, d. Richard Ayoade</span></div>
</li>
<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Mood
Indigo</i>, d. Michel Gondry</span></div>
</li>
<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Under
the Skin</i>, d. Jonathan Glazer</span></div>
</li>
<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Grand
Budapest Hotel</i>, d. Wes Anderson</span></div>
</li>
<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Boyhood</i>,
d. Richard Linklater</span></div>
</li>
<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Interstellar</i>,
d. Christopher Nolan</span></div>
</li>
<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Inherent
Vice</i>, d. Paul Thomas Anderson</span></div>
</li>
</ol>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My
5 favorite festival films:</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
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<ol>
<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Kertu
(Love Is Blind)</i>, d. Ilmar Raag (Estonia)</span></div>
</li>
<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Chce
sie zyc (Life Feels Good)</i>, d. Maciej Pieprzyca (Poland)</span></div>
</li>
<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Lagerfeuer
(West)</i>, d. Christian Schwochow (Germany)</span></div>
</li>
<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Brma
paemnebi (Blind Dates)</i>, d. Levan Koguashvili (Georgia)</span></div>
</li>
<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Razredni
sovraznik (Class Enemy)</i>, d. Rok Bicek (Slovenia)</span></div>
</li>
</ol>
Dave Polakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00965694801797774583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044519224072561688.post-59233394036513302202014-12-24T09:03:00.001-08:002014-12-26T16:53:44.764-08:00My Favorite Records of 2014<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Below
are my 75 favorite albums of 2014 followed by my 10 favorite reissues
/ archival etc. Both lists are in some semblance of order with 1
being the best. They were made completely from memory, so if I forgot
something it obviously didn't make enough of an impression on me to
make the top 75. Also I decided to start off with my favorite song(s)
of the year. Both are from the same artist and one is from a 2 song EP
and the other was a digital single. Since they are not on my album
lists and they are extremely good (and relevant to today) I decided to include
them. And now, the lists.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>My
favorite song(s) of the year:</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Holly
Herndon – <i>Chorus</i> and <i>Home</i></span></div>
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75 favorite albums of 2014:</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Jenny
Hval & Susanna – <i>Meshes of Voice</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Angel
Olsen – <i>Burn Your Fire for No Witness</i></span></div>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">FKA
Twigs – <i>LP1</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Grouper
– <i>Ruins</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Vicky
Chow – <i>Tristan Perich: Surface Image</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Klara
Lewis – <i>Ett</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Inga
Copeland – <i>Because I'm Worth It</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Carla
Bozulich – <i>Boy</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Fatima
Al Qadiri – <i>Asiatisch</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Cœur
de Pirate – <i>Trauma</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">OOIOO
– <i>Gamel</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Christian
Fennesz – <i>Bécs</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ben
Frost –<i> A U R O R A</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ian
William Craig – <i>A Turn of Breath</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Weyes
Blood – <i>The Innocents</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The
Bug – <i>Angels & Devils</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Dean
Blunt – <i>Black Metal</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Nels
Cline Singers – <i>Macroscope</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Zeitkratzer
- <i>Metal Machine Music: First Full Instrumental Version</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Nurse
with Wound – <i>Contrary Motion</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Zola
Jesus – <i>Taiga</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Marissa
Nadler – <i>July</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Marianne
Faithfull – <i>Give My Love to London</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Daniel
Lanois – <i>Flesh and Machine</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">St.
Vincent – <i>S/T</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Maxwell
August Croy & Sean McCann – <i>I</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Cibo
Matto – <i>Hotel Valentine</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Giant
Claw – <i>Dark Web</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ginger
Baker – <i>Why?</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Neneh
Cherry – <i>Blank Project</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Michael
Pisaro – <i>Continuum Unbound</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Pye
Corner Audio – <i>Black Mill Tapes, Volumes 3 & 4</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Oren
Ambarchi / Keiji Haino / Jim O'Rourke - <i>Only Wanting to Melt
Beautifully Away Is It a Lack of Contentment That Stirs Affection
for Those Things Said to Be as of Yet Unseen</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Bill
Frisell – <i>Guitar in the Space Age!</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Aidan
Baker – <i>Triptychs: Variations on a Melody</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Aphex
Twin – <i>Syro</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Tiger
Village – <i>V</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Negra
Branca – <i>N B </i></span>
</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Beck
– <i>Morning Phase</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Spoon
– <i>They Want My Soul</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ken
Vandermark – <i>Nine Ways to Read a Bridge</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Peter
Buck – <i>I Am Back to Blow Your Mind Once Again</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Thee
Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra – <i>Fuck Off Get Free We Pour
Light On Everything</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">EMA
– <i>The Future's Void</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Les
Cousins Dangereux – <i>CDX</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Thievery
Corporation – <i>Saudade</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">je
suis le petit chevalier – <i>Canada Summer Tape</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ninos
du Brasil – <i>Novos Mystérios</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Röyksopp
& Robyn – <i>Do It Again</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">M.
Geddes Gengras – <i>Ishi</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The
Roots - <i>…And
Then You Shoot Your Cousin</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Nima
– <i>See Feel Reel</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Noveller
& thisquietarmy – <i>Reveries</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Cha
Cha Guitri – <i>French Synthwave St. Etienne 1981</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Supersilent
– <i>12</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Steve
Reich – <i>Radio Rewrite</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Lumen
Drones – <i>S/T</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Burial
Hex – <i>The Hierophant</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Stephen
Vitiello & Steve Roden – <i>The Spaces Contained in Each</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">TCF
– <i>415C47197F78E811FEEB7862288306EC4137FD4EC3DED8B</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Vladislav
Delay – <i>Visa</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Lykke
Li - <i>I Never Learn</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Mono
– <i>Rays of Darkness</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Mono
– <i>The Last Dawn</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Felicita
– <i>Frenemies EP</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Wadada
Leo Smith – <i>The Great Lakes Suite</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Carolina
Eyck & Christopher Tarnow - <i>Improvisations For Theremin &
Piano</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Kevin
Drumm – <i>Trouble</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ólöf
Arnalds– <i>Palme</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Lætitia
Sadier – <i>Something Shines</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">James
Hoff – <i>Blaster</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">She
& Him - <i>Classics</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Cloud
Nothings - <i>Here and Nowhere Else</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Neil
Young – <i>Storytone</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Sia
Furler – <i>1000 Forms of Fear</i></span></div>
</li>
</ol>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>My
10 favorite archival / reissues etc. of 2014:</b></span></div>
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<li value="1"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
Beatles – Mono AAA vinyl</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keith
Jarrett / Charlie Haden / Paul Motian - <i>Hamburg '72</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Henry
Mancini – <i>Fear</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mari
Kodama – <i>Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
Velvet Underground - <i>S/T</i> deluxe edition</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grace
Jones – <i>Nightclubbing</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Craig
Leon - <i>Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Music Vol. 1: Nommos /
Visiting</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Captain
Beefheart – <i>Sun Zoom Spark: 1970 to 1972</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CSNY - <i>1974</i></span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maria
Callas – <i>Pure</i></span></div>
</li>
</ol>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">2013
was another epic year for music. This year represented a shift in the
way I purchase and consume music. While vinyl LPs still make up a
bulk of my purchases and CDs are still a very tiny part, this year I
purchased new music on cassette for the first time in ages. Also,
downloads are now a more viable option with CD quality lossless and
24 bit becoming more widely available thanks to Bandcamp, HDtracks,
Qobuz, and others. I still prefer shopping at traditional brick and
mortar record stores and only prefer downloads when it it is the only
viable option. Now the download sites and labels need to fix pricing.
Something is wrong when the CD costs less than the crappy sounding
MP3. Enough ranting. Onto the lists. I have it divided into three
sections. The first is the 25 best new releases of 2013 in order,
with number 1 being the best. Following that are 75 runner's up, in
alphabetical order. Lastly are 20 reissues/archival/etc. releases,
also in alphabetical order. A couple 2012 releases might have
squeezed in – deal with it. Enjoy.</span></span></span></div>
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25 Best Records of 2013</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">1. Lucrecia
Dalt – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Syzygy</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">2. Aidan
Baker – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Already Drowning</span></i></span></span><br />
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Deer – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Polaraura</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Star – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Seasons of Your Day</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Stetson - </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">New History Warfare 3</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Jesus – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Versions</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Women on the Telephone – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">hour of Lavsan</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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for Peace – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Amok</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Austra
– </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Olympia</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Bargeld & Teho Teardo – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Still Smiling</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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– </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Obsidian</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Black's AlasNoAxis – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Antiheroes</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Blake – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Overgrown</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Dean
Blunt – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">The Redeemer</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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/ Head – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Coming Apart</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">David
Bowie – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">The Next Day</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Deer – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Unseen World</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Harold
Budd – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Jane 1-11</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Shane
Caruth – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Upstream Color OST</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Cave & the Bad Seeds – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Push the Sky Away</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Light Moving – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">S/T</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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des Yeux – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Overdue</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Rosie – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Tales of Grass Widow</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Punk – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Random Access Memories</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Dawn
of Midi – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Dysnomia</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Donelly – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Swan Song Series Vol. 1-4</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Dave
Douglas – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Time Travel</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Kevin
Drumm – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Tannenbaum</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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HD – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Live at the Happy Dog</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Esmerine
– </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Dalmak</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Frisell – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Big Sur</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Group - </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">The Elektrik Karousel</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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– </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Soak</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">M.
Geddes Gengras – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Collected Works Vol. 1: The Moog Years</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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– </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Interiors</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Laurel
Halo – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Chance of Rain</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Françoise
Hardy - </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Message personnel</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Rene
Hell – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Vanilla Call Option</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Robyn
Hitchcock – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Love From London</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Lonnie
Holley - </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Just Before Music</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Je
Suis Le Petit Chevalier - </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Those Vermillion Sands</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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In My Heart - </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Mo7it Al-Mo7it</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Quartet – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Aheym</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Lee – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Ghil</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Natives – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Hummingbird</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Lynch – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">The Big Dream</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Maharaja
Sweets – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Cream Juice</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Cliff
Martinez – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Only God forgives OST</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Mazurek Exploding Star Electro Acoustic Ensemble - </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">The Space Between</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Metheny - </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Tap: John Zorn's Book of Angels, Vol. 20</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Janelle
Monae – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">The Electric Lady</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Thurston
Moore & Loren Connors – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">The Only Way to Go Is Straight Through</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Moore & John Zorn - </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">@</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">My
Bloody Valentine – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">MBV</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">The
National – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Trouble Will Find Me</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Nine
Inch Nails – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Hesitation Marks</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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– </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">No Dreams</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">The
Octopus Project – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Fever Forms</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Okkervil
River – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">The Silver Gymnasium</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Yoko
Ono Plastic Ono Band – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Take Me to the Land of Hell</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Ashley
Paul – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Line the Clouds</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Ranaldo and the Dust – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Last Night on Earth</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Elliott
Sharp Aggregat – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Quintet</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">She
& Him – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Volume 3</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Matthew
Shipp – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Piano Sutras</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Sigur
Rós – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Kveikur</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Small
Black – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Limits of Desire</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Marnie
Stern – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">The Chronicles of Marnia</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">The
Thing – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Boot!</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Ken
Vandermark's Topology / Nonet –</span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> Impressions of Po Music</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Tiger
Village – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Tiger Village IV: Six North</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Mick
Turner – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Don't Tell the Driver</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Vanessa
Paradis – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Love Songs</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Max
Richter - </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Disconnect</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Washed
Out – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Paracosm</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Weekend
– </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Jinx</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Winant – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Five American Percussion Pieces</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Spencer Yeh / Okkyung Lee / Lasse Marhaug - </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Wake Up Awesome</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Yoshihide, Sachiko M, Evan Parker, John Edwards, Tony Marsh, John
Butcher – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Quintet/Sextet</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Basinski – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">The Disintegration Loops</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> Box </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Conet Project: </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Davis – Mono reissues </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Make Say Think – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">S/T</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Drake – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Pink Moon</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Mac – </span></span></span><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Rumours 35th Anniversary Edition</span></span></span></i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Monk - </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Paris 1969</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Dyke Parks – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Song Cycle</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Rozmann – </span><i><span style="color: #ffd966;">Images of the Dream and Death</span></i><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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Dave Polakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00965694801797774583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044519224072561688.post-65109695987727530462013-07-02T08:03:00.000-07:002013-07-02T08:03:00.562-07:00The 10 Best Records for the First Half of 2013<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />So far, 2013 has been a great year for music. I've probably purchased and listened to more music during the first six months of 2013 than any year in recent memory, partly due to my early retirement and Bandcamp. Here is a list in descending order of my 10 favorite records that have been released so far this year.</span></span></span></div>
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2012 I consumed more music than any year in recent memory. It was
tough to narrow it down to 50 albums of new music and 20 reissues
etc. If a couple of the years don’t match up if you look stuff up,
tough. It's my list. The first section has my 50 best new albums,
with the top 10 in numerical order, with 1 being the best, and the
remainder in alphabetical order. I also included a video highlighting each of the top 10. It was too difficult to order all of
them this year. The second section has the 20 best reissues etc. in
alphabetical order. Questions, comments, and criticism are more than
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">1. Neneh
Cherry & The Thing – <i>The Cherry Thing</i></span><br />
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Herndon – <i>Movement</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">6. Valgeir
Sigurðsson – <i>Architecture of Loss</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">8. Godspeed
You! Black Emperor -<i> Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!</i></span><br />
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Maximin – <i>No One Is An Island</i></span><br />
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Darlin – <i>Europe</i></span></div>
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Jarmusch & Jozef Van Wissem -<i> The Mystery of Heaven</i> / <i>Concerning
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />Dave Polakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00965694801797774583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044519224072561688.post-34481337854088393012011-12-05T17:30:00.000-08:002011-12-05T17:51:38.846-08:00<p><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The 50 Best Records of 2011</span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">2011 was a much better year in music than I was expecting. At the beginning of the year there wasn;t a whole lot that I was really looking forward to, but as the year progressed, a lot of good records cam out. Listed below are my top 50 from the past year, with #1 being my absolute favorite. Who could have guessed that Kate Bush would have new music, let alone the best of her career. As usual, most are available on vinyl and should be purchased at </span></span></span><a href="http://www.musicsaves.com/"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Music Saves</span></span></span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> for maximum listening pleasure. And now, the list:</span></span></span></strong></p><ol><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Kate Bush - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">50 Words for Snow</span></span></span></em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Beans, and Hprizm - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Knives from Heaven</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Zola Jesus - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Conatus</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">EMA - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Past Life Martyred Saints</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Tune-Yards - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Whokill</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Tom Waits - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Bad As Me</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">PJ Harvey - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Let England Shake</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">St. Vincent - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Strange Mercy</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">James Blake -</span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> S/T</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">R.E.M. -</span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Collapse Into Now</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">People Like Us - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Welcome Abroad</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Battles - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Gloss Drop</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">TV On the Radio - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Nine Types of Light</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Février - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Lover</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Brian Eno & Rick Holland - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Drums Beween the Bells</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Lykke Li - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Wounded Rhymes</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Dum Dum Girls - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Only in Dreams and He Gets Me High EP</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Beastie Boys - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Hot Sauce Committee Part Two</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Girls -</span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Father, Son, Holy Ghost</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Esmerine - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">La Lechuza</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">M83 - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Wild Nothing - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Gemeni</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Active Child -</span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> You Are All I See</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Black Keys - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">El Camino</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Radiohead - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The King of Limbs</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Austra - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Feel It Break</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Can’t - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Dreams Come True</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Les Cousins Dangereux - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Play “All Sprinkles”</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Washed Out - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Within and Without</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Cults - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">S/T</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Smith Westerns - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Dye It Blonde</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Zomby - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Dedication</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Thurston Moore - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Demolished Thoughts</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Kurt Vile - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Smoke Ring for my Halo</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Feist - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Metals</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">John Maus - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Cœur de Pirate - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Blonde</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Class Actress - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Rapprocher</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Twin Sister - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">In Heaven</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Tennis - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Cape Dory</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Gill Scott-Heron and Jamie XX - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">We’re New Here</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Frankie Rose and the Outs - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">S/T</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Danger Mouse & Danielle Luppi - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Rome</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Okkervil River - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">I Am Very Far</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Efrim Manuel Menuck - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Plays “High Gospel”</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Das Racist - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Relax</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Cloud Nothings - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">S/T</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.- </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">It’s A Corporate World</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Wye Oak - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Civilian</span></span></span></em></li><li><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Daryl Hall - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Laughing Down Crying</span></span></span></em></li></ol><p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Here is the part where I usually list the best reissues and archival recordings. Well, there were some good ones in 2011, but only one really matters - The Beach Boys' </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Smile Sessions</span></span></span></em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">. This has been 40+ years in the making and is worth every penny. Yes, you really do need an entire CD of G</span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">ood Vibrations </span></span></span></em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">outtakes.</span></span> </span></p><p><br /></p>Dave Polakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00965694801797774583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044519224072561688.post-39376422675110252432011-04-19T06:44:00.000-07:002011-04-19T07:51:57.843-07:00<p><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><br /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Record Store Day 2011</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;">Saturday 16 April 2011 was the fourth annual </span><a href="http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Record Store Day</span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;">, my favorite holiday of the year. For those of you out of the loop it is a celebration of independent record stores with a lot of exclusive limited edition releases that sell out in a matter of minutes. In order to get these releases one must line up outside his or her favorite record store well before they open. My day started at 8:00 am when I got up, got ready, and headed out to pick up the </span><a href="http://sweetsweetjulie.tumblr.com/"><span style="color:#ffff00;">most awesome person</span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;"> in all of Cleveland. I picked her up and we headed east to the Waterloo area of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collinwood"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Colinwood</span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;">. But first, we stopped off at the </span><a href="http://www.theroot-cafe.com/"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Root Caf</span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;">é for some much needed coffee. Once we arrived on Waterloo we promptly got in line for the best record store in Cleveland, </span><a href="http://musicsaves.com/"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Music Saves</span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;">. We arrived at approximately 10:30 and there were already around 20 people in line. The store doesn't open until Noon. It was raining and we had one crappy $1.99 umbrella to share between us. We made some small talk with the other folks in line and made another coffee run, this time at the </span><a href="http://artscollinwood.org/cafe/"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Arts Colinwood Café. </span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;"> At 12:00 sharp the store opened and a mad rush of people ran inside. Despite the insanity and huge mass of people in the small store I was able to get almost everything I wanted. The only things I didn't get were the Nirvana EP and the Beach Boy's 78s. I did get some pretty awesome stuff though.</span><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><span style="color:#ffff00;"></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><br /></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;">Sonic Youth </span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;">Whore's Moaning EP</span></em></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_polak/5629393751/" title="RSD 2011-1 by Mmm...Bacon!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5230/5629393751_c58f54033f_m.jpg" width="240" height="236" alt="RSD 2011-1" /></a><span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_polak/5629977248/" title="RSD 2011-2 by Mmm...Bacon!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5069/5629977248_ff39f00808_m.jpg" width="240" height="237" alt="RSD 2011-2" /></a></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;">Grinderman </span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;">Evil</span></em><span style="color:#ffff00;"> 12"</span></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_polak/5629979142/" title="RSD 2011-3 by Mmm...Bacon!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5148/5629979142_e5f8cbda04_m.jpg" width="240" height="230" alt="RSD 2011-3" /></a><span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_polak/5629981376/" title="RSD 2011-4 by Mmm...Bacon!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5023/5629981376_b5a611eb4a_m.jpg" width="234" height="240" alt="RSD 2011-4" /></a></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;">Grinderman </span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;">Palaces of Montezuma</span></em><span style="color:#ffff00;"> 12"</span></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_polak/5629420527/" title="RSD 2011-15 by Mmm...Bacon!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5104/5629420527_35689c9a3b_m.jpg" width="240" height="223" alt="RSD 2011-15" /></a><span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_polak/5629422677/" title="RSD 2011-16 by Mmm...Bacon!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5270/5629422677_8f4d6b2d0b_m.jpg" width="239" height="240" alt="RSD 2011-16" /></a></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;">Television </span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;">Live at the Old Waldorf </span></em><span style="color:#ffff00;">double LP</span></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_polak/5629989672/" title="RSD 2011-9 by Mmm...Bacon!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5029/5629989672_7d0ee3e72f_m.jpg" width="240" height="229" alt="RSD 2011-9" /></a><span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_polak/5629409723/" title="RSD 2011-10 by Mmm...Bacon!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5305/5629409723_e6d3c533be_m.jpg" width="240" height="236" alt="RSD 2011-10" /></a></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;">James Blake's debut self titled double LP</span></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_polak/5629988096/" title="RSD 2011-8 by Mmm...Bacon!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5264/5629988096_015873e245_m.jpg" width="240" height="236" alt="RSD 2011-8" /></a></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;">Shoreway's debut 7" </span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;">Daylight Dream</span></em><span style="color:#ffff00;"> b/w </span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;">Empty Lot</span></em></p><p><em><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_polak/5630009260/" title="RSD 2011-19 by Mmm...Bacon!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5224/5630009260_da93ba39a2_m.jpg" width="240" height="229" alt="RSD 2011-19" /></a><span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_polak/5629429949/" title="RSD 2011-20 by Mmm...Bacon!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5067/5629429949_0d13036ea1_m.jpg" width="240" height="236" alt="RSD 2011-20" /></a><span style="color:#ffff00;"></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><br /></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"></span></em><span style="color:#ffff00;">The Villagers & Charlotte Gainsbourg split 7"</span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><br /></span></em></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_polak/5630013152/" title="RSD 2011-21 by Mmm...Bacon!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5306/5630013152_0d08616954_m.jpg" width="240" height="235" alt="RSD 2011-21" /></a></span></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;">After we got what we wanted, we headed down the street to </span><a href="http://www.bluearrowrecords.com/"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Blue Arrow Records</span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;">, Cleveland's best used record store. Here I picked up a few used records to fill in some holes in my collection. </span></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;">Hall & Oates </span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;">Abandoned Luncheonette</span></em></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_polak/5629403639/" title="RSD 2011-6 by Mmm...Bacon!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5307/5629403639_4a16e0b3ed_m.jpg" width="240" height="226" alt="RSD 2011-6" /></a></span></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;">Fleetwood Mac </span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;">Rumours</span></em></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_polak/5629986474/" title="RSD 2011-7 by Mmm...Bacon!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5185/5629986474_89cbc28af2_m.jpg" width="240" height="224" alt="RSD 2011-7" /></a></span></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;">Henry Mancini </span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;">The Pink Panther OST</span></em></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_polak/5629401409/" title="RSD 2011-5 by Mmm...Bacon!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5267/5629401409_49d81e3028_m.jpg" width="240" height="229" alt="RSD 2011-5" /></a></span></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;">Next, we headed to </span><a href="http://starpopcleveland.com/"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Star Pop Vintage</span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;">. They primarily sell vintage toys and collectibles but do have a small use vinyl section. I picked up Men Without Hats </span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;">Rhythm of Youth</span></em><span style="color:#ffff00;"> for nostalgia reasons. I used to own the cassette in my younger days and thought the vinyl would be a nice addition to my collection.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_polak/5629993124/" title="RSD 2011-11 by Mmm...Bacon!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5065/5629993124_ff983584d9_m.jpg" width="240" height="227" alt="RSD 2011-11" /></a></span></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;">At this point we were getting hungry and needed a cocktail. We headed to the </span><a href="http://beachlandballroom.com/"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Beachland Tavern</span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;"> for </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunch"><span style="color:#ffff00;">brunch</span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;"> where we had some yummy bloody Marys and some delicious food. We then wandered downstairs to </span><a href="http://www.beachlandballroom.com/two3.htm"><span style="color:#ffff00;">This Way Out</span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;"> where I bought a few more records. </span></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;">Sly & The Family Stone </span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;">Greatest Hits</span></em></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_polak/5629994826/" title="RSD 2011-12 by Mmm...Bacon!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5068/5629994826_abee156c11_m.jpg" width="240" height="230" alt="RSD 2011-12" /></a></span></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;">Esquivel </span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;">Strings Aflame</span></em></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_polak/5630005916/" title="RSD 2011-17 by Mmm...Bacon!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5022/5630005916_0377bb9e1c_m.jpg" width="240" height="229" alt="RSD 2011-17" /></a></span></p><p><em><span style="color:#ffff00;">Bonjour Tristesse </span></em><span style="color:#ffff00;">OST. Purchased just for the Saul Bass cover art.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_polak/5629418215/" title="RSD 2011-14 by Mmm...Bacon!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5264/5629418215_d4ec61861e_m.jpg" width="240" height="235" alt="RSD 2011-14" /></a></span></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;">We then stopped by </span><a href="http://nativecleveland.com/"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Native Cleveland</span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;"> and browsed their selection of cool t-shirts and other Cleveland centric goods. I picked up a </span><a href="http://cleclothingco.com/product/p-o-c-mens-womens-asphalt"><span style="color:#ffff00;">P.O.C T-shirt</span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;"> which is pretty fucking cool if you ask me. The rest of the afternoon was spen alternating between Music Saves, The Beachland Tavern, and Blue Arrow records to catch several local bands. At around 8:00 or so we headed up to the Heights and grabbed some dinner at </span><a href="http://www.tommyscoventry.com/"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Tommy's</span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;">. Food was delicious and the milkshakes are the best in Cleveland. Next up was the </span><a href="http://www.grogshop.gs/"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Grog Shop</span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;"> to see </span><a href="http://zolajesus.com/"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Zola Jesus</span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;">. Nika Roza Danilova has one of the best and most powerful voices in music today. The show was amazing. I bought some ore records at the show. </span></p><p><em><span style="color:#ffff00;">LA Vampires Meets Zola Jesus</span></em><span style="color:#ffff00;"> EP</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_polak/5629415355/" title="RSD 2011-13 by Mmm...Bacon!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5266/5629415355_fb1b7c67e0_m.jpg" width="240" height="229" alt="RSD 2011-13" /></a></span></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;">Zola Jesus </span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;">Souer Sewer</span></em><span style="color:#ffff00;"> 7" single</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_polak/5629426693/" title="RSD 2011-18 by Mmm...Bacon!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5106/5629426693_6ff0da9be6_m.jpg" width="240" height="227" alt="RSD 2011-18" /></a></span></p><p><span style="color:#ffff00;">We bumped into several friends during the show and all decided to go to </span><a href="http://lacaveduvin.com/"><span style="color:#ffff00;">La Cave du Vin</span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;"> for a nightcap. I had a </span><a href="http://www.stonebrew.com/og/tasting-notes.asp"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Stone Old Guardian Belgo</span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;"> which was absolutely amazing. A barleywine brewed with a Belgian yeast strain. Great conversations with friends made last call arrive too quickly. Drove back to the west side and ended the long day with side one of Miles Davis' </span><em><a href="http://allmusic.com/album/miles-in-the-sky-bonus-tracks-r137480/review"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Miles in the Sky</span></a></em><span style="color:#ffff00;">. A perfect way to end a perfect day. Now to start counting down to Record Store Day 2012.</span><br /></p>Dave Polakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00965694801797774583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044519224072561688.post-22122945976848070692011-01-26T18:02:00.000-08:002011-01-26T18:24:38.482-08:00<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Fuck the Academy Awards!</span></span></span></b><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Well, it's that time of year again. Awards season. If you know me in real life, you know that I don't give a flying fuck about most of these film awards. It seems like every year there is some new awards show since we don't seem to have enough. The Oscars are the biggest of them all and I do kind of watch them every year. Although recently it has been more as background noise while I follow along on Twitter or some on-line forum making fun of the nominees and the presenters. Every year the ceremony gets longer (10 best picture nominees!?!?!?!) and the films being honored get even more mediocre than in the past. Instead of doing my usual best of list I decided to make my own Academy Awards nominees list. Now obviously I haven't seen every film released last year, or even all the ones I wanted to. I am a film lover but it is impossible to see everything. I know a few key films (</span></span></span><i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Carlos, White Material, Another Year, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Film Socialisme </span></span></span></i><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">to name a few) may have made this list, but I haven't seen them. Most haven't played in Cleveland yet. </span></span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">This list is based on what I have seen and is done completely from memory. I may have liked a film a lot earlier in the year, but if I can't remember fuck all about it now it couldn't have been that good. All of these films have made some kind of impression on me and deserve some recognition. Feel free to list your own picks in the comments. Nominees listed in bold are who I would pick to win. I listed directors next to my best picture nominees as I was too lazy to look up the producers. And remember, fuck the Academy Awards!</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><b><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Best Picture</span></span></b></span><b><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></b><i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> The American</span></span></span></i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">, Anton Corbijn</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span><i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Mother</span></span></span></i><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">, Bong Joon-ho</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span><i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Blue Valentine</span></span></span></i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">, Derek Cianfrance</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span><i><b><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Enter the Void</span></span></span></b></i><b><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">, Gaspar Noé</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></b><i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo</span></span></span></i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">, Niels Arden Oplev</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span><i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> I Am Love</span></span></span></i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">, Luca Guadagnino</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span><i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> A Prophet</span></span></span></i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">, Jacques Audiard</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span><i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Red Riding</span></span></span></i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">:</span></span></span><i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> In the Year of Our Lord 1974</span></span></span></i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">, Julian Jarrold</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span><i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Somewhere</span></span></span></i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">, Sophia Coppola</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span><i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Winter's Bone</span></span></span></i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">, Debra Granik</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><b><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Best Director</span></span></b></span><b><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></b><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Jacques Audiard, </span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">A Prophet</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Derek Cianfrance, </span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Blue Valentine</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Debra Granik, </span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Winter's Bone</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i><b><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Gasper Noé, </span></span></span><i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Enter the Void</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></i></b><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Niels Arden Oplev, </span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo</span></span></span></span></i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><b><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role</span></span></b></span><b><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></b><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Nathaniel Brown, </span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Enter the Void</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> George Clooney, </span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The American</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Stephen Dorff</span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">, Somewhere</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i><b><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Ryan Gosling, </span></span></span><i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Blue Valentine</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></i></b><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Michael Nyqvist, </span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo</span></span></span></span></i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><b><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role</span></span></b></span><b><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></b><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Jennifer Lawrence, </span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Winter's Bone</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Noomi Rapace,</span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Hailee Steinfeld, </span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">True Grit</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i><b><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Tilda Swinton, </span></span></span><i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">I Am Love</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></i></b><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Michelle Williams, </span></span></span><i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Blue Valentine</span></span></span></i></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span></i></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><b><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role</span></span></b></span><b><i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></i></b><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Josh Brolin, </span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">True Grit</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Vincent Cassel</span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">, Black Swan</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i><b><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Bill Murray,</span></span></span><i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Get Low</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></i></b><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Mark Ruffalo,</span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> The Kids Are All Right</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Geoffrey Rush</span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">, The King's Speech</span></span></span></span></i></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span></span></i></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><b><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role</span></span></b></span><b><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></b><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Amy Admas, </span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The Fighter</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Anne-Marie Duff, </span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Nowhere Boy</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i><b><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Barbara Hershey</span></span></span></b><i><b><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">, Black Swan</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></b></i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Paz de la Huerta</span></span></span><i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">, Enter the Void</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Jacki Weaver, </span></span></span><i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Animal Kingdom</span></span></span></i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><b><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Adapted Screenplay</span></span></b></span><b><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></b><b><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Nikolaj Arcel and Rasmus Heisterberg, </span></span></span><i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></i></b><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Joel Cohen and Ethan Cohen, </span></span></span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">True Grit</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, </span></span></span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Winter's Bone</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Robert Harris and Roman Polanski, </span></span></span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The Ghost Writer</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Rowan Joffe, </span></span></span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The American</span></span></span></span></i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><b><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Original Screenplay</span></span></span></b></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></b><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Thomas Bidegain, Jacques Audiard, Abdel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillit, </span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">A Prophet</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></i><b><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Derek Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne and Joey Curtis, </span></span></span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Blue Valentine</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i></b><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Luca Guadagnino, Barbara Alberti, Ivan Cotroneo and Walter Fasano, </span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">I Am Love</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></i><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Lucile Hadzihalilovic and Gaspar Noé , </span></span></span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Enter the Void</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Nicole Holofcener,</span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Please Give</span></span></span></span></span></i><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><b><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Cinematography</span></span></span></b></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></b><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> David Boyd, </span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Get Low</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></i><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Roger Deakins, </span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">True Grit</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></i><b><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Benoît Debie, </span></span></span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Enter the Void</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i></b><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Andrij Parekh, </span></span></span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Blue Valentine</span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Yorick Le Saux, </span></span></span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">I Am Love</span></span></span></span></i></p>Dave Polakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00965694801797774583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044519224072561688.post-57761741633315300412010-12-24T06:27:00.000-08:002010-12-29T10:57:07.425-08:00<p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>The year 2010 in music</strong></span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span></span></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">2010 was one of the best years in music in recent memory. It was so good in fact that doing my usual top 20 proved to be impossible. What I did was pick my top 20 and put them in order with number 1 being my favorite record of 2010, 2 being my second favorite etc. I also included 20 runners up in alphabetical order. Trying to rank them proved to be an exercise in futility. All the records in the list range from excellent to near perfection. The list includes comebacks (Gil Scott-Heron), records from well established bands and a staggering amount of debut records. It will be interesting to see what 2011 brings. As usual almost all were purchased on good old vinyl. The only exceptions are the William Parker and world's end girlfriend albums. I think </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">CDs</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> are pretty much a dead format. I only purchased three in all of 2010 and was given just a few as freebies. Almost all of these selections can be purchased at Music Saves, Cleveland’s best record store. </span></span></span><a href="http://www.musicsaves.com/"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">http://www.musicsaves.com</span></span></span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Big thanks to @</span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">sweetsweetjulie</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> for turning me on to several of these bands and Melanie from Music Saves for tweeting incessantly about the Baths record. Her tweets caught my interest, I bought it and it landed at number 2. I must also thank my brother Dan for turning me on to Sleigh Bells. I saw them open for Yeasayer (who sucked) because of him. One quick mention must be made about Brian </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Eno's</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> new LP. The packaging is vinyl porn at it's best. Pictures here: </span></span></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_polak/sets/72157625413304904/"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_polak/sets/72157625413304904/</span></span></span></a><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">. One final word – buy your music legally, support the bands and local record stores. They all appreciate it. As usual, comments and criticism are welcome. And now the list:</span></span></span></span><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span></span></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>The Top 20 Records of 2010 in some semblance of an order</strong></span></span></span></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><ol><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><li><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Beach House –</span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Teen Dream</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><li><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Baths – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Cerulean</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><li><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Gil Scott-Heron – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">I'm New Here</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><li><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sleigh Bells - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Treats</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><li><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Little Women – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Throat</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><li><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Best Coast –</span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Crazy for You</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><li><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Suckers – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Wild Smile</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><li><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Small Black – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">EP</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">/New Chain</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><li><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Phantogram</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Eyelid Movies</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><li><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Menomena</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Mines</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><li><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Spoon – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Transference</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><li><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Local Natives –</span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Gorilla Manor</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><li><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Broken Social Scene – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Forgiveness Rock Record</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><li><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Gorillaz</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Plastic Beach</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><li><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Black Keys – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Brothers</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><li><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The National – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">High Violet</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><li><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Washed Out – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Life of Leisure </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">EP</span></span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><li><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Dum</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Dum</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Girls –</span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> I Will Be</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><li><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Arcade Fire – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Suburbs</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><li><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Grinderman</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> –</span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Grinderman</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> 2</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span></ol><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span></span></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Runners up in alphabetical order</strong></span></span></span></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Johnny Cash – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">American VI: Ain't No Grave</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Cocorosie</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> –</span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Grey Oceans</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Das</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Racist – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Shut Up Dude/Sit Down Man</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Brian </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Eno</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Small Craft on a Milk Sea</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Field Music - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Measure</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Charlotte </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Gainsbourg</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">IRM</span></span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Girls – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Broken Dreams Club </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">EP</span></span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Maximum Balloon –</span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> S/T</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Janelle </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Monae</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Archandroid</span></span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Mono: </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Holy Ground: NYC Live</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> The Octopus Project – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Hexadecagon</span></span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> William Parker –</span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> I Plan to Stay A Believer: The Inside Songs of Curtis </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Mayfield</span></span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> School of Seven Bells – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Disconnect from Desire</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> She & Him –</span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Volume Two</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Stereolab</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Not Music</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Marnie Stern - </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">S/T</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Surfer Blood –</span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Astro</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Coast</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Warpaint –</span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> The Fool</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Weekend – </span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sports</span></span></span></em></p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> world's end girlfriend –</span></span></span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Seven Idiots</span></span></span></em></p>Dave Polakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00965694801797774583noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044519224072561688.post-36531971446561129802010-07-20T17:36:00.000-07:002010-07-20T17:39:32.319-07:00Top ten records of the first half of 2010<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Top 10 records for the first half of 2010</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;">2010 has been a pretty fucking good year for music so far. Here my 10 favorite records that were released stateside between 1 Jan and 31 June 2010. As usual all were purchased on the increasingly popular vinyl format. And now, on with the list. I'll start with #1 so you don't have to scroll down to see the best record of the year so far.</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;">1. Beach House –</span></span><i><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;"> Teen Dream</span></span></i><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;">2. Sleigh Bells – </span></span><i><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Treats</span></span></i><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;">3. Phantogram – </span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;">Eyelid Movies</span></em></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;">4. Local Natives – </span></span><i><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Gorilla Manor</span></span></i><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;">5. Broken Social Scene – </span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;">Forgiveness Rock Record</span></em></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;">6. Spoon – </span></span><i><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Transference</span></span></i><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;">7. The Black Keys – </span></span><i><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Brothers </span></span></i><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;">8. Suckers – </span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;">Wild Smile</span></em></span></p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;">9. Charlotte Gainsbourg – </span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;">IRM</span></em></span></p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#ffff00;">10. Gil Scott-Heron – </span><em><span style="color:#ffff00;">I'm New Here</span></em></span></p>Dave Polakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00965694801797774583noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044519224072561688.post-39156552283899131472010-03-02T16:58:00.000-08:002010-03-02T17:02:42.076-08:00<span style="color:#ffff00;">Top 20 films of 2009<br /><br />Yes, I know this list is a couple of months late but as I am in Cleveland I had to wait until all the 2009 films on my radar opened here. The list is more or less in order with 1 being the best. The order of the list can and will change depending on what mood I am currently in. I may have missed some films I felt were great at the time but If I can’t remember them now they couldn’t have been all that great. I just made the list from memory and put them into an order that seems correct as I type this. And before anyone asks, no, I have not seen Avatar and have no intention of doing so. And now on with the list:<br /><br />1. <em>The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus</em> dir. Terry Gilliam<br />2. <em>The Limits of Contro</em>l dir. Jim Jarmusch<br />3. <em>Tetro</em> dir. Frances Ford Coppola<br />4. <em>Das Weisse Band - Eine Deutsche Kindergeschichte</em> dir. Michael Haneke<br />5. <em>In the Loop</em> dir. Armando Iannucci<br />6.<em> Antichrist</em> dir. Lars Von Trier<br />7. <em>L'heure d'été</em> dir. Oliver Assayas<br />8. <em>The Girlfriend Experience</em> dir. Steven Soderbergh<br />9 <em>Goodbye Solo</em> dir. Ramin Bahrani<br />10. <em>Inglourious Basterds </em>dir. Quentin Tarantino<br />11. <em>35 Rhums</em> dir. Claire Denis<br />12. <em>An Education</em> dir. Lone Scherfig<br />13. <em>Moon</em> dir. Duncan Jones<br />14. <em>Food Inc.</em> dir. Robert Kenner<br />15. <em>Where the Wild Things Are</em> dir. Spike Jonze<br />16. <em>Away We Go</em> dir. Sam Mendes<br />17. <em>The Hurt Locker</em> dir. Kathryn Bigelow<br />18. <em>Fantastic Mr. Fox</em> dir. Wes Anderson<br />19. <em>Hunger</em> dir. Steve McQueen<br />20. <em>The Damned United</em> dir. Tom Hooper<br /><br />Most overrated movie of 2009: <em>The Hangover</em>. At least a dozen people told me to see this piece of crap. Didn't laugh once. Not even a chuckle or smile. Unless it wasn’t supposed to be a comedy.<br /><br />Best commercial of 2009: <em>Up in the Air</em>. While I thought the movie was good it felt more like a long commercial for United and Hilton.</span>Dave Polakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00965694801797774583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044519224072561688.post-21275178333062310472009-12-20T17:19:00.000-08:002009-12-20T18:03:56.719-08:00<p><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">I am new to this whole blogging thing so bear with me as I get the hang of it. Don't know how often or what I'll be posting about. For my first post I thought I'd post my best records of the year list. I have listened to a lot more that are on the list but these are the ones that stood out the most. Feel free to comment on these or add your own. A special mention of Jim O'Rourke's </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">The Visitor</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"> must be made. Is sounds much better than anything else I have heard all year. It was not mastered "hot" like everything else these days. Every instrument is clearly heard as well as all the sonic nuances. He chose not to release it as a compressed mp3 which was a smart move. Too much music is listened to in lossy formats that people have forgotten how good music can sound. Everything on the list except The Beatles re-masters were purchased on vinyl for maximum fidelity. A movie list will follow in January as CLE gets some films later than bigger cities. </span></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Top 20 Records of 2009</span></span></strong></p><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">1. Dirty Projectors - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Bitte Orca</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">2. Camera Obscura - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">My Maudlin Career</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">3. Tyondai Braxton - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Central Market</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">4. Sonic Youth - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">The Eternal</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">5. Tortoise - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Beacons of Ancestorship</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">6. Rain Machine - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">S/T</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">7. Do Make Say Think - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Other Truths</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">8. Tom Waits - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Glitter and Doom Live</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">9. Jim O’Rourke - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">The Visitor</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">10. Mono - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Hymn to the Immortal Wind</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">11. Grizzly Bear - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Veckatimist</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">12. Girls - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Album</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">13. Bob Dylan - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Together Through Life</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">14. OOIOO - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Armonico Heva</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">15. Blackroc - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">S/T</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">16. Drummer -</span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"> Feel Good Together</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">17. Micachu - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Jewellery</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">18. The Swell Season - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Strict Joy</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">19. Robyn Hitchcock - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Goodnight Oslo</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">20. Boredoms - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Super Roots 10</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Top 8 Reissues, Compilations and Soundtracks</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">1. The Beatles - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Mono Box set</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">2. The Beatles - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Stereo Box set</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">3. Tom Waits - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Orphans</span></span></em><span style="color:#ffff33;"> vinyl box</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">4. Various Artists - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Dark Was the Night</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">5. Various Artists - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Inglourious Basterds</span></span></em><span style="color:#ffff33;"> soundtrack</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">5. Beck - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">One Foot in the Grave</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">6. New Order - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Movement, Power, Corruption and Lies, Low-life, Brotherhood, Technique</span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"> and </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Republic</span></span></em><span style="color:#ffff33;"> vinyl reissues</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">7. David Byrne & Brian Eno - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">My Life in the Bush of Ghosts</span></span></em><span style="color:#ffff33;"> vinyl reissue</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">8. The Breeders - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">POD </span></span></em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">and </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Last Splash</span></span></em><span style="color:#ffff33;"> vinyl reisues</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;"></span><span style="color:#ffff33;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">And finally my guilty pleasure record of the year: Major Lazer - </span></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do</span></span></em>Dave Polakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00965694801797774583noreply@blogger.com0