So I went to the movies last night and saw Syriana. If you don’t know what the movies about go read up on it, I’m not going to spend precious blog space rehashing the plot for you. While this movie was brilliantly acted and very interesting, I couldn’t help but thinking to myself: Wait what the f*ck is going on here. If you are considering seeing this movie may I suggest you wait. It seems that you need at least six months of research on American Oil companies dealings with Middle Eastern Countries. Still though this was a very good movie, it just expects it’s viewer to know it’s back ground story, which I didn’t. So study up on shady oil deals and the government’s involvement in them and then go watch this movie. Anyhow, here are a few thoughts and ideas I’ve been mulling over.
- Earlier this year I had the idea that U of A basketball was similar to a great marriage. Only in this marriage you wife goes out and cheats on you with some obnoxious asshole, someone like Jason Biggs, 2-3 times a year. I think this marital metaphor perfectly describes my relationship with Wildcats basketball, just thought you’d like to know.
- Is there a better feeling then putting on an old pair of jeans or a jacket you haven’t worn in a while and finding a 20 dollar bill in one of the pockets? I really don’t think there is. This hasn’t happened to me in years, but the mere thought of it fills me with joy.
- Speaking of U of A basketball, this years team is uninspiring at best. While there defense is the best it’s been in some time, the offense is about as fun to watch as to homeless people making love. I mean seriously, even if these said homeless people were mildly attractive it would still be gross.
- Do we need to start a petition to get Mark Ruffalo to stop making chick flicks? I mean c’mon Mark. You’re far too talented to be staring in romantic comedies (which it should be note are to women what porn is to men. My father told me this a few years back and I responded by vomiting.). Get back to the indie scene Mark, we miss and need you.
- Could anything make you change the channel faster then hearing “produced by Courtney Cox and David Arquette”?
- While watching the previews at the movie theater tonight, one of the trailers had this line in it: From the brilliant minds that brought you Cabin Fever. I don’t I’ve ever laughed harder at a trailer. If I was somehow involved in the writing process that brought about the train wreck know as Cabin Fever, not only would I deny that fact ‘til my dying day, but I would make sure it was never mentioned in any of my other works that I was somehow connect to that movie. But it takes all kind… I guess.
- When you can’t fall asleep until after 4:30 a.m. strange things happen to you. You find yourself on entertainment weekley.com and then wondering how the hell you got there. And then you want to kick the shit out of yourself for going there in the first place. It’s a vicious cycle.
- Well it’s after 4 and I’m going to try to sleep. Sometime in the near future I’ll put out my top songs of the year list. Hope this tides you over for now.
Until We Meet Again.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Top 10 Albums of 2005
Let me preface this list by saying that I haven’t listen to enough music this year for this to be a fully comprehensive list. There are several albums I have yet to hear that would probably be on this list based on the band’s previous work and/or what people whose musical opinions I respect have told me. So before we get to the list, in which the only real criteria is that I like the albums, here’s a few honorable mention lists.
Honorable Mention(Stuff I haven’t Heard but everyone I respect raves about): Okkervil River – Black Sheep Boy, Stephen Malkamus – Face the Truth, Anthony and the Johnsons – I Am a Bird Now, Danger Doom – The Mouse and the Mask.
Honorable Mention (Stuff I love but couldn’t crack the top 10, in order): Boy Least Likely To – Best Party Ever, Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning, New Pornographers – Twin Cinema, Matt Pond PA – Several Arrows Later, Decemberists – Picaresque, Silver Jews – Tangle Wood Numbers, Doves – Some Cities, M. Ward – Transistor Radio, Jason Collett - Idols of Exile, Block Party – Silent Alarm, Spoon – Gimmie Fiction, Shout Out Louds – Howl Howl Gaff.
Also here’s a short list of the most disappointing albums of the year.
Dishonorable Mention: Beck – Guero, Bright Eyes – Digital Ash Digital Urn, White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan, Death Cab for Cutie – Plans.
So without further ado here’s my top ten list. Top Songs are in the order they appear on the album, and asterisk denotes my favorite song on the album.
10. Crooker Fingers – Dignity and Shame. Top Songs: Weary Arms, Twilight Creeps*, Valerie, Sleep All Summer, Dignity and Shame.
Many people in the “indie” scene have made the assertion that Eric Bachman has a similar voice to Bruce Springsteen. On Dignity and Shame, the similarities between Bachman and the Boss go further then voice. Bachman has several boss-esque lines, such as: Why’s everybody always act so tough when all anybody wants is to find a friend. This line is just like a classic Springsteen line, extremely corny, but also strangely enjoyable and good. This album also marks a turning point in Bachman’s song writing. Instead of writing portrait songs about melancholy, depression and the bottom rung of society, he’s now writing upbeat pseudo-folk songs about love and things of that nature. Even the sadder songs on the album like Sleep All Summer feel far more upbeat then any of the past Crooker Finger Albums. So since I’ve been on a Springsteen kick for most of the year this song easily makes my top ten.
9. Sun Kil Moon – Tiny Cities. Top Songs: Exit Does Not Exist*, Tiny Cities Made of Ashes, Never Ending Math Equation, Four Fingered Fishermen, Ocean Breaths Salty
Most of you probably know Sun Kil Moon as the Red House Painter guy’s side project. That would be a fair assessment, as the band hasn’t really put out anything of note until now. With the exception of Have You Forgotten**, this album is a far and away Mark Kozelek’s best work.. What that says about Kozelek, that his best work is a cover album, I’m not quite sure, but it probably isn’t good. Anyhow, if you are unfamiliar with this album, it’s a cover album of all Modest Mouse songs. Now I’m of the belief that there are only a few reasons to cover a song 1.) You have a unique spin to put on the song. You make the song your own without making people forget who originally wrote it. Or 2.) The song’s obscure and you want to draw people’s attention to it. 3.) Your Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash or Samuel Beam. This album fits in with the first reason. This is maybe the most soothing/relaxing album I’ve ever heard. Simply marvelous, check this ish out.
8. Sage Francis – A Healthy Distrust. Top Songs: Sea Lion, Crumble*, Lie Detector Test, Bridle, Jah Didn’t Kill Johnny.
This is the best rap album from a white rapper this year. Even if that was the albums only credential it still might sneak into my top 10 list. But this album is truly deserving of this honor. Sage has always been a great lyrists, but on this album he ads a new delivery style to his arsenal. While he’s kept the basic foundation of his sing-songy half-talking rap style, he switches things up enough on this album to make him sound less white (although it’s still very easy to tell) and more bad ass. Sea Lion is probably the most f’d up rap song I’ve ever heard. While normally f’d up rap songs involve necrophilia and/or incest, this one involves disappointing your mother. Sounds tame, but trust me it’s not. Crumble is possibly the best break up song, not just for rap but for any genre. Sage has finally put it together and is ready to claim the title as best white indie-rapper. Also how could you not have the album that brought Will Oldham into hip-hop on your top 10 list?
7. Ryan Adams – Cold Roses and Jacksonville City Nights
Yes these are two separate albums, 3 discs in all. So why am I putting them on my top ten list as one entry. Because, he should have only made one album this year. So I’m making this one album with myself as the producer. If this was the track listing, then this definitely would have been a top ten album. The songs, off JCN first then Cold Roses, would be: A Kiss Before I Go, The End, Hard Way to Fall, Hardest Part, September, My Heart is Broken, Don’t Fail Me Now*, Mangolia Mountain, Sweet Illusions, Meadowlake Street, Beautiful Sorta, Now That You’re Gone, Cherry Lane*, Mocking Bird, Let It Ride*, Dance All Night and Blossom.
If you’re wondering why there are 3 asterisks, that’s because there was three discs in all, so those are my favorite songs on each disc. On December 20th Ryan has his third album of the year, 29, coming out. Word on the street is that it’s not as good as these two, which even by themselves are very good, but there are probably some songs on their that I’d have to add, so stay tuned.
6. Kayne West – Late Registration Top Songs: Heard ‘Em Say, Touch the Sky*, Gold Digger, On My Way Home, Roses, Gone.
What more needs to be said about this album other then the fact that it lived up to the hype. Regardless of the fact that Kayne is a huge douche bag, aside from the amazing TV moment he provided us with ^, this album is amazing. The addition of Jon Brion to do the strings adds and amazing element and texture that few rap albums to date have had. As good as this album is, I do have a few problems with it. For one it blows it wad too early. The album completely plateaus off after Gold Digger. Also, the album is an anti-grower. I wouldn’t say it gets worse with each additional listen. But it never fully lives up to the promise it has on the first couple of listens. It’s still a great album though, it just leaves you with a feeling that it should have been better.
5. Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary Top Songs: You Are A Runner and I Am My Father’s Son, Modern World*, Dear Sons And Daughters Of Hungry Ghosts, I’ll Believe in Anything, Dinner Bells.
Three weeks ago this album wasn’t even on my list. I had written this band off as a Modest Mouse and Arcade Fire rip off band that had a few good songs but didn’t offer much after that. Then, for some odd reason, I went back and listened to this album. And I was pretty much wrong on every first impression I had about this bandand their album. While they do steal a bit from the above mentioned bands, they have their own sound pretty much grounded out, which is extremely impressive for a debut album. This album flows better then almost any album I’ve heard this year. The songs blend into one another beautifully and when it’s all said and done your left with the impression that there are great things to come from these guys.
4. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Top Songs: Clap Your Hands!, Let The Cool Goddess Rust Away, Details of War, The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth*, Upon This Tidal Wave Of Young Blood.
Ok, so they probably have one of the worst band names ever, don’t let that detour you from listening to them. When people ask me what this band sounds like I generally reply that they sound like the love child of The James, David Bowie and David Bryne with just a sprinkle of Thom Yorke. The first five times you hear this album is nearly impossible to make out 90% of the lyrics. But not since How I Made My Millions^^ has mumbling been this enjoyable. After 10 + listens you start to have a general idea of what Alec Ounsworth is saying. The opening track, Clap Your Hands!, is one of the great all-time curveballs to start an album. This band has an amazingly unique sound that grows on you. And while my description may have lead you to think differently, this band has some of the best hooks in recent memory. Another big plus for all you elitists out there, this band is probably too odd to ever hit it big in mainstream pop. Hopefully I didn’t just jinx them by writing that. (I just check the bands website and it turns out they’re performing on Conan the 16th of this month. My bad guys, I’ll take the blame for this one.)
3. Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird and the Mysterious Production of Eggs. Top Songs: Sovay, Fake Palindromes, Measuring Cups, Tables and Chairs*, The Happy Birthday Song.
I firmly believe that if this album came out last year it would have been the best album of the year. Unfortunately for Andrew Bird this years competition is a little stiffer. So may claim that I’m being locally biased because Bird is from Chicago, but that is untrue. Bird seems like the 21st Century’s answer to the Talking Heads. This is easily his most consistent album to date. He’s seems more sure of himself this time around, and musically this album triumphs because of that. At certain points during the album you have to pause and wonder how a violinist is making such amazing pop music. But everything he tries works. Lyrically Bird borders on insane and ingenious, shades of Malkamus and the aforementioned Bryne. While Weather Systems and Swimming Hour, Bird’s last two albums, showed the amazing promise and potential he has, it’s on Eggs that Bird seems to put it all together and reaffirm everyone who saw the potential in his last two albums. All in All this album is an amazing achievement for a great artist. It also has real life whistling in it, on Bird’s website bio he credits himself as a ‘professional whistler’, and you really can’t go wrong with that.
2. Common – Be. Top Song : Be*, Corners, Testify, Chi City, The Food, They Say.
While with Andrew Bird I wasn’t displaying local biased, here I am. This album is definitely a top ten album, no doubt about that. But if I wasn’t living in Chicago I’m dead certain it wouldn’t be this high. But what this album does, better then any album I’ve ever heard, including Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, is personify Chicago. Chicago itself is often personified by it’s dark, almost gothic overtones. The whole city seems to have a blues and jazz song feel to it. For the entire album Common perfectly captures that. Whether your on the North or South side, riding on the el or walking on Michigan Avenue this album makes the city come alive like nothing I’ve ever experienced. When the first, and far an away the best, track Be kicks in you’d almost swear that your listening to Al Green, only some amazing rap in comes in over the beat. The majority of this album has the feel of a ‘70’s Soul record, which is partly what makes it so great. So while this is album is probably a little to high, bare with me. If you ever in Chicago for an extended period of time, listen to this record, trust me you won’t regret it.
1. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois. Top Songs: John Wayne Gacy Jr., Jacksonville, Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Step Mother!*, Chicago, Casimir Pulaski Day, The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts.
Stop it, stop it. I can hear all of you screaming local biased now. First let me point out the name of this blog. Aside from referencing a Destroyer song, I truly am a west coast boy at heart. And secondly, with the exception of Chicago, I hate the entire state of Illinois. As a matter of fact because of “the game that never happened” last march I have vendetta on the entire state. It wouldn’t matter where I was, this is the best album I’ve heard since Neutral Milk Hotel’s epic Areoplanes Over the Sea. Sufjan, who, as my older brother Luke pointed out, seems like those kids in your youth group who never really said much, but when he did talk all the girls giggled. That kid always thought he was better then you, and he probably was, but you hated him anyways. He played acoustic guitar in the worship band and all the girls fell for him because of that. Well even if Sufjan is that kid, he’s still an amazing musician and this CD is still incredible. This is Sufjan’s 2nd album from his 50 states project, and I think it’s safe to say he’s probably set the bar too high. Anyhow I’m tired of typing, so I think I’m done with talking about this album. But just in case you haven’t heard this album, first slap yourself because you’re missing out an incredible musical experience. And secondly go out and listen to by any means necessary.
Well that rounds out my Top 10 Albums of the year. Next Week I’ll bring you my Top 35 Songs of 2005. So stay tuned.
Until We Meet Again
** Red House Painter’s song.
^ http://media.putfile.com/Kayne-West-Bush-Black-People , watch Mike Myers during this entire video. Also Christ Tucker trying to ad lib at the end is amazing.
^^ Radiohead B-Side. Yeah I’m an elitist.
Honorable Mention(Stuff I haven’t Heard but everyone I respect raves about): Okkervil River – Black Sheep Boy, Stephen Malkamus – Face the Truth, Anthony and the Johnsons – I Am a Bird Now, Danger Doom – The Mouse and the Mask.
Honorable Mention (Stuff I love but couldn’t crack the top 10, in order): Boy Least Likely To – Best Party Ever, Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning, New Pornographers – Twin Cinema, Matt Pond PA – Several Arrows Later, Decemberists – Picaresque, Silver Jews – Tangle Wood Numbers, Doves – Some Cities, M. Ward – Transistor Radio, Jason Collett - Idols of Exile, Block Party – Silent Alarm, Spoon – Gimmie Fiction, Shout Out Louds – Howl Howl Gaff.
Also here’s a short list of the most disappointing albums of the year.
Dishonorable Mention: Beck – Guero, Bright Eyes – Digital Ash Digital Urn, White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan, Death Cab for Cutie – Plans.
So without further ado here’s my top ten list. Top Songs are in the order they appear on the album, and asterisk denotes my favorite song on the album.
10. Crooker Fingers – Dignity and Shame. Top Songs: Weary Arms, Twilight Creeps*, Valerie, Sleep All Summer, Dignity and Shame.
Many people in the “indie” scene have made the assertion that Eric Bachman has a similar voice to Bruce Springsteen. On Dignity and Shame, the similarities between Bachman and the Boss go further then voice. Bachman has several boss-esque lines, such as: Why’s everybody always act so tough when all anybody wants is to find a friend. This line is just like a classic Springsteen line, extremely corny, but also strangely enjoyable and good. This album also marks a turning point in Bachman’s song writing. Instead of writing portrait songs about melancholy, depression and the bottom rung of society, he’s now writing upbeat pseudo-folk songs about love and things of that nature. Even the sadder songs on the album like Sleep All Summer feel far more upbeat then any of the past Crooker Finger Albums. So since I’ve been on a Springsteen kick for most of the year this song easily makes my top ten.
9. Sun Kil Moon – Tiny Cities. Top Songs: Exit Does Not Exist*, Tiny Cities Made of Ashes, Never Ending Math Equation, Four Fingered Fishermen, Ocean Breaths Salty
Most of you probably know Sun Kil Moon as the Red House Painter guy’s side project. That would be a fair assessment, as the band hasn’t really put out anything of note until now. With the exception of Have You Forgotten**, this album is a far and away Mark Kozelek’s best work.. What that says about Kozelek, that his best work is a cover album, I’m not quite sure, but it probably isn’t good. Anyhow, if you are unfamiliar with this album, it’s a cover album of all Modest Mouse songs. Now I’m of the belief that there are only a few reasons to cover a song 1.) You have a unique spin to put on the song. You make the song your own without making people forget who originally wrote it. Or 2.) The song’s obscure and you want to draw people’s attention to it. 3.) Your Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash or Samuel Beam. This album fits in with the first reason. This is maybe the most soothing/relaxing album I’ve ever heard. Simply marvelous, check this ish out.
8. Sage Francis – A Healthy Distrust. Top Songs: Sea Lion, Crumble*, Lie Detector Test, Bridle, Jah Didn’t Kill Johnny.
This is the best rap album from a white rapper this year. Even if that was the albums only credential it still might sneak into my top 10 list. But this album is truly deserving of this honor. Sage has always been a great lyrists, but on this album he ads a new delivery style to his arsenal. While he’s kept the basic foundation of his sing-songy half-talking rap style, he switches things up enough on this album to make him sound less white (although it’s still very easy to tell) and more bad ass. Sea Lion is probably the most f’d up rap song I’ve ever heard. While normally f’d up rap songs involve necrophilia and/or incest, this one involves disappointing your mother. Sounds tame, but trust me it’s not. Crumble is possibly the best break up song, not just for rap but for any genre. Sage has finally put it together and is ready to claim the title as best white indie-rapper. Also how could you not have the album that brought Will Oldham into hip-hop on your top 10 list?
7. Ryan Adams – Cold Roses and Jacksonville City Nights
Yes these are two separate albums, 3 discs in all. So why am I putting them on my top ten list as one entry. Because, he should have only made one album this year. So I’m making this one album with myself as the producer. If this was the track listing, then this definitely would have been a top ten album. The songs, off JCN first then Cold Roses, would be: A Kiss Before I Go, The End, Hard Way to Fall, Hardest Part, September, My Heart is Broken, Don’t Fail Me Now*, Mangolia Mountain, Sweet Illusions, Meadowlake Street, Beautiful Sorta, Now That You’re Gone, Cherry Lane*, Mocking Bird, Let It Ride*, Dance All Night and Blossom.
If you’re wondering why there are 3 asterisks, that’s because there was three discs in all, so those are my favorite songs on each disc. On December 20th Ryan has his third album of the year, 29, coming out. Word on the street is that it’s not as good as these two, which even by themselves are very good, but there are probably some songs on their that I’d have to add, so stay tuned.
6. Kayne West – Late Registration Top Songs: Heard ‘Em Say, Touch the Sky*, Gold Digger, On My Way Home, Roses, Gone.
What more needs to be said about this album other then the fact that it lived up to the hype. Regardless of the fact that Kayne is a huge douche bag, aside from the amazing TV moment he provided us with ^, this album is amazing. The addition of Jon Brion to do the strings adds and amazing element and texture that few rap albums to date have had. As good as this album is, I do have a few problems with it. For one it blows it wad too early. The album completely plateaus off after Gold Digger. Also, the album is an anti-grower. I wouldn’t say it gets worse with each additional listen. But it never fully lives up to the promise it has on the first couple of listens. It’s still a great album though, it just leaves you with a feeling that it should have been better.
5. Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary Top Songs: You Are A Runner and I Am My Father’s Son, Modern World*, Dear Sons And Daughters Of Hungry Ghosts, I’ll Believe in Anything, Dinner Bells.
Three weeks ago this album wasn’t even on my list. I had written this band off as a Modest Mouse and Arcade Fire rip off band that had a few good songs but didn’t offer much after that. Then, for some odd reason, I went back and listened to this album. And I was pretty much wrong on every first impression I had about this bandand their album. While they do steal a bit from the above mentioned bands, they have their own sound pretty much grounded out, which is extremely impressive for a debut album. This album flows better then almost any album I’ve heard this year. The songs blend into one another beautifully and when it’s all said and done your left with the impression that there are great things to come from these guys.
4. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Top Songs: Clap Your Hands!, Let The Cool Goddess Rust Away, Details of War, The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth*, Upon This Tidal Wave Of Young Blood.
Ok, so they probably have one of the worst band names ever, don’t let that detour you from listening to them. When people ask me what this band sounds like I generally reply that they sound like the love child of The James, David Bowie and David Bryne with just a sprinkle of Thom Yorke. The first five times you hear this album is nearly impossible to make out 90% of the lyrics. But not since How I Made My Millions^^ has mumbling been this enjoyable. After 10 + listens you start to have a general idea of what Alec Ounsworth is saying. The opening track, Clap Your Hands!, is one of the great all-time curveballs to start an album. This band has an amazingly unique sound that grows on you. And while my description may have lead you to think differently, this band has some of the best hooks in recent memory. Another big plus for all you elitists out there, this band is probably too odd to ever hit it big in mainstream pop. Hopefully I didn’t just jinx them by writing that. (I just check the bands website and it turns out they’re performing on Conan the 16th of this month. My bad guys, I’ll take the blame for this one.)
3. Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird and the Mysterious Production of Eggs. Top Songs: Sovay, Fake Palindromes, Measuring Cups, Tables and Chairs*, The Happy Birthday Song.
I firmly believe that if this album came out last year it would have been the best album of the year. Unfortunately for Andrew Bird this years competition is a little stiffer. So may claim that I’m being locally biased because Bird is from Chicago, but that is untrue. Bird seems like the 21st Century’s answer to the Talking Heads. This is easily his most consistent album to date. He’s seems more sure of himself this time around, and musically this album triumphs because of that. At certain points during the album you have to pause and wonder how a violinist is making such amazing pop music. But everything he tries works. Lyrically Bird borders on insane and ingenious, shades of Malkamus and the aforementioned Bryne. While Weather Systems and Swimming Hour, Bird’s last two albums, showed the amazing promise and potential he has, it’s on Eggs that Bird seems to put it all together and reaffirm everyone who saw the potential in his last two albums. All in All this album is an amazing achievement for a great artist. It also has real life whistling in it, on Bird’s website bio he credits himself as a ‘professional whistler’, and you really can’t go wrong with that.
2. Common – Be. Top Song : Be*, Corners, Testify, Chi City, The Food, They Say.
While with Andrew Bird I wasn’t displaying local biased, here I am. This album is definitely a top ten album, no doubt about that. But if I wasn’t living in Chicago I’m dead certain it wouldn’t be this high. But what this album does, better then any album I’ve ever heard, including Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, is personify Chicago. Chicago itself is often personified by it’s dark, almost gothic overtones. The whole city seems to have a blues and jazz song feel to it. For the entire album Common perfectly captures that. Whether your on the North or South side, riding on the el or walking on Michigan Avenue this album makes the city come alive like nothing I’ve ever experienced. When the first, and far an away the best, track Be kicks in you’d almost swear that your listening to Al Green, only some amazing rap in comes in over the beat. The majority of this album has the feel of a ‘70’s Soul record, which is partly what makes it so great. So while this is album is probably a little to high, bare with me. If you ever in Chicago for an extended period of time, listen to this record, trust me you won’t regret it.
1. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois. Top Songs: John Wayne Gacy Jr., Jacksonville, Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Step Mother!*, Chicago, Casimir Pulaski Day, The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts.
Stop it, stop it. I can hear all of you screaming local biased now. First let me point out the name of this blog. Aside from referencing a Destroyer song, I truly am a west coast boy at heart. And secondly, with the exception of Chicago, I hate the entire state of Illinois. As a matter of fact because of “the game that never happened” last march I have vendetta on the entire state. It wouldn’t matter where I was, this is the best album I’ve heard since Neutral Milk Hotel’s epic Areoplanes Over the Sea. Sufjan, who, as my older brother Luke pointed out, seems like those kids in your youth group who never really said much, but when he did talk all the girls giggled. That kid always thought he was better then you, and he probably was, but you hated him anyways. He played acoustic guitar in the worship band and all the girls fell for him because of that. Well even if Sufjan is that kid, he’s still an amazing musician and this CD is still incredible. This is Sufjan’s 2nd album from his 50 states project, and I think it’s safe to say he’s probably set the bar too high. Anyhow I’m tired of typing, so I think I’m done with talking about this album. But just in case you haven’t heard this album, first slap yourself because you’re missing out an incredible musical experience. And secondly go out and listen to by any means necessary.
Well that rounds out my Top 10 Albums of the year. Next Week I’ll bring you my Top 35 Songs of 2005. So stay tuned.
Until We Meet Again
** Red House Painter’s song.
^ http://media.putfile.com/Kayne-West-Bush-Black-People , watch Mike Myers during this entire video. Also Christ Tucker trying to ad lib at the end is amazing.
^^ Radiohead B-Side. Yeah I’m an elitist.
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