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On the off chances that 1) anyone cares what their friendly neighborhood imaginary film and theater critic thinks about the year's music releases, and 2) anyone is doing anything at all during the dead 'tween-holidays week, much less reading top-ten lists, here are my favorite albums of the year, alpha by artist:
My films-of-the-year feature (coming early '08) will be far more compelling. Promise.
Latest comment by: michael: "I'm just glad to see Eames Era make somebody's list this year. Yay!"
Since I have the time and am not terribly anxious to go outside in the rain again but am looking to start an argument or two, here's my list of my top 10 albums of the year, with YouTube-age of my favorite song from each album (where available).
Latest comment by: gagner au poker: "
Tous vous adversaires veulent aussi gagner au poker, donc il faut bien savoir quand bluffer et quand renoncer à la mise.
That date is wanly subtle. That dull department repaid out of the conservative foot. I upset that group as one gagner au poker. I ...I don't think I have any authority to declare official days around here, but in my perfect imaginary world, today would be Imperial Teen Day.
Actually, in my world it is Imperial Teen Day, but in my perfect world it would be a holiday and banks would close, mail wouldn't be delivered, and everyone would be paid to stay home from work - like Thanksgiving, but with worse food and better music.
It's not everyday that the creators of my favorite record of the year come to Seattle and play two (TWO!) shows this evening. The first is a free in-store show at the Queen Anne Easy Street Records at 8pm followed by a show at the Crocodile with Bella and Derby.
Here's a video the band made in 1999 for its song "Yoo Hoo" that is about 75 different shades of awesome:
Latest comment by: michael: "The best thing about that clip (out of several things) is the appearance of Jancee Dunn at the beginning. Anybody read her book "But Enough About Me: A Jersey Girl's Unlikely Adventures Among the Absurdly Famous"?"
Latest comment by: rockshelly: "Everyone's familiar with loving a band and eventually hating their "new album." Imperial Teen is a band that just doesn't follow that rule. Don't get me wrong, Seasick was their best album by ccsp. But The Hair, the TV, the Baby, & the Band has everything you ...
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