BG's Top Ten Albums of 2004 - Honorable Mentions
Apostle of Hustle - Folkloric Feel
The Arcade Fire - Funeral
Cee-Lo Green - Is the Soul Machine
Danger Mouse - The Grey Album
Dizzee Rascal - Showtime
Franz Ferdinand - S/T
The Legends - Up Against the Legends
MF Doom - MM. . . Food?
Prince Po - The Slickness
The Shocking Pinks - Dance the Dance Electric
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
Let me know if I've left any out.
Friday, December 10, 2004
Thursday, December 09, 2004
McSweeney's Roundup
Grant was kind enough to point me in the direction of these interviews of people with weird or interesting jobs over at McSweeney's. I've seen this section on the site before, I don't know why I never checked it out. For the most part, they're all pretty good reads and at the very least, as Grant pointed out, reading them will waste precious time while at work.
Also, here is another collection of lists. The first two are probably the funniest I've ever read on the site:
Cancelled Regional Morning Shows
Infrequently Asked Questions
Actual Answers to Questions from a Reading Comprehension Booklet
Less Popular Board Games
Good Names for Vicious Dogs
Reasons You're No Longer Fit to be an Architect
Grant was kind enough to point me in the direction of these interviews of people with weird or interesting jobs over at McSweeney's. I've seen this section on the site before, I don't know why I never checked it out. For the most part, they're all pretty good reads and at the very least, as Grant pointed out, reading them will waste precious time while at work.
Also, here is another collection of lists. The first two are probably the funniest I've ever read on the site:
Cancelled Regional Morning Shows
Infrequently Asked Questions
Actual Answers to Questions from a Reading Comprehension Booklet
Less Popular Board Games
Good Names for Vicious Dogs
Reasons You're No Longer Fit to be an Architect
Friday, December 03, 2004
A change of heart after a change of location
I went to see Patterson Hood, lead singer of the Drive By Truckers, do a solo show last night. Even though he was coming down with Laryngitis it was still pretty good. He played some of the hits and told stories about some of the songs. It’s been a while since I’ve heard somebody describe someone else as being “meaner than shit.” Now, I’ll be the first to admit that when I lived in Athens I wasn’t a fan of the Truckers. I thought they were kind of boring and I, wrongly, associated them with the more negative aspects of bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd and that whole “Southern Thang” attitude (in my defense they do have a song called “The Southern Thing” so you can see how I might have made such an assumption). But after I had been up here for a couple of months I saw that they had put out a new album and I decided to give them another shot. It was only after being out of the South that I really began to appreciated them as songwriters. They have an amazing way of examining life in the South, and more importantly the people who live it, without playing up or totally ignoring the stereotypes that are so commonly associated with the region. They present characters that might seem like clichés to others with the dignity that they deserve. I also think “Outfit” off of Decoration Day is one of the best songs I’ve ever heard. Anyway, all of this is to say that Chicago has turned me into a Truckers fan and last night was a great show. DBT!
I went to see Patterson Hood, lead singer of the Drive By Truckers, do a solo show last night. Even though he was coming down with Laryngitis it was still pretty good. He played some of the hits and told stories about some of the songs. It’s been a while since I’ve heard somebody describe someone else as being “meaner than shit.” Now, I’ll be the first to admit that when I lived in Athens I wasn’t a fan of the Truckers. I thought they were kind of boring and I, wrongly, associated them with the more negative aspects of bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd and that whole “Southern Thang” attitude (in my defense they do have a song called “The Southern Thing” so you can see how I might have made such an assumption). But after I had been up here for a couple of months I saw that they had put out a new album and I decided to give them another shot. It was only after being out of the South that I really began to appreciated them as songwriters. They have an amazing way of examining life in the South, and more importantly the people who live it, without playing up or totally ignoring the stereotypes that are so commonly associated with the region. They present characters that might seem like clichés to others with the dignity that they deserve. I also think “Outfit” off of Decoration Day is one of the best songs I’ve ever heard. Anyway, all of this is to say that Chicago has turned me into a Truckers fan and last night was a great show. DBT!
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Russell Jones 1969 - 2004
Well, it finally happened. ODB departed to that big Shaolin Slum in the sky this weekend at the age of 35. Tragic, to be sure, but not unexpected. The man had the body of a seventy year old after all that crack smoking. Still, it is a damn shame. He was a funny motherfucker and his first album is nothing sort of genius. They called him Ol' Dirty Bastard "cause there ain't no father to his style" and, despite leaving behind enough kids to start a football team, there will probably never be another like him. He is missed already.
Well, it finally happened. ODB departed to that big Shaolin Slum in the sky this weekend at the age of 35. Tragic, to be sure, but not unexpected. The man had the body of a seventy year old after all that crack smoking. Still, it is a damn shame. He was a funny motherfucker and his first album is nothing sort of genius. They called him Ol' Dirty Bastard "cause there ain't no father to his style" and, despite leaving behind enough kids to start a football team, there will probably never be another like him. He is missed already.
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