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Jordan: the closest thing I can think of is Metacritic, although they just list the 30 best-reviewed albums of the year and then a sidebar of, oh, about 100 or so "new and recent releases."

Some blogger just asked C4n4st4 to do a top-5 albums list, so naturally Matt sent it along to me. I am going to spend today deciding whether Joanna Newsom, Destroyer, or Grizzly Bear gets my #5 slot (after Girl Talk, Sonic Youth, Final Fantasy, and Junior Boys).

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:41 (seventeen years ago) link

xpost No, it's a vintage one. The guy especially looks like Nick.

Calico (calico), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:42 (seventeen years ago) link

If anyone wants a YSI of the first Tristeza record (since we were talking about post rock the other day), email me. I've been trading with peeps.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, I had just looked at metacritic.

Here's what I have so far:

Justin Timberlake
Ghostface
Roots
Squarepusher
Thom Yorke
Tortoise
Jay-Z (actually fives of the tracks + the bonus live disc)

There must be some stuff I'm not thinking of but nothing really comes to mind. Wait, did Raw Yang come out this year? :>

JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:50 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh and Prince, and Y0ungblood, I think I can do this.

JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:58 (seventeen years ago) link

Raw Yang did come out this year, yes.

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:59 (seventeen years ago) link

No longer writing for $tylu$ = no more free downloadable albums, waaah! I'd like to hear Jay-Z but I'm not buying that shit. I'm also trying to download the Lady Sovereign album piecemeal from Limewire. I don't remember what else.

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 30 November 2006 18:12 (seventeen years ago) link

Whenever I think about this, my list tends to get really unwieldy. But I have a few things really solid:

Junior Boys
Man Man
The Hold Steady
Destroyer
Boris
Thom Yorke
Tom Waits
OOIOO
The Roots
Tortoise
Michael Mayer - Immer 2
Lindstrom
Booka Shade
Xiu Xiu
Sparklehorse
Ellen Allien & Apparat

and lots and lots of other things.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 30 November 2006 18:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, it's a little chilly outside.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 30 November 2006 19:11 (seventeen years ago) link

Gah, I don't want to walk outside for lunch. I'm getting hungry.

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 30 November 2006 19:14 (seventeen years ago) link

If I had been wearing anything more than two thin layers of Amer|can Appar3l cotton, I would have been fine.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 30 November 2006 19:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh shit, does Roisin Murphy count as 2006? If so that's definitely on there.

I went home and ate a hot dog for lunch. Again.

JordanC (JordanC), Thursday, 30 November 2006 19:18 (seventeen years ago) link

I think I'm leaving at about 4 today. I stayed late yesterday and came in early today. Fuck everything, I want heat and cats.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 30 November 2006 19:19 (seventeen years ago) link

I am not arguing about bands I've never heard of on the internet.

Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 30 November 2006 19:19 (seventeen years ago) link

I have to leave at 4 today to try and find a 59 or 55 bus to Midway.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 30 November 2006 19:20 (seventeen years ago) link

I am not arguing about bands I've never heard of on the internet.

haha No, there's no arguing! Just listing. It's a lot like arguing, only quietly passive-aggressive.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 30 November 2006 19:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Ahh, that must be it. I am more...aggressive-aggressive.

Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 30 November 2006 19:26 (seventeen years ago) link

i just walked back from lunch at it is fucking bone-rattling cold out there. it's supposed to be even colder tomorrow? fuck, looks like i should've saved my flannel-lined pants for then.

otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 30 November 2006 19:26 (seventeen years ago) link

It is cold! It's glorious! Yay cold! Booo 60 degree raining weather in December. That's some NC shit, there.

I'm sorry that you are under dressed though, Dan. I did that yesterday - I dressed for the day's high but neglected to factor in the precipitous drop in temperature forecast to happen before I finished my night class.

Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 30 November 2006 19:30 (seventeen years ago) link

I thought I was being smart by wearing a lighter jacket because the weather in Nashville has been in the 70s... but I just checked the forecast again and it's supposed to snow there this weekend! I'll believe it when I see it. Plus I have a chook and I'm a Yooper, so I'll be fine.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 30 November 2006 19:33 (seventeen years ago) link

My coat is good to like -40 degrees.

Jeff... (Jeff...), Thursday, 30 November 2006 19:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, I'm decked out in the coat you gave me, and it's juuuust fine out there. I forgot the gloves Dan gave me, though. Tomorrow.

whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 30 November 2006 19:41 (seventeen years ago) link

My real winter coat is probably at about that level, and my back-up/bar coat Carhartt is the warmest most bulletproof thing ever. Too bad the cat puked on it >:(

danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 30 November 2006 19:44 (seventeen years ago) link

xmas gift idea:

http://www.spoonsisters.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/51321.jpg

otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 30 November 2006 19:54 (seventeen years ago) link

BOO:

"Tonight...Snow. Snow may be heavy at times after midnight. Snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches. Windy. Lows in the lower 30s. Northeast winds 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph in the evening increasing to 45 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation 100 percent.

Friday...Snow in the morning...Then a chance of snow in the afternoon. Colder. Snow may be heavy at times in the morning. Snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches. Total snow accumulation 5 to 9 inches. Very windy. Highs in the lower 30s. North winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 45 mph in the morning becoming northwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 40 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 100 percent. "

otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 30 November 2006 19:57 (seventeen years ago) link

I like everything about that except for "very windy."

whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 30 November 2006 19:59 (seventeen years ago) link

The temp in my office is roughly FIFTY DEGREES. Mother of pearl it is COLD in here.

Tomorrow is my SATURDAY! Yay. I would love some brandy-laced coffee right now.

Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:01 (seventeen years ago) link

Laurel, you can talk about bands that we've never heard of, like Subway Sect.

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:11 (seventeen years ago) link

brandy
coffee
brandy
coffee
warm
belly

Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:13 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm going to the grocery store when I get home today and then I'm going to do dishes and tidy up the house because tomorrow all I'm doing is staying inside and studying and drinking coffee.

Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Around 6 pm I plan to start tipping booze into that coffee.

Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:17 (seventeen years ago) link

You're waiting that long?

Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:18 (seventeen years ago) link

That's some willpower, mah sistah.

Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Me too me too except maybe I will make some more cookies. I made the butter-cookie-with-Andes-mint-inside cookies on Sunday and I have some dough left. They also have a melted Andes mint drizzle on top.

Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:20 (seventeen years ago) link

i really REALLY wish i wasn't working tomorrow. and i really, REALLY, REALLY wish i wasn't covering for someone tomorrow because otherwise i'd bang in. instead i'm going to have to fight through the snow and not drink tonight.

otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:21 (seventeen years ago) link

at least you won't be working on saturday, and i will.

Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Man oh man those cookies sound good.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:25 (seventeen years ago) link

That's some willpower, mah sistah.

No, that's two in-class exams, one take home exam, and a 30 page paper due in the next two weeks.

Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:26 (seventeen years ago) link

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jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:30 (seventeen years ago) link

"searches" = hits

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:31 (seventeen years ago) link

Is there going to be TT next week? I reckon I could be up for something like that.

In-class exams are so much more humane than take-homes. GIT 'ER DONE.

Armando Grouse (Armando ), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:32 (seventeen years ago) link

i hope so because i'm going to try to take the 8th off and get my christmas shopping done. might as do it hungover, eh?

otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:33 (seventeen years ago) link

(and kenan, that would be a perfect spot for a "sounds like my...")

otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:34 (seventeen years ago) link

Is Kevin giving lessons in being the peanut gallery now?!?? BONUS!

Laurel (Laurel), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:36 (seventeen years ago) link

I looooved take-home exams, mostly because I've always liked essay-style tests over short answers/multiple choice/etc. Also I am a masochist when it comes to schoolwork, I guess.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:36 (seventeen years ago) link

We had hot toddies last night!

What is zune?

Amanda, did you notice I made pumpkin bread? I'm so proud of my newfound cooking abilities. You should post recipes on the blog more often so I can try some out. I made your fruit crisp back when you posted it...or emailed it to me... can't remember.

I'm so jealous of the staying in tomorrow! On the other hand, I get to break out my snow boots.

I remember when we first moved here and it snowed alot and I was thinking, Wow! They must get a ton of snow days here! Then I learned that most places never close due to snow and I cried and cried.

I'll be up for TT next week, but also yous guys could come to our show for free and drink there Monday.

Calico (calico), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:37 (seventeen years ago) link

I hate take-homes. for lazy people like me, in-class is always better.

xpost: where is your show, Sarah?

horseshoe (horseshoe), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:38 (seventeen years ago) link

What is zune?

Microsoft's (wrong) answer to the iPod.

danno martinez (danno martinez), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:39 (seventeen years ago) link

for lazy people like me, in-class is always better.

OTM

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 30 November 2006 20:39 (seventeen years ago) link


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