BEST FIVE SONGS:

Grizzly Bear

"All We Ask"

Click HERE for live Black Cab performance video 

Wilco

"Wilco" (the song)

Click HERE for audio

Peter Bjorn and John

"Nothing to Worry About"

Click HERE for the greatest video ever

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

"Zero"

Click HERE for the official video

U2

"Moment of Surrender"

Click HERE for LIVE video from London show 

BEST FIVE ALBUMS OF 2009:
ST. VINCENT - ACTOR
THE DEAD WEATHER - HOREHOUND
GRIZZLY BEAR - VECKATIMEST
SONIC YOUTH - THE ETERNAL
JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD - WITH BLASPHEMY SO HEARTFELT

BEST CONCERT:
U2 @ THE 800 SEAT SOMMERVILLE THEATRE IN BOSTON, MASS.
ST. VINCENT @ BONNAROO
FRAN HEALY & ANDY DUNLOP @ JAMMIN' JAVA IN VIENNA, VA.

WEBSITES:
NYTIMES.COM
THESUPERFICIAL.COM
THEJETSBLOG.COM

MAGAZINES:
VANITY FAIR
PASTE

MOVIES:
UP IN THE AIR
INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG

RESTAURANT:
MATSUHISA, LOS ANGELES, CA
THE 21 CLUB, NEW YORK
THE SALT LICK, AUSTIN, TX
CHARLIE PALMER'S - WASHINGTON, DC
THE UNION OYSTER HOUSE, BOSTON, MA

COCKTAIL:
BUDWEISER IN THE MAN-SHED

WAY TO RELAX:
RIDING MY TRACTOR, LISTENING TO RADIOHEAD ON MY iPOD

PROBLEM TO HAVE:
TOO MUCH QUALITY TIME WITH THOSE I LOVE

SOLUTION TO IT ALL:
CLONING THYSELF

DIVERSION:
COOKING