ALLOW ME TO PREFACE MY SONG/ALBUMS LIST BY STATING I HAD UBER LOVE FOR LOTS OF SINGLES THAT WERE RELEASED THIS YEAR BUT NOT SO WITH THE ALBUMS. I CONSTANTLY LIVE IN FEAR THAT THE ALBUM AS AN ART FORM IS DYING. ADMITTEDLY I CAN BE OVERLY DISCRIMINATING WHEN IT COMES TO THE ALBUM, AND MAYBE IT JUST WASN'T A BANNER YEAR BUT I TEND TO JUDGE AN ALBUM AS A WHOLE AND IT JUST HAS TO BE GOOD FROM START TO FINISH FOR ME TO RETURN TO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN, OTHERWISE IT'S JUST ANOTHER SONG OR TWO FOR THE IPOD. MUSIC SNOB!!
BEST SONGS OF 2009: (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)
WYE OAK - "TAKE IT IN",
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NEKO CASE -"THIS TORNADO LOVES YOU",
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BAND OF SKULLS - "FRIENDS",
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THE DECEMBERISTS - "THE WANTING COMES IN WAVES",
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KANYE - "LOVE LOCKDOWN"
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MATT & KIM - "DAYLIGHT",
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FRANZ FERDINAND - "ULYSSES"
CONOR OBERST AND THE MYSTIC VALLEY BAND - "TO ALL THE LIGHTS IN THE WINDOWS",
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KID CUDI (FEAT. MGMT) - "PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS"
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IDA MARIE - ""I LIKE YOU SO MUCH BETTER WHEN YOU'RE NAKED"
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M. WARD - "NEVER HAD NOBODY LIKE YOU"
PHOENIX - "1901"
DAN AUERBACH - "I WANT SOME MORE'
ROBYN HITCHCOCK AND THE VENUS 3 - "I'M FALLING"
CHARLIE MARS - "MEET ME BY THE BACKDOOR"
MONSTERS OF FOLK - "WHOLE LOT OF LOSIN'"
BEST ALBUMS OF 2009:
THE DECEMBERISTS - THE HAZARDS OF LOVE
FRANZ FERDINAND - TONIGHT: FRANZ FERDINAND
WYE OAK - THE KNOT
BEST CONCERT:
TV ON THE RADIO @ THE 9:30 (they played every song off of Dear Science and then some and it sounded phenominal)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN @ 1ST MARINER ( best date all year, my Dad, a night i'll never forget)
IF ONLY I COULD REMEMBER THE U2 SHOW
BEST ALBUMS OF 2009:
THE DECEMBERISTS - THE HAZARDS OF LOVE
FRANZ FERDINAND - TONIGHT: FRANZ FERDINAND
WYE OAK - THE KNOT
BEST CONCERT:
TV ON THE RADIO @ THE 9:30 (they played every song off of Dear Science and then some and it sounded phenominal)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN @ 1ST MARINER ( best date all year, my Dad, a night i'll never forget)
IF ONLY I COULD REMEMBER THE U2 SHOW
WEBSITE:
WRNR.COM
STEREOGUM
SOMEECARDS
BOOKS:
JHUMPA LAHARI - UNACCUSTOMED EARTH ( a master of the short story)
JOHN KRAKAUER - INTO THIN AIR (Ok i know this book came out like 10 years ago but I just got around to reading it and what a gripping tale from an amazing storyteller.)
MOVIE:
UP! (I don't get to pick the movies I see in the theatre!)
RESTAURANT:
I'D LIKE WHEREVER YOU TAKE ME;
PAD THAI, CARPACCIO, CHRISTOPHER'S ( A HIDDEN JEM IN CROFTON), THE BOWIE GRILL (GREAT HOMETOWN ATMOSPHERE), STAN & JOE'S FOR LIVE MUSIC,AFTER DINNER DRINKS AND GOOD COMPANY, AND PETERS INN
(THE BEST FOOD/AMBIENCE IN BALTIMORE BUT BRING CASH THEY DON'T TAKE CREDIT CARDS)
COCKTAIL:
YUENGLING
WAY TO RELAX:
UHH....GUESS!
PROBLEM TO HAVE:
PLEASE SEE THE ABOVE
SOLUTION TO IT ALL:
...NOW IF I KNEW THAT...
BUT HAPPY CHILDREN AND GOOD MUSIC HELP
DIVERSION:
CROSSWORD PUZZLES, MOVIES, REDSKINS FOOTBALL ( I AIN'T NO FAIR WEATHER FAN), O'S BASEBALL, HIKING, PINA COLODAS AND LONG WALKS ON THE BEACH ; )
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