January 2011
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Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with...
hawkdoveband:
I quite hate these end of year lists, but Dove inadvertently peer pressured me into thinking of one. Affixing ascending/descending numerical values is a bit absurd since I’m unwilling to judge one above/below the other. Therefore, here is a short-ish list of the albums I fancied and couldn’t stop listening to in 2010.
Menomena - “Mines” Summer Camp - “Young EP” The Tallest Man...
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Happy New Year.
December 2010
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Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is...
– Ella Fitzgerald
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They should just give up in life and fork over the name.
– Stank Decrescendo
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HEY STANK DECRESCENDO
Sometimes I’m not sure if you understand all my references.
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It’s a self-preservation thing, you see.
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The ONLY Christmas albums that matter.
According to me.
Ella Fitzgerald with “Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas” Recorded in 1960, when Fitzgerald’s voice was at its peak, this album and Ella’s smart renditions of Christmas classics have stood the test of a time for a reason. The lush orchestration accompany Ella’s effortless voice, an instrument exercised with care, never reaching for an unnecessary...
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Dear Diary,
My teen-angst bullshit now has a body count.
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Veronica Sawyer
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The NBA in Seattle Next Year?
Throughout the day, my sister and I are likely to exchange a handful of e-mails, mostly including links to various articles of interest. I received this gem today, Could Chris Paul’s New Orleans Hornets Head to Seattle Next Year?. My first and only reaction was a very short and deliberate, “NO!”
As much as I long for an NBA team in Seattle, I have always stood firm on the fact...
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