- Top 15 Memories of 2009
- Top 15 Albums from 2009
- Top 20 Favorite Songs From 2009
- Top 10 Shows of 2009 That I Can Recall
- Top 30 Favorite Songs From Not-2009 in 2009
- Top 30 Albums From 2009 I Didn't Listen to, But Would Have If I Were a Thief or Had Money
- Top 2 Total Fucking Letdown Albums of 2009
- Top 2 Albums Coming Out Soon That I Project To Be on My Best of 2010 List
Top 15 Memories of 2009:
1. Mom...
2. Crisis Line
3. Connecticut Four: tour, etc.
4. It's settled!
5. haiku
6. ukulele!
7. L.A.
8. Psychology classes
9. Chicago
10. Senescence
11. The Bear Dance
12. I quit
13. I quit again
14. He quit
15. "Grand Canyon"
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Top 15 Albums from 2009:
1. Future of the Left - Travels with Myself and Another
2. Connecticut Four - Tigershark ep
3. Russian Circles - Geneva
4. Bon Iver - Blood Bank
5. The Lonely Forest - We Sing the Body Electric!
6. People Eating People - People Eating People
7. Madeline - White Flag
8. closer than they appear - eternal spring is in my heart vol. 1
9. Visqueen - Message To Garcia
10. The Dead Weather - Horehound
11. Jaydiohead
12. Brendan Benson - My Old, Familiar Friend
13. Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
14. Bishop Allen - Grrr...
15. Diminished Men - Shadow Instrumentals
* Honorable mention: The Beatles remasters!
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Top 20 Favorite Songs From 2009:
1. Arming Eritrea - Future of the Left
2. Once Electric - Connecticut Four
3. Blood Bank - Bon Iver
4. Got Nuffin - Spoon
5. We Sing in Time - The Lonely Forest
6. Crack a Bottle (DiscoTech remix) - Eminem
7. Rain, Rain - People Eating People
8. Breaking of a Man - John Forte
9. Big or Small - Fresh Espresso
10. Lately - Boat
11. Geneva - Russian Circles
12. Hometown Fantasy - The Wooden Birds
13. I Say Fever - Ramona Falls
14. You're On feat. Grynch - P Smoov
15. Written in Reverse - Spoon
16. Afrikan Ring - And the Moon Be Still As Bright
17. Hang You From the Heavens - The Dead Weather
18. Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa feat. Peter Gabriel - Hot Chip
19. Take It Upon Yourself - Sloan
20. Wrong Prayer - Jaydiohead
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Top 10 Shows of 2009 That I Can Recall:
1. Connecticut Four (Last Show), So Adult @ WHAAM, Bellingham / Sat. Nov. 21
2. Shellac @ Vera Project / Fri. June 12
3. Future of the Left @ Neumos / Tues. Oct. 13
4. The Ruby Doe @ The Sunset / Sat. June 27
5. Dancing on the Valentine - Factory Records cover night: Peter Parker, Police Teeth, Leaders of Men, Atticus & the Arteries @ Chop Suey / Sat. Feb. 14
6. Connecticut Four, Trantric Picasso @ Meadowlark, Denver / Wed. July 15
7. The Lonely Forest, Speaker Speaker, To the Waves @ The Sunset / Fri. Jan. 9
8. Grand Hallway @ Neumos / Thu. June 18
9. Half Acre Day, Dept. of Energy @ Sunset / Fri. Dec. 11
10. Lake of Falcons; The Bismarck; i, cordyceps @ The Funhouse / Wed. Nov. 2
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Top 30 Favorite Songs From Not-2009 in 2009:
1. Flume - Bon Iver
2. Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin
3. Overkill - Colin Hay
4. Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe
5. What Goes Around Comes Around - Justin Timberlake
6. I'm Not Through with You Yet - Sloan
7. Work It - Missy Elliott
8. Furr - Blitzen Trapper
9. Believe in Me - Sloan
10. Over and Over - Hot Chip
11. Four Seasons In One Day - Crowded House
12. Happy (Live at the Croc) - Kevin Whelan
13. Tonight (You'll Get it Right) - The Ruby Doe
14. The Show - Lenka
15. Seven - The Long Winters
16. Casimir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens
17. Down the Line - Jose Gonzalez
18. Me and the Bean - Spoon
19. Pray feat. Beyonce - Jay-Z
20. Luck of Mine - Bishop Allen
21. The Vowels Pt. 2 - Why?
22. I Could See the Dude - Spoon
23. Say Fiesta - Francois Virot
24. Feel Good About It - Marching Band
25. Someone, Somewhere - Luke Temple
26. Into Temptation - Crowded House
27. Liar - Built to Spill
28. Ossining - Mike Doughty
29. Biomusicology - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
30. Oversleeping - I'm From Barcelona
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Top 30 Albums From 2009 I Didn't Listen to, But Would Have If I Were a Thief or Had Money:
Boat - Setting the Paces
Eleni Mandell - Artificial Fire
Erik Blood - The Way We Live
Eugene Mirman - God is a Twelve-Year-Old Boy with Asperger's
Gossip - Music For Men
Grand Hallway - Promenade
Harvey Danger - Dead Sea Scrolls
Iron and Wine - Around the Well
John Forte - Stylefree the EP
John Vanderslice - Romanian Names
Katharine Hepburn's Voice - Stand Up
Mad Rad - White Gold
Mike Doughty - Sad Man Happy Man
Mos Def - The Ecstatic
Noah and the Whale - First Days of Spring
Police Teeth - Real Size Monster Series
Ramona Falls - Intuit
So Many Dynamos - The Loud Wars
Sonic Youth - The Eternal
St. Vincent - Actor
Talbot Tagora - Lessons in the Woods or a City
Telekinesis - Telekinesis!
Thao with The Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster
The Moondoggies - The Moondoggies
The Wooden Birds - Magnolia
Throw Me the Statue - Creaturesque
Tom Waits - Glitter and Doom Live
Why? - Eskimo Snow
Wilco - (the album)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
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Top 2 Total Fucking Letdown Albums of 2009:
1. Eminem - Relapse
2. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
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Top 2 Albums Coming Out Soon That I Project To Be on My Best of 2010 List:
1. Spoon - Transference
2. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The Brutalist Bricks
8. Furr - Blitzen Trapper
9. Believe in Me - Sloan
10. Over and Over - Hot Chip
11. Four Seasons In One Day - Crowded House
12. Happy (Live at the Croc) - Kevin Whelan
13. Tonight (You'll Get it Right) - The Ruby Doe
14. The Show - Lenka
15. Seven - The Long Winters
16. Casimir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens
17. Down the Line - Jose Gonzalez
18. Me and the Bean - Spoon
19. Pray feat. Beyonce - Jay-Z
20. Luck of Mine - Bishop Allen
21. The Vowels Pt. 2 - Why?
22. I Could See the Dude - Spoon
23. Say Fiesta - Francois Virot
24. Feel Good About It - Marching Band
25. Someone, Somewhere - Luke Temple
26. Into Temptation - Crowded House
27. Liar - Built to Spill
28. Ossining - Mike Doughty
29. Biomusicology - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
30. Oversleeping - I'm From Barcelona
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Top 30 Albums From 2009 I Didn't Listen to, But Would Have If I Were a Thief or Had Money:
Boat - Setting the Paces
Eleni Mandell - Artificial Fire
Erik Blood - The Way We Live
Eugene Mirman - God is a Twelve-Year-Old Boy with Asperger's
Gossip - Music For Men
Grand Hallway - Promenade
Harvey Danger - Dead Sea Scrolls
Iron and Wine - Around the Well
John Forte - Stylefree the EP
John Vanderslice - Romanian Names
Katharine Hepburn's Voice - Stand Up
Mad Rad - White Gold
Mike Doughty - Sad Man Happy Man
Mos Def - The Ecstatic
Noah and the Whale - First Days of Spring
Police Teeth - Real Size Monster Series
Ramona Falls - Intuit
So Many Dynamos - The Loud Wars
Sonic Youth - The Eternal
St. Vincent - Actor
Talbot Tagora - Lessons in the Woods or a City
Telekinesis - Telekinesis!
Thao with The Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster
The Moondoggies - The Moondoggies
The Wooden Birds - Magnolia
Throw Me the Statue - Creaturesque
Tom Waits - Glitter and Doom Live
Why? - Eskimo Snow
Wilco - (the album)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
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Top 2 Total Fucking Letdown Albums of 2009:
1. Eminem - Relapse
2. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
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Top 2 Albums Coming Out Soon That I Project To Be on My Best of 2010 List:
1. Spoon - Transference
2. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The Brutalist Bricks
