Hall of Sound

Ok. Remember how in 'High Fidelity,' Rob had all of those top five lists? Top five things I miss about Laura? Top five dream jobs? (1. New Music Express journalist, 1976-1979 2. Producer, Atlantic Records, 1964-1971 (approx.) 3. Any kind of musician (apart from classical or rap) 4. Film director 5. Architect) Well, Jamie, aka Pop! Goes Culture, loves 'em too. Me thinks he's seen or read the aforementioned a FEW too many times? Nevertheless, it's cool because who doesn't love lists?

He challenged me to the Top 5 Fave Albums of the 21st Century so far, as in up through today, 4:54PM EST 9/17/2004.

His list.

I countered with:

1.) Modest Mouse -- The Moon and Antarctica (2000)
2.) The Postal Service -- Give Up (2003)
3.) Interpol -- Turn On the Bright Lights (2003)
4.) Spoon -- Kill the Moonlight (2002)
5.) Outkast -- Stankonia (2002)

EXTREMELY close runners up, which made the competition EXTREMELY DIFFICULT:
The Shins -- Oh, Inverted World (2001)
Deathcab for Cutie -- The Photo Album (2001)
Clem Snide -- The Ghost of Fashion (2001)
Wilco -- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2003)

Yours?


* Speaking of the Postal Service: the band's playing at the US Postal Service's (the REAL one) annual convention. Haa!

* Saw Radio 4 about two weeks ago at Bowery Ballroom. Tons ah fun. These dudes are like the thinking man's jam band only punk and not sucky, fronted by a post-modern Paul Simon lookalike. Plus, the keyboardist looks like Eric from 'That '70s Show.' They mainly performed stuff off of 'Gotham,' and their new CD, 'Stealing of a Nation,' which sounded exactly like 'Gotham,' which is a good thing. Live it.

* I HOPE you didn't miss the Nelly Broadband Rocks show last Monday at Webster Hall, because it was off the hiz. Surprise guest Diddy? Whuuuut? Watch it here!

Quickly, on the TV tip... Is anyone watching the Surreal Life? Is anyone's mind blown by Flava Flave and Brigitte Nielsen? And is she not Anna Nicole Smith in five years? It will take years of therapy to undo the image of her, half naked, save an apron and white paper hot dog vendor hat that's now, unfortunately, engraved onto my brain.

Oh, and Joey? Ehhh. I don't know. Just... ehh?? I watched the first episode, and it was painfully slow. Like, set to the wrong speed slow. I kept waiting for any of the other five to walk on.

Like, woah! Before I forget. The whole point of this entry was to talk about my BREAKTHROUGH top 5 Madonna songs, which, after no minor amount of mental anguish, I FINALLY crafted. And look, it was hard enough to come up with this list. So, please don't ask me to put them in any order. Here there are, in no order at all:

TOP 5 FAVE MADONNA SONGS EVER!

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• #2 Comment from jorumori 
  11/9/04 7:59 PM | Permalink

  As for the Madonna songs, I don't see any from Ray of Light!!! wassup with that?? that was her BEST album...  It's my favorite anyway... The only songs on that one i don't like are candy perfume girl and little star.. too girly... Holla!
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• #1 Comment from dcsportsguy 
  9/17/04 11:49 PM | Permalink

  I loved lists but hated High Fidelity. I'm not sure how this is possible. ANYWAY, thank you for shouting out my Top 5 CDs of the 21st Century (so far) list, but how How HOW could you forget our definitive top 5 list?
  
  The Top 5 Soundtracks of the Early '90s (http://journals.aol.com/dcsportsguy/PopGoesCulture/entries/545)
  
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