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RECENT FAVORITES: Pebble to a Pearl - Nikka Costa (unstoppable old-school soul); Cardinology - Ryan Adams & the Cardinals (killer ensemble performances and a few great tunes); Van Halen - Van Halen (strangely irresistable these days); Shudder to Think, live @ the Showbox, 10/30/08; The Dixie Association - Donald Hays
| Favorite Albums of All-Time Third/Sister Lovers - Big Star The Band - The Band London Calling - The Clash This Year’s Model - Elvis Costello & the Attractions Revolver - The Beatles Odessey & Oracle - The Zombies Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco Underwater Moonlight - The Soft Boys Marquee Moon - Television The Boatman’s Call - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Something Else - The Kinks The Slider - T. Rex Wildflowers - Tom Petty American Recordings - Johnny Cash Skylarking - XTC In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel Fear - John Cale Paul Simon - Paul Simon Key Lime Pie - Camper Van Beethoven Desire - Bob Dylan Here Come the Warm Jets - Brian Eno It’s a Wonderful Life - Sparklehorse XO - Elliott Smith Ladies’ Love Oracle - Grant-Lee Phillips Isolation Drills - Guided by Voices Fox Confessor Brings the Flood - Neko Case Is This Desire? - PJ Harvey Destroyer’s Rubies - Destroyer Tonight’s the Night - Neil Young Cowboy in Sweden - Lee Hazlewood When I Pretend to Fall - The Long Winters The Great Destroyer - Low Lodger - David Bowie Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon Wrecking Ball - Emmylou Harris Misery is a Butterfly - Blonde Redhead The Twilight Era - Sanford Arms Band on the Run - Paul McCartney/Wings Ladies and Gentlemen… - Spiritualized Fort Recovery - Centro-matic |
Favorite Songs of All-Time “Waltz #2 (xo)” - Elliott Smith “Jesus, Etc.” - Wilco “Strawberry Fields Forever” - The Beatles “Take Care” - Big Star “Waterloo Sunset” - The Kinks “Ashes to Ashes” - David Bowie “Killer Queen” - Queen “Mockingbirds” - Grant-Lee Buffalo “Good Vibrations” - The Beach Boys “Care of Cell 44″ - The Zombies “Sleep of the Just” - Elvis Costello “Tears of Rage” - The Band/Dylan “Promises I’ve Made” - Emitt Rhodes “No Surprises” - Radiohead “Heliotrope” - Robyn Hitchcock “Scared Straight” - The Long Winters “Oh My Love” - John Lennon “California” - Low “New Year’s Day” - U2 “You Must Build a Fire” - Crooked Fingers “Dress” - PJ Harvey “Fearless” - Pink Floyd “Racing Stripe Winter” - Red Heart the Ticker “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?” - Bee Gees/Al Green “She’s a Mystery to Me” - Roy Orbison “Night Nurse” - Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham “If I Could Build My Whole World Around You” - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Favorite Books of All-Time |