Archive for December, 2008

KEXP’s Top 90.3 Albums of 2008

KEXP started its countdown of the top 90.3 albums of 2008 as voted on by listeners.  The countdown usually ends around 5:30.
I am going to go not too far out on a limb and predict that Fleet Foxes will take the number one spot this year. 

Lucky for them there’s no new Radiohead release this year, ’cause [...]

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  • Land (1975-2002)

    Patti Smith
    Buy Now » $24.98
    Label: Arista
    Release Date: 2002-03-19

  • Real Animal

    Alejandro Escovedo
    Buy Now » $13.99
    Label: Back Porch
    Release Date: 2008-06-24

  • Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!

    Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
    Buy Now » $12.99
    Label: Anti
    Release Date: 2008-04-08

  • Happy Birthday to Patti Smith born this day in 1946

     
    She has put out an extraordinary volume of music over the past 33 years beginning with 1975’s Horses.  Her most recent release is an album of covers titled Twelve.  It’s all worthy of your time, but if you don’t have time to listen to it all today, well then at least listen to the two-disc [...]

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    Throw Shoes at George W. Bush Today

    Click here to play the game.
    You’ll find he’s as good at dodging shoes as he is at dodging blame.

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    Merry Freaking Christmas to You Too!

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    Best Music of 2008

    There sure were a lot of great albums released in 2008.  Several of my favorite artist put out some of their best music ever, and they are the ones at the top of this list of the top 25 albums of 2008: 

    Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
    Alejandro Escovedo - Real Animal
    Jim White [...]

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    ELECTROBAMA presents: NYE 2009 at the SPITFIRE

    Change is coming, but not soon enough to help out with your New Year´s Eve party plans. Don´t worry, Re−Session is here. The folks who brought you Electrobama 2008 at the Spitfire are teaming up with the Spitfire again to throw the most value packed New Year´s Eve Party in Seattle.

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    James Thurber Day

    In honor of James Thurber’s birthday, born 104 years ago today, enjoy this comic and a few Thurberisms.

     
    Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy, wealthy, and dead.
    It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all.
    Man has gone long enough, or even too long, [...]

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    Jim McDermott “Impeach Bush” Christmas Tree Ornament

    This morning’s paper featured this photograph of a one-of-a-kind Christmas tree ornament designed for the White House Christmas tree:

    Unfortunately the ornament was the only one out of 370 specially commissioned ornaments that was rejected by the White House Christmas tree decorator. 
    From the article:
    A spokeswoman for first lady Laura Bush said Tuesday that the White House [...]

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