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Originally posted by The Musk:
4. BET awards-- There's nothing like having some cracker-white city discussing race issues. Fortunately, most of us seem to be a bit more accepting than 'persyns' in other cracker-white towns in which I've lived. C-Matt and WEG make an appearance, and a newbie gets his feelings hurt... awwww...

As an accused damned white racist and a nazi as well, I am surprised that this never came up. It was run, to much shock, criticism, and acclaim during the BET Awards, as I recall. Also, see this.

Man, people give race too much weight. Race and lists. I think the most positive thread of the year was the whole "Are You Drunk" thing. Talk about people getting together for a common cause.

Thanks, The Musk, for a great post. Very well articulated on all points, and the spelling and punctuation are, as far as I saw, were beyond contempt.

Great post!!! [The Musk's I mean]

ditto ... great post musk!!

Yeah, that was a great read.

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the spelling and punctuation are, as far as I saw, were beyond contempt.

Really? Without irony?

it would be far easier to compile a list of the worst of '07

Here ya go....in no particular order

!. Band of Annuals-Let Me Live
2. Phantom Puercos- Woold
3. Plant/Krause-Raising Sand
4. David Williams-Summer
5. Mavis Staples-We'll Never Turn Back
6. Band of Horses-Cease to Begin
7. Vic Chesnutt-North Star Deserter
8. Green on Red-Valley Fever

and two that came out in 2006....but I only just heard them...
9. Jeff Zentner-Hymns to the Darkness
10. Vetiver-To Find Me Gone

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it would be far easier to compile a list of the worst of '07

Isn't that the case every year?

i need to get together with bl0cks and n8 for a music swap!!

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Originally posted by WebMonkey:
i need to get together with bl0cks and n8 for a music swap!!

Anytime! I'm in the process of reorganizing all my music on a new terabyte drive (happy new year, n8!), but send me a message and we can get together for a beer and some file transfer.

for real i'm down. only if we can use that fancy board room at your work though. it made me feel accomplished. ; )

i downloaded "my bloody underground" for free on the BJM site. The mix is a bit rough but it's fucking brilliant. def very my bloody valentine with a little velvet underground... opiate rock

oh yeah, i really do want to share some music with you guys. who is n8 anyway. do i know ya???

i haven't seen anyone else mention it here but i thought the new whitestripes record was pretty sick

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Originally posted by WebMonkey:
who is n8 anyway. do i know ya???

You probably don't. I just moved to town in June and don't make it out to as many shows as I'd like because I have a new baby boy.

A couple off the top of my head

Pissed Jeans - Hope For Men
Parts and Labor - latest one
The National - Boxer
Okkervil River - The Stage Names
Awesome Color- Even though it was officially released end of '06

Bands with '08 releases I'm looking forward to.

Black Mountain
Onieda

A band we've played with called Lions recently released a great record and they really seem like they're on the up and up. They just had a song on guitar hero III. They're a great live band. They'll be in town at Launchpad on Feb 27th. Check it out!

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7. Oakley Hall: I’ll Follow You (Merge)

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I did not know the new one was on Merge. I really have to pick that up.

I don't like it quite as much as Gypsum Strings, but they are such a fantastic band.

If you can't wait two weeks for the Black Mountain album, I can hook you up. I didn't think it was possible to improve on their debut, but it... it's so amazingly face melting good. I'm going to just say it's the number one album of 2008 right now. In January. It's that fantastic.

You haven't heard our version of The Carpenters "Superstar" done to a slow hip-hop groove... I'm playing a Roland 808 emulator on that track.

It's........well, different that's for sure!

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They just had a song on guitar hero III.

It isn't very good though... Some of there other stuff is good but that GH III song blows.