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WORTH NOTING – NPR’s Top 50 Recordings
Who do you trust more: Me or NPR? The choice is yours.
Photo Credit: NPR
It recently came to my attention that National Public Radio released their idea of “The Decade’s 50 Most Important Recordings.” While NPR’s is a list of songs, mine was a list of albums. It’s nice to see a lot of overlap, but the main criteria that sets us apart is that their list is for everyone, and my list is for me.
At any rate, I found it fascinating to read, and I thought you might, too!
It’s list season!
Imagine this: waking up on New Year’s Day and puking every hour (or more frequently) for twelve hours and not really being able to sleep in between. Awesome, RIGHT? And then you get to watch the same thing happen to your boyfriend the next day. Of all the things I could say about how I rang in this new year and new decade, the one I’m sticking with is: It can only get better from here. And it will. I’ve got some pep in my stride, a shiny bag tucked under my arm, and I’m ready.
But before fully stepping into the great beyond, I thought about the past. A few months ago, Chris told Alex and me that he was going to make a “10 Best Albums of the ’00s” list. We were both intrigued by the idea, and Chris encouraged us to take on the project. All three of us made our lists independently and shared them on Wednesday night (Chris is in Boston, so we got creative about our sharing party). Here’s my list below, and this link will send you to a screenshot of all three lists (plus a bonus image of our video chat- I KNOW, right?).
We all decided to do 25, in the end. For my list and Alex’s, the first 10 are our top 10. All of our lists are in no particular order. I can feel you judging me and my tastes, but please know that I am fully aware that this list is TOTALLY subjective. My style of music listening is heavily based on an emotional or physical response to what I’m hearing. My “criteria” are after the jump.
Epic Piano Battle and Great Friends
This weekend, Alex and I had some visitors. Chris and Katrina drove down to Brooklyn from Boston on Friday night, and we welcomed them quickly to our apartment before sweeping them off again to the midnight Gonzales show at Joe’s Pub.
I think it’s safe to say that this performance is on my short list of “BEST LIVE SHOWS EVER.” Gonzales put on a fantastic show by himself, but to top it off, he had a guest appearance by Jamie Lidell, singing “What Is It This Time?” (video here, WordPress doesn’t seem to want me to put a Vimeo video on my blog). It was phenomenal. I was a little sad that Jamie only stayed for one song, but Gonzales would only top it off, even more amazingly, with a piano battle vs. Andrew WK * I AM NOT JOKING * It was epic. The first video that follows is the gauntlet being thrown, and the following two videos (after the jump) detail most of the battle, in its glory (19 minutes total… get ready or just skim, you’ll get the idea):
SONG OF THE WEEK
Let’s be honest, there will probably never be a series of song of the week posts… but it’s a thought. Regardless, this one has been in my head since I heard it on WERS. “Bullets” by Tunng. Enjoy!
