1.31.2006

booze clues

thanks to the ever-astute rob sheffield for articulating the thought i've had in my head for a few months, but have been too lazy to formulate into a linkable meme.

"Weirdest ad campaign: those Hennessy "Never Blend In" billboards with Marvin Gaye, who could not be here today to collect his royalty check, as he was shot to death by his alcoholic dad. It's like sticking Brian Jones into an ad for swimming pools."

Just wanted to send an extra special bonus beats shout-out to Miller Beer for getting Flavor Flav--someone whose life has been ravaged by substance abuse problems--for your snarky ads. A CGI approximation of John Bonham is awaiting your phone call, boys!

1.10.2006

cleanin' out my closet: 2005

To clean out the right scroll of my blog. Here are my 50 favorite records and 20 favorite singles of 2005. Collect them all.

top 50 albums
1. dalek – absence
2. jesu – jesu
3. farm fresh – time is running out
4. orthrelm – ov
5. m.i.a. – arular
6. clipse – we got it 4 cheap, pt. 2
7. odd nosdam – burner
8. mouthus - slow globes
9. fm3 – the buddha machine
10. animal collective - feels
11. deerhoof - the runner's four
12. father’s day – spank the world
13. growing – his return
14. quasimoto – the further adventures of lord quas
15. lcd soundsystem – lcd soundsystem
16. alvo noto + ryuichi sakamoto – insen
17. blueprint – 1988
18. mannie fresh – the mind of mannie fresh
19. lichens – the psychic nature of being
20. system of a down - hypnotize
21. mike jones - who is mike jones?
22. gate to gate – i turn black keys
23. paul wall - the people's champ
24. konono no. 1 - congotronics
25. oren ambarchi - triste
26. why? – sanddollars, the ep
27. keith fullerton whitman - multiples
28. sage francis – a healthy distrust
29. excepter – throne
30. antony and the johnsons – i am a bird now
31. run the road
32. opeth – ghost reveries
33. black dahlia murder - miasma
34. earth – hex: or printing in the infernal method
35. princess superstar – my machine
36. radio pyongyang
37. mary gauthier – mercy now
38. supersystem – always never again
39. eluvium – talk amongst the trees
40. big bear – big bear
41. the perceptionists – black dialogue
42. beanie seagal – the b. coming
43. high on fire – blessed black wings
44. felipe and forte - shaggy black
45. slim thug – already platinum
46. wooden wand and the vanishing voice – buck dharma
47. wolf parade – apologies to the queen mary
48. prurient – black vase
49. sunnO))) – black one
50. kanye west – late registration

top 20 singles
1. ying yang twins - "wait (the whisper song)"
2. my chemical romance - "helena"
3. fall out boy - "sugar, we're going down"
4. d4l - "laffy taffy"
5. r. kelly - "trapped in the closet (part one)"
6. lcd soundsystem - "daft punk is playing at my house"
7. david banner - "play"
8. kanye west ft. jamie foxx - "gold digger"
9. four tet - "smile around the face"
10. antony and the johnsons - "hope there's someone"
11. mike jones ft. slim thug and paul wall - "still tippin'"
12. mike jones - "back then"
13. trillville ft. snoop dogg - "some cut (remix)"
14. three six mafia ft. young jeezy, eightball and mjg - "stay fly"
15. system of a down - "hypnotize"
16. paul wall ft. mike jones - "they don't know"
17. the game - "dreams"
18. amerie - "1 thing"
19. daddy yankee - "gasolina"
20. the legendary k.o. - "george bush doesn't care about black people"