Month: January 2010

Volume 70: I can’t be good, So I’ll be free

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  1. Greg Brown – Just by Myself
  2. Bee Gees – To Love Somebody
  3. Dire Straits – Southbound Again
  4. Andrew Jackson Jihad – Sense, Sensibility
  5. Mudcrutch – Scare Easy
  6. Aimee Mann – She Really Wants You
  7. The Avett Brothers – Laundry Room
  8. Gram Parsons – Streets Of Baltimore
  9. Alec Ounsworth – Telling The Truth (And Going Away)
  10. Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros – Long Shadow
  11. Defiance, Ohio – Oh, Susquehanna!
  12. The Black Hollies – Gloomy Monday Morning
  13. Tee Set – Ma Belle Amie
  14. Robin McNamara – Lay A Little Lovin On Me
  15. Redeye – Games
  16. Ocean – Put Your Hand In The Hand (Kama Sutra)
  17. Bee Gees – Marley Purt Drive
  18. Jonathan Richman – Now Is Better Than Before
  19. Vic Chesnutt – You Are Never Alone
  20. Nina Simone – To Love Somebody

Jay Reatard RIP

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Jay Reatard (1980-2010)

I’m not going to pretend I was some huge fan or anything, but it’s still pretty sad. I really enjoyed a bunch of the songs off Blood Visions and hoped to have had the chance to hear more from him.

[audio:http://www.catbirdseat.org/catbirdseat/myshadow.mp3]

At least one post from China

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My likely one and only post from China. It’s pretty interesting here. The only thing that keeps coming to mind is: watch out America. These people have a work ethic which is remarkable. What they seemingly lack in the specifics of higher education they make up for in desire to learn.

Demand FBI Budget Cuts

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Dear President Obama,

I am in favor of universal healthcare. Some complain that we just can’t afford it. I for one thing we can pull tight our bootstraps and dig deep to find the money to pay for it. Step #1 cut back on the FBI’s Lamborghini fund.

Sincerely,
Chris Flannery
A Concerned Citizen

Halfway through the 50 States

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2009 additions:

  • Iowa
  • Missouri
  • Nebraska
  • South Dakota
  • Tennessee
  • Texas

at the end of 2009, I have eaten a meal in 25 out of 50 states

this does not include Minnesota which I only got gas in (was only in the state for 10 minutes)

this also does not count airports.

My favorite albums of 2009…

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  1. Chain and The Gang – Down With Liberty… Up With Chains!
  2. Fruit Bats – The Ruminant Band
  3. The Mountain Goats – The Life of The World to Come
  4. The Avett Brothers – I and Love and You
  5. Elvis Perkins in Dearland – S/T
  6. The Oranges Band – Are Invisible
  7. Eels – Hombre Loco
  8. The Marked Men – Ghosts
  9. Langhorne Slim – Be Set Free
  10. Andrew Jackson Jihad – Can’t Maintain

best comedy albums:

  1. Paul F. Tompkins – Freak Wharf
  2. Patton Oswalt – My Weakness is Strong
  3. Doug Benson – Unbalanced Load

other great things:

  1. Big Star box set: Keep An Eye On The Sky
  2. Neil Young’s behemoth box set: Archives
  3. Morphine’s unreleased/live set: At Your Service
  4. Tom: A Tribute to RAM (The Best Show on WFMU)

My most listened to bands of 2009…

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  1. Chain and the Gang (203)
  2. Bob Dylan (166)
  3. The Avett Brothers (150)
  4. Warren Zevon (105)
  5. Andrew Jackson Jihad (97)
  6. Leonard Cohen (76)
  7. J.J. Cale (67)
  8. The Wave Pictures (65)
  9. Robyn Hitchcock (64)
  10. Fruit Bats (61)
  11. This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb (59)
  12. The Oranges Band (58)
  13. Ted Leo and The Pharmacists (57)
  14. Langhorne Slim (56)
  15. Randy Newman (55)