tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334424752024-03-13T11:42:46.159-05:00living in miserya blog about the state i'm incomoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.comBlogger636125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-56916155112428099072010-01-15T19:48:00.000-06:002010-01-15T19:49:03.303-06:00New BlogI have a new blog. It's here. Thanks for the memories.comoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-5703992295016358222009-12-31T23:59:00.001-06:002009-12-31T23:59:01.274-06:00This is the end.As the decade draws to an end, I have decided to complete this blog's run as well. 640 or so posts is a lot of material. I think I've said enough at this URL.No, I am not cowering to my detractors. Though they have criticized the content and premise of my blog with little or no original thought of their own, they are not the sole reason to end living in misery. I have probably posted longer than comoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-77437893172490216232009-12-27T05:33:00.006-06:002009-12-27T05:33:00.484-06:002009: The Year of Lists - Best SinglesHere's my list of the year's best songs. I won't say much about any of these songs and just let the music speak for itself. Also, I put them in no order as this list is even more fluid than an albums list. Not all of these tracks were released as singles, but they are all good, taking up residence in my head at various times this year.Animal Collective - "My Girls"Animal Collective "My Girls" comoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-66439553577756824122009-12-26T05:39:00.003-06:002009-12-26T05:39:00.220-06:002009: The Year of Lists - Tina RoselleTina appeared on my radar a while back with some comments here and there. I finally followed the hyperlinked trail to her blog, A Ravenous Horde. She's done what I would have liked to do with this blog which was to make it a full-fledged local music blog. Between previews and reviews of local shows, Tina fits in regular commentary on current music trends as well as some free MP3's. It's good comoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-1756831281632946272009-12-25T05:58:00.001-06:002009-12-25T05:58:00.160-06:00The Revinylization Project: Year in ReviewI bought a lot of vinyl this year. The picture above is only a portion of the records I accumulated in 2009. Missing are the old, used, and reissues, but the picture still gives you a taste of how much vinyl was dropped off at my house by the UPS lady. Even with a few releases yet to be released, I bought a lot of records.And I was good at sticking to the vinyl, so to speak. I bought one album (comoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-60553174129999352592009-12-24T05:25:00.000-06:002009-12-24T05:25:00.048-06:002009: The Year of Lists - John-PaulJohn-Paul provided me his Last FM profile for his biographical information. So, I'll let it do the talking for me.In Dark Trees is American experimental ambient and post-rock artist, John-Paul McFarland. The moniker is taken from a Brian Eno song. IDT also features Logan Epps and Michael Hopkins live.IDT joined the mid-western co-op arts label, Yards and Gods in 2008. Y&G also features comoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-77043614738992022009-12-23T05:03:00.004-06:002009-12-23T05:03:00.444-06:002009: The Year of Lists - KristenKristen and I go way back, but we haven't really been able to get to know each other until the past couple of years or so. We met many years ago at a Jon Spencer Blues Explosion show. I approached Kristen and her friend because they were acquaintances of my roommate. We all had a nice time, but I spent the night wondering which woman I should ask out. Being the indecisive person I am, I never comoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-4796162221374215252009-12-22T04:41:00.003-06:002009-12-22T05:44:28.619-06:00Best Albums of the OughtsHere's the decade's recap in descending order...100. St. Vincent - Marry Me99. Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer98. Silver Jews - Bright Flight97. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat96. Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow95. The Black Keys - The Big Come Up94. Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover93. Radiohead - Amnesiac92. The White Stripes - Elephant91. Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress90. Handsomecomoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-56603173094306025512009-12-21T04:58:00.000-06:002009-12-21T04:58:00.116-06:002009: Year of Lists - ATR<!--StartFragment--> ATR used to be a COMO-ian. Then, his partner Monkey (who names their kid "Monkey?") decided to move off to Nebraska. Luckily, Lincoln is still in the central time zone. ATR teaches the children of the corn how to read and write. As you can tell from his review of the year's offerings that ATR knows a thing or three about the written word. So, those chil'en are probably in comoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-71520518771337971532009-12-20T04:55:00.017-06:002009-12-20T04:55:00.341-06:00Best of the Oughts: Albums 1-10We're finally here. The end of the decade is nearly upon us as is my list for the best albums of said decade. The further I moved down this list, the easier it became for me to justify inclusion of these albums in their rankings. Sure, the rankings will change and probably have since I first began this list, but I'm pretty confident with where things stand now.Most of these records came out just comoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-63556016246246153612009-12-19T05:21:00.004-06:002009-12-19T05:21:00.075-06:002009: The Year of Lists - Jeff MenterJeff is someone I met through beering. He let me use his equipment for my first batch of homebrew and has been a regular commenter on the blog ever since - mostly to disagree with me. Most of his days are spent working from home, so we G-chat from time-to-time. Also, he's from Alaska and so I blame him for Sara Palin. (I kid. I kid.)The opinions below are his as I would never make a list of musiccomoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-69749549069648701342009-12-18T05:00:00.019-06:002009-12-18T05:00:05.560-06:00Best of the Oughts: Albums 11-20This list is a nice mixture of things. There are several years represented. the subgenres are all over the place. The first and last comp of the top-100 resides in this ten. There are break-up albums, albums of social protest, rock records, Gypsy music, two-piece bands, seven or eight-piece, etc. It's all here.20. Various Artists - Dark Was the NightI generally stay away from compilations for anycomoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-47295916378671164702009-12-17T03:56:00.004-06:002009-12-17T03:56:00.467-06:002009: The Year of Lists - GEI "met" GE after I learned of his terribly-neglected blog through a mention by one of my favorite authors/cultural critics John Sellers. What I Listened to on My Way to Work Today was my one daily read for the six or so months GE kept it going. The premise was simple yet genius. GE rode the subway in NYC to work every day, listening to his iPod filled with a nice variety of punk, alt.country, comoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-50115902841508138202009-12-16T04:51:00.006-06:002009-12-16T04:51:00.576-06:00Best of the Oughts: Albums 21-30The tens just keep getting better and better. We're nearing the realm where you cannot argue. Be forewarned.We're back to a lot of older stuff, but I believe that will level off soon. I bet you can't wait to see what comes next.30. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Stephen MalkmusNo Pavement this decade. So, SM's first solo album will have to do. It was really just leftover Pavement stuff that he comoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-3140454511616910282009-12-15T05:07:00.004-06:002009-12-15T05:07:00.565-06:002009: The Year of Lists - KateKate is my sister. She is studying to be a baker. She's smart, funny, and has good taste in music. Little Katie used to raid my music collection in order to shape her own. The fact that she made multiple mix tapes of grunge bands gives you some idea as to how old we are.These lists are hers, not mine, but she's right on every choice. I totally forgot about that Sunset Rubdown record. I may have comoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-64444850806939909542009-12-14T00:20:00.014-06:002009-12-14T00:20:00.176-06:00Best of the Oughts: Albums 31-40Now, this is a nice mix of new and old. I'm still not 100% about the Flaming Lips album, but this is where it stands today. I was late to the Strawberry Jam party as with Okkervil in general. Oh, and Deerhunter as well. However, I was on time, if not early, for TVOTR and The White Stripes.40. The Flaming Lips - EmbryonicAfter The Soft Bulletin, I didn't care much for any of the work put out by comoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-58798583806699659452009-12-13T05:49:00.002-06:002009-12-13T05:49:00.537-06:002009: The Year of Lists - Zach NolandZach Noland is a national treasure who left a void in the COMO scene forever...or until he can't make it in the big city and returns to good ole Mizzou-Rah. Luckily, he pities me enough to contribute a post demonstrating wisdom well beyond his years and even further beyond my incapable hands. (I have carpal tunnel - self-diagnosed.)Along with contributor Carrie Wade and a few other yahoos, Zach comoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-58990698381540234302009-12-12T04:50:00.006-06:002009-12-12T06:17:42.944-06:00Best of the Oughts: Albums 41-50Strangely enough, I discovered all these albums after moving here. A couple were actually released before making the nine-hour trek, but I didn't listen to them until landing in Misery. It says something about my tastes that so many albums from recent years are popping up at the top of my list. I'm either forgetting how much I loved music from the first half of the decade or the newer stuff is comoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-70999417808361820462009-12-11T05:26:00.002-06:002009-12-11T05:26:00.191-06:002009: The Year of Lists - KevinKevin Sears is not related to the people who sell you cheap crap with expensive warranties that only work in that you never have to cash them in...except when you didn't purchase one, then something goes wrong. No, he's of the Oklahoma Sears and they always drive a hard bargain.Kevy-Kev is a newer-ish member of the Emergency Umbrella family but he's been around the proverbial block when it comes comoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-28426046908110089202009-12-10T04:56:00.014-06:002009-12-10T04:56:00.523-06:00Best of the Oughts: Albums 51-60I could do this all month and I almost did.60. Iron and Wine - Our Endless Numbered DaysEven when fully polished, Sam Beam can make anything sound like a cool breeze on a mid-summer afternoon as you sip lemonade on the back porch. Even a fart.59. Sufjan Stevens - Seven SwansI didn't care for all the religious imagery until my recovering Catholic partner explained it to me. Then this record took comoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-76815592939259481912009-12-09T05:16:00.004-06:002009-12-09T05:16:00.148-06:002009: The Year of Lists - Carrie “Colossal Youth” WadeAnd the hits keep on coming. This one comes from the mind behind Colossal Youth. I think I've suggested that you read her blog and gaze upon her beautiful photos before. If you have yet to do so, click on the link and make it happen.It should also be noted that the opinions expressed in these posts are not those of comoprozac (a pseudonym) or of the owner of this blog. The lists are entirely comoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-80353808085506101012009-12-08T21:41:00.004-06:002009-12-09T10:52:18.011-06:00Yards and Gods Comp Release PartyTaking a break from all the lists (and unfinished coursework), I thought I'd mention Saturday's Yards & Gods release party for their second compilation. It's this Saturday at Mojo's and features Cpt Captain, Dark Trees, The Makeouts, Nonreturner, Prize Wolf, Ptarmigan, and Ursus Arctos. All good and all fun.I will have a hard time getting out as there is a Hanukkah party calling my name and comoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-44280785588869103652009-12-08T05:01:00.014-06:002009-12-08T09:27:22.725-06:00Best of the Oughts: Albums 61-70And so the list continues...It's actually getting really good around here. I still listen to several of the following records on a regular basis. Dan Bejar makes two appearances on this ten. Three of the bands feature strong female performers. The top two bands on this section of the list are scattered throughout the top-100, making them both strong candidates for band of the decade honors. This comoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-2370085126373931712009-12-07T05:08:00.006-06:002009-12-07T05:08:00.323-06:002009: The Year of Lists - NathanOne of the best aspects of this blogging thing is the opportunity to meet some nice people in and around COMO. Sure, there have been assholes too, but I really appreciate those who can read the blog and take it for what it's worth. They enjoy some of what I have to say and agree to disagree at other times. They either read the blog politely before moving on or join the discussion.Take Nathan for comoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33442475.post-81604091481565213352009-12-06T05:37:00.009-06:002009-12-06T05:37:00.332-06:00Best of the Oughts: Albums 71-80This list reminds me of a lot of my last couple of years in Ohio. Other than a couple of the selections, this was most of my listening during that period. It's weird how certain years have lumped together on this decade list. Makes me think I didn't do a very good job of mixing things up.Oh well.80. Modest Mouse - The Moon and AntarcticaA lot of people have identified this as Modest Mouse's best comoprozachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07898082287641166601noreply@blogger.com6