February 02, 2005
2004: A PARTRIDGE IN A FILE TREE
2004? What to say? Just niblets and fragments. We send these out to The Rob Sheffield, who turns 19 forever today. Happy birthday, you fucking ninja.
Charlotte Hatherley: The Big Express
The Futureheads: White Music (UPDATE! Now there is a Futureheads-lite, which makes them the Olestra of XTCoids: Maxïmo Park.)
A.C. Newman: Oranges and Lemons
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The non-XTC portion begins:
Best hip-hop movie: Fight clubs, Hero. gangstas, swords.
The Most Important Artist of Our Time: Lindsay Lohan
Best remix: Timo Maas' version of "Enjoy the Silence" by Depeche Mode
Riddim I didn’t get tired of in 2004: Coolie Dance
Riddim I will not tire of in 2005 (here’s hoping it gets picked): Allo Allo
Keane: Warmplay
Longview: Coolplay
Have we not heard from The Beautiful South because they became Stars?
How could Mojo do a Roots of the Sex Pistols CD and not include a song by Amon Düül II, whose Renate Knaup-Krötenschwanz rocked the template for the Lydon scree?
Is Ted Leo going to shoulder Paul Weller's legacy all by himself? Can't Ludacris get in on this? Or one of The Gordons?
Nellie McKay would like you to know she also won three spelling bees in a row and can do The Mikado in French.
Best song involving decapitation and teeth-brushing: Richie Feelings’ “Dancing Class Part 2”
LPs dying to be classic, Chronic Town-like EPs: Phoenix's Alphabetical, and RJD2's Since We Last Spoke.
Spiderbait: Approach only when the lady sings, or when they are covering Ram Jam.
Best Elliott Smith substitute: Skating Club
Most necro Elliott Smith substitute: Earlimart
Continually rewarded for trading audiences, spouses: Rod Stewart
You thought Lil Jon was a lock until: "Drop It Like It's Hot"
Still not finding rappers: Timbaland
If it was all like this, I'd be a Tweedyist: “I Am a Wheel”
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