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End of year surveys ...
Published: 12/21/2007 3:04 PM
Last Modified: 12/21/2007 3:04 PM

Yeah, I keep getting these "end of year" pass-around emails. You know the ones. So, this year, I thought I'd actually take the time to fill one out, and post it here to share. Feel free to reply with your answers, too!

(Thanks, Toniferous, for this one.)

QUIZ:

1.) a. What band(s) or album(s) did you fall in love with this year?
Watermelon Slim, JFJO (again), Black Gasoline, El Paso Hot Button, Starkweather Boys, Boxcar Satan, Cannonball Jane, Eric B. and Rakim (again), Callupsie ... And the White Stripes' new album. And the re-release of Led Zep's "The Song Remains the Same." And John Lee Hooker (again). And Bloc Party. Yes, I said Bloc Party.

b. What bands did you fall out of love with?
Meh, Pittsburgh Slim. Dude, that Abercrombie-wearing rapper-wannabe poseur is nothing if not terrible. And Daft Punk. Its "Alive" CD is, well, mediocre. The Doors. Snow Patrol. The Killers, kinda. The Vines, kinda. Quite a few things, actually, but I don't dwell on those.

2.) What local bands (if any) have rocked your socks this year?
Black Swan, EtLO, Congrats!, Here is There, Starkweather Boys, Bring Down the Hammer, T.J. McFarland, 1 GOP, Crooked X, Callupsie, PDA, Playya 1000, Dull Drums, Doldrums, seriously, there are many.

3.) Any specific concerts or house party shows of note in 2007?
Indeed, mostly local and regional acts ... EPHB, Hickoids, Unwed Sailor, the Great Collapse, Black Swan, Junior Brown, Starkweather Boys, EtLO, Callupsie, Winghead, Wighead, Wakarusa, Dfest, Flaming Lips, Zappa, that Shutdown Sequence Go! show at the park, Ghosts at Dfest, again, there are soooo many.

4.) Did you end up flip-flopping on anything musical this year?
I realized that I really like quite a bit of country music. Josh Turner. And that Reba Duets album. I know, you're saying, "JENNIFER! I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU ANYMORE!!" True dat, yo. Now, let me reintroduce myself ... Howdy!

And, slightly off-topic side note, I always believed, "You know, Elvis capitalized off black music and artists to become famous. Carl Perkins, etc. will always be more 'legit.' " Well, Elvis also helped to introduce a very important genre to the masses, in a very, very big way. I recently heard a collection of 100+ "Elvis songs," performed by the original artists. The originals are better, yes, but without the help of the E, I admittedly would have never known they existed.

5.) Musically, was anything a complete disappointment in the last 12 months?
That Pittsburgh Slim CD. Holy cats, that was awful. I think it tainted my CD player -- thank goodness I didn't upload it to my iPod!

6.) Did you come to any realizations or have any epiphanies about music or any such music related hoopla?
I realized that I will never, ever tire of "newer classics" like Beck. Or Public Enemy. Or of learning about music. Or of listening to it, for that matter. Or of writing in incomplete sentences.

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Under the Mooch (5 years ago)

I posted my top 25 albums of 2007 on my blog at myspace/underthemooch

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