December 2009
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WatchIt had to come from Costello and Colbert, but it did it for me. A Christmas song with substance. Imagine that.
sostark:
‘There Are Much Worse Things to Believe In’ by Stephen Colbert & Elvis Costello
a hopeful and surprisingly sincere duet, from Colbert’s Christmas special last year.
Favorite Discoveries of 2009
Come Together - Ike and Tina Turner and the Ikettes This was the record I couldn’t stop listening to this year. I bought it for $2 at a yard sale in Jamaica Plain. You don’t know shit about this amazing duo until you’ve heard Come Together. If you still define Tina by “What’s Love Got to Do With It?”—a great song—see what depth “Too Much Woman” and...
Favorite Albums of 2009
1. The Ecstatic - Mos Def Cerebral enough to ward off some of its audience, eccentric and self-referential enough to escape the lame “conscious” moniker, this album does what albums with real staying power must: it challenges. Nobody should feel at ease listening to The Ecstatic, even passively, and that’s what makes it great. Every song contains rhymes, hooks, samples and...
Dishonorable mention 2009: That Grizzy Bear album,...
Vecketamist - Grizzly Bear I can’t call Veckatimest uninspired—that misses the mark—and I can’t say it’s unsophisticated, because that would be plain wrong. It’s sophisticated, all right—sophisticated like a master’s degree in contemporary poetry and about as useful. Inspired, too. It’s got that Paul Simon air of pop ambition mixed with a Green Day sense of self...
“An alcoholic is someone you don’t like who drinks as much as you do.”
– Dylan Thomas