Thanks Greg. How long have we been doing this now?

I DL'd The Glossary after seeing it in on you, FT, and Yail's list, but I'm still tying to track down the Steel Drivers. Sounds right up my alley.

Sweet action ! Great to hear DJ.
I did the exact same thing after living with it for a month or so and finally tracked one down used on Amazon.



Baron approval must mean I'm onto something here.

Man, sometimes you douches really hit it home how much I'm wasting my time on this site.

Glad I could help.

Wait was Silver Seas on your list too?

I think what he meant was, it was he (Rads) that first posted The Silver Seas in the Twentyten thread and now it's catching on.

I musta missed it early in the yearly, because I pay more attention to Rads' musings than most (and def. More than is healthy) but fack, sometimes its hard to keep up. I've got a business, a kid, a wife, a house that we renovated, elections, heavy drinking....

Yes, I supposed that to be the case. I went back for a quick search and saw that he had posted about it in that Top 3 thread but I guess I glazed over it. Honestly it was your words that really got me interested in hearing it, not simply that it was your number 1.

I hear ya' DM. I'm with ya on all of the above, 'cept for elections and I have two kids. But I'm especially with ya' on the heavy drinking.

Yep, you're correct. I thought it was the 2010 thread, but it was the Top 3 that piqued my interest. Either way, happy to hear you like the record as well as my description.

I snagged it when you rec'd it. Hit my top 5. If I didn't say so then, Thanks man.
High Society is pretty good as well.

It's a damn good record. Some days I think High Society is actually better than ChatRev.

That Duncan Maitland sounds interesting. Also, I thought Colin Moulding had renounced music altogether. Guess not.

I also ignore records that tons of people like until and outlier with taste recommends it. If the whole board is gaga + Mcap, Rads or BG likes it, then I will usually take a flyer. I'll listen to anything Kingfish, Bloor or DJ reccs. Most everything else I just sit back and seenifnit bubbles over the usual "TEH Besk regcorb of Yearz!" bs. This kinda did neither.

Also, isn't this why we do these lists - to prove our tastes and compare with others? I got 2 records that would round out a Gar 20 in Silver Seas and Cotton Jones already this week.

I'm glad Colin's playing again, even if it is just one track. Now, if he could get over his love/hate relationship with Andy we might get another XTC record.

The first thing I liked about the Duncan Maitland record was the ear candy, but for all the right musical checkpoints and reasons. As soon as I got past it, the songs started to jell in a big way. Th production is Jon Brion-esqe.

Yes, it is. The lists do more to prove diversity than a hive or groupthink and are a great information gathering resource.

And look, if you like a record, feel free to start a thread about it instead of limiting discussion to one of the mega-threads: Even if it only gets a couple of responses, it will get read and filed away by the vast majority of us who are hungry for new and great but don't always have the time or antennae to get to everything.

DINGDINGDINGDING

I felt that my list this year was the most different from the rest of Obner than it has ever been. Mainly because we don't talk about music as much anymore and I don't know what most people are listening to. That is until the year end lists. Already picked up Luke Doucet's album and the Silver Sees is next.

I agree with this completely, as well as what GAR was saying about recommendations from folks who may have similar tastes. A separate thread would be easier to track and maybe if we're lucky, a discussion of the merits contained within would ensue.

I thought I had this on my hard drive but can't find it anywhere. I may need to peruse the OB for a link.
Fwiw - I could see that Harlem record in my Top 20 with more plays.

i've stopped making threads about records i like for these exact reasons. maybe drink or someone will comment on it but it gets ignored by the majority of the board so i think, why bother?

i was the only person to talk about mike stinson, and that was in my review thread and billy g inquired about it and we mentioned it a couple times in NP and then he loved it and now it's in like 10 different year-end lists, so sometimes being ignored works out