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In the nick of time, bad puns.

Banner year for the McKennas, not so much for the long format rock and rollers. We sunk all our money in getting the Volvo repaired, so didn't buy all the hits this go around, but managed a little commerce.

Without breaking traditOn, avoided everything gangsta, twee, dots or bleepsy.

1-3 in order, the rest kind of run of play:


1. POLVO "In Prism"

Not only the best record of the year, one of their best records, period. Realize no one gives a flip about this comeback, but this made me impossibly happy. The soundtrack to Jane's air guitar lessons.

2. KING KHAN and BBQ SHOW "Invisible Girl"

Not as fantastic as the Shrines record of last year, but still remarkably offensive.

3. PHOENIX "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix"

Eagle on this one early. 4-5 hits here.

4. CASS MCCOMBS "Catacombs"

Cass gets ass! Writes music poems about it.

5. M WARD "Hold Time"

Not as good as the last couple, still better than anything mildly Oberstian. Goes good with pancakes.

6. DEERHUNTER / ATLAS SOUND "Rainwater Cassette Exchange / Logos"

Left the Microcastle off last year's list, this is the make good.

7. SUPERCHUNK "Sur La Bouche"

Live chunk, when they still wrote face melters.

8. OBITS "I Blame You"

Night Moves from the new Bob Seger.

9. MERGE XX "the covers"

Worth it for the Tenement Halls cover alone.

10. GOURDS Haymaker

Jane pick.

Hon Mention: Pissed Jeans "King of Jeans"

Always a gas.



SINGLES

Telekinesis - "Coast of Carolina" (thanks Beck, you were right)
Animal Collective - "My Girls"
PHX - "Lizstomania"
Grizzly Bear - "While You Wait for the Others"
Spoon - "Got Nuffin"
Beach House - "Green River"
Polvo - "the pedlar"
Wavves "No Hope Kids"
Bob Ivan - "Blood Bank"
Atlas Sound "Shelia"
Japandroids - "I Quit Girls"
Julian Strokes - "11th Dimension"


PLAYCOUNTS ('09 load in, '09 listens):

1. Deer Tick "These old shoes"
2. Shins "Plenty is Never Enough"
3. Avett Brothers "Die Die Die"
4. Benji Hughes "I went with some friends to see the flaming lips
5. David Kilgour "Today is gonna be mine"
6. The Comas "Last Transmission"
7. Seam "Look Back in Anger"
8. The Clean "Slug Song"
9. M Ward "Shangri La"
10. Atlas Sound "Ativan"
11. Nashville Ramblers - "The Trains"
12. KK - "Welfare Bread"

SHOWS:

1. JL / LSF / Fucked UP - FUn FUn FEst
2. PHX - La Zona Rosa
3. Mastodon - Irving
4. Gourds - Batfest
5. Black Lips - Mohawk
6. Decemberists - Radio City
7. Buster's Wedding Band
8. Magnolia EC - Mohawk
9. Superdrag - empty WHOM
10. Elijah Wood on Yo Gabba Gabba


Don't get it / want to get it: Miley, Party in the U.S.A.

My vote for POTY: Yossi Benayoun

Meal: Marlowe Send Off

C- : Wild Things

Rental: Downhill Racer / Once Upon a Time in the West

Resolution: Fitness


Toby Keith Shock'n y'all!

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