Happy New Year

After setting up this site in August (while killing time in the studio with my band Bling Kong), I haven't found the time to add anything to it. Considering that I don't possess a computer of my own any more makes this pretty excusable, no? Never the less, I wanted to mention how happy I was to be reunited, albeit briefly, with my old Rock Power co-hosts Becky and Penny whilst home in Chicago for the holidays. Becky is rockin' much shorter hair these days (but still a hippie at heart) and working for a law firm, and Penny just returned from two years in the Peace Corps in Africa! Even having not seen her since graduation, it didn't feel like much had changed--which is a nice thing between old friends.

Now, to refocus on the topic of music, here is (as if you really care) my 2004 top ten!

Arcade Fire - Funeral - Merge
TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes - Touch And Go
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse - Geffen
Iron and Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days - Sub Pop
Q and Not U - Power - Dischord
Wilco - A Ghost is Born - Nonesuch
Thermals - Fuckin' A - Sub Pop
Snow Patrol - Final Straw - Interscope
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans - Asthmatic Kitty
Rogers Sisters - Three Fingers - Troubleman

Looking forward to records in 2005 from some of my favorite bands including Ida and the reformed Wedding Present!