My Totally Incomplete Best Of's List
Here is my totally incomplete Best of 2004 List. I have had this in my queue for well over a month trying to come up with items I like and order them in groups of 5. But I have failed. Badly. So here is my incomplete (and missing important subjects) list of things I liked best in 2004. Isn't this just a pathetic little list?
Music
- The Grey Album - Jay Z and DJ Danger Mouse
What can I say? Take one part Jay-Z lyrics, add one part Beatles White Album, mixed well by an unknown DJ and you get an album that has been imitated to death this year. If you haven't downloaded and listened to this album, you don't know what a good mix tape is. - A Night at the Hip-Hopera - The Kleptones
The Kleptones are at it again with a mash-up between Queen and all sorts of Hip Hop they have collected. It is interesting that my two top favorite albums of the year are both illegal and only available over the internet. Hello, record companies, this should tell you something about your "product." - Permission to Land - The Darkness
OK, so it is a silly album, and the band dresses all silly too, but damn can The Darkness Scream! - Good News For People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse
Yes, Virginia, the first time you hear this album you probably will not like it - give it time - Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
What another silly band.
Photoblog Sites (in no discernible order)
Best new Insert Noun Here
- James Wolcott
A contributing editor to Vanity Fair, Wolcott brings excellent prose and snark to the web. - My Del.icio.us Inbox
For those not in the know, del.icio.us is a Folksonomy-organized system of saving your bookmarks. You can subscribe to other people's link stream, creating a continuously updating stream of interesting bookmarks from interesting people. It is on hiatus now, and daddy want's it back. - The Bull Moose Blog
Excellent writing, this new-old blog was resurrected in time for the 2004 election debacle. - The Letters of Gary Benchley, Rock Star
Upstate aspiring rock star moves to New York City to try his hand at stardom and romance
Best "Best of 2004" List
- Jason Kottke's collection of Best Links 2004
- 456 Berea Street highlights of 2004
- Lists of "Best of ... 2004" lists
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