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Posted Thursday, February 1, 2006 11:40pm Top Ten Albums of 2005
Sorry for the delay in posting updates, especially this one. A lot of great music came out this year, mostly from indie labels. Here's my list of the top ten albums of 2005. 10.)
The Cardigans-Super Extra Gravity (Import only) 8.)
Brendan Benson-The Alternative to Love 6.)
The Magic Numbers-The Magic Numbers 5.)
Martha Wainwright-Martha Wainwright 4.)
Illinoise-Sufjan Stevens 3.)
Plans-Death Cab for Cutie 2.)
Kayne West-Late Registration 1.)
Extraordinary Machine (Jon Brion version)-Fiona Apple Honorable
mentions: I was hoping to have seen most of the big 2005 movies by now, but I didn't quite make it. If I'm not able to catch "Capote" in the next week, I'll post my favs regardless. The thing that the right-wing has done correctly is stick together. No matter how stupid the platform or decision, there is no derision in that party. Harry Reid is right on whenever he tells Lieberman to shut the hell up. It's like in the Godfather when Michael Corleone tells Fredo to never take sides outside the family. That's why so many Dems think Lieberman should just jump sides; he's a liability. Does the DNC lack a unified front? Hell yeah. Is that enough to stop people from voting for them? Not anymore. Bush has fucked up the country so badly, the Dems DON'T EVEN NEED to step up with a plan. As long as they don't get caught with a dead hooker or a live boy, they'll be fine. It's like Donald Trump and the Apprentice. Sometimes, you just have to sit in that boardroom and watch your enemy talk themselves right out of their job. Then the last person standing wins. The Dems will get hteir shit together soon enough. As soon as they get rid of turncoats like Lieberman and Zell Miller, they'll be in better shape. These returning vets running as Dems is a step in the right direction. John Kerry is a good man. He was just way too cerebral and nuanced. It was perfectly logical for Kerry to say he voted for the 87 billion before he voted against it. I knew what he meant. Problem is, when you say something like that, you have to explain what you mean to the dummies and frankly, Americans don't like to be talked at; they like to be talked to. Or rather, down to. The public likes candidates who talk in soundbites and simple sentences. Bush kept going to barbeques and trying to come across as a regular guy. I don't know too many "regular" guys in the Skull & Bones who went to Yale and played rugby... RUGBY! He fixed that image problem by driving around in his pick-up in Crawford and wearing a cowboy hat. Same thing with Clinton. He bit his lower lip and felt our pain. Then he walked around with the nickname "Bubba". Americans are dumb. One need only look at who our president is.
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