Finally, the top 5

Alright alright, I know I forgot about doing this and it should have been taken care of weeks ago, but I finally have my little top 5 CD's of 2005 list ready to go.
it was a lovely year for music. So many new band with new success stories and heaps of old stand-bys with new classics. I'm in a strange bit of headspace at the moment so I'll just get this over with.
actually...... Instead of making any honorable mentions this year I'll just make a full top 10 list. That way its less work for me, and....Well its just less work for me. Here we go.

10. Iron and Wine - Woman King EP

9. Super Furry Animals - Love Kraft

8. Decemberists - Picturesque

7. The Go! Team - Thunder Lightning Strike

6. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene

5. Boy Least Likely To - Best Party Ever

4. Joel Plaskett - La De Da

3. Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow

2. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Matt Sweeney - Superwolf

1. Clap your hands say yeah - Clap your hands say yeah


and there it is. Happy goddamn new year 3 people who will read this.

Epilogue

Once again I have no thoughts, because all thoughts would betray me. Its all in my mind its all in my mind! Curse my god damn male mind.
I haven't ridden these waves in the longest time and I'm still trying to gauge what it all means. There's a lot to take in. There is no emotion there is peace.
hare Krishna
cellar door
please let me level off soon. This is quite a ride.

You should have heard me scream

Drunk post infinity goes on. Continuing the silent revolution that really doesn't exist, I leanred something recently. The fear is on.
there is nothing quite as redeeming as the breath from the dragon, exhausting its final drag. And there is nothing more frightening than realizing you have to go at this alone. After all, when all you have is the music in your heart , how can you really expect to take on all the evil that's informs of you. There's nothing more pacifying than finding your major weakness. There must be a way around it but you just don't work that way.
your over confidence is your weakness, your faith in your friends is yours and all that Jedi mambo jumbo. Here are no absolutes. There is nothing I would like more than to let that which does not matter, truly slide but I'm just too superficial. Just another kid from the burbs who want to feel something real. We have no weapons, we have no faith, we;re just privledged shits who want so much to have something to say.
the truth is that i dont deserve anything. i havent earned it yet.

Rock and Roll Easter

25 years ago today, the savior of modern music died. He was not crucified, but he was shot outside his home in new York city. A martyr for the music, not a day goes by where John Lennon's influence isn't felt by thousands, probably millions of people worldwide.

Amnesia

No one recognizes my voice anymore. Has it really been that long? There's no excitement in anyone's eyes this time of year on the prairies. Lets blame that. I never really was a prairie sun. Something just turn out wrong. The holidays are coming. Please, duck and cover.
I bit of information was all I really wanted. I guess the apple doesn't fall far. In our apathy, the greetings are exchanged. So little changes out there from day to day, it could still be Oct 30th. The only difference is its 10 degrees colder. Its amazing how we can both think like that.
right now our separate settings provide a rift in the patterns of thought. I'm still stuck in autumn, with green lights. I'll never wee the winter with white eyes again.

Best Party Ever!

Who else thinks all the federal party leaders should form a band? This picture would certainly be the album cover. Meet "The Leaders".

its all really about who your favorite beatle is. They all fit the mould. Every single one of them. From left to right we have Jack. He's the intellectual of course. Often ends up a little too left of the mainstream which some beatles fans don't approve of. Is Canada bigger than Jesus? Probably not.
next we have the cute one. Gil. Always trying to take the band in a new direction. He also really wants to form a new band called wings...I mean Quebec. He'll have a few good songs..I guess.

next we have the funny one. Stephen. At least we hope most of what he says is a joke. He's kind of the odd man out of the group. The one everyone else tends to make fun of. Eventually he will grow a beard and star work on shining time station : the next generation.

and finally we have the quiet one. Paul. A very reasonable fellow, who doesn't talk much mostly because he trips over his own words. He sometimes upset bono and believes "all things must pass".

there you have it.
its nice to incorporate politics back into the blog.