2 posts tagged “johnny cash”

Our Xbox 360 has come back to us. Well, not exactly: it's a different, refurbished unit. But it looks fine, and no Red Ring of Death--just the good old Green Light of Happiness. It's also a lot quieter. The other one sounded like a slide projector; this one sounds like a modestly noisy PC.

Xbox 360 GLoH

Anyway, in honor of this occasion, here's a song appropriated from Dave.

Social Distortion: Ring of Fire

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So I'm ten days late with this post. You got a problem wit dat?

If I restricted this to albums that came out in 2007, it would be a really short list. Instead I give you my top twelve favorite albums that I discovered or otherwise dug into during 2007.

The Billy Nayer Show: Rabbit (2004)

A short, brilliant entry from this strange and wonderful outfit. I actually had this in 2006 but barely gave it any attention then. As an entire album, this received the most plays of any in my collection this year.

The Bravery: The Sun and the Moon (2007)

Surprise personal favorite gleaned from mainstream radio. "Time Won't Let Me Go" received by far the most plays of any song in my collection this year.

Johnny Cash: Personal File (2006)

No less than 49 folk and gospel voice-and-guitar demo tracks from Cash's personal library.

Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid

Collective Soul: Hints Allegations & Things Left Unsaid (1993)

Gem from the early nineties I recently rediscovered.

Vulgar

Dir en grey: Vulgar (2003)

Japanese techno-metal-pop-dysfunction band. This rocks.

Emmylou Harris: Stumble into Grace (2003)

Lovely. Dan Lanois has few actual credits, but his influence throughout is unmistakeable.

LOONER: The Greatest Weakness (2006)

Very strong offering from this indie act. I'll repeat my earlier warning, though--when I bought it from iTunes the track indexes were all farked up.

Oppenheimer: Oppenheimer (2006)

First heard these guys when they opened for TMBG. Fat analog synth sounds, real drums, short and sweet songs.

Placebo: Meds (2006)

It's a new Placebo album. It has Michael Stipe. There you go.

Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3: Olé! Tarantula (2006)

Picked it up at a live show. Well-crafted, largely "accessible" songs with the inimitable humor hinted at by the title.

Smashing Pumpkins: Zeitgeist (2007)

It's a new Pumpkins album. It has Jimmy Chamberlin. There you go.

Warrior Soul: Last Decade Dead Century (1990)

Weird and lonely post-apocalyptic-cityscape metal. I've gotta love an album with lyrics like this:

Here's to the losers
Substance abusers
To the rejects
All the imperfects

To the retarded
And the broken-hearted
To the starving masses
And the lower classes

'Cause I think we're beautiful

Coda: I have a feeling the albums below will be favorites, but I haven't listened to them enough to say.