Welshman on Drugs Picks the Hits of 2002

Post by **Sloth** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 10:18 pm

My roomate from London sent me the following:

Sloth Dude,

I scibbled down this list in a bar on Friday night when I was flying on eccie so bear with me.

Albums of this Year (and a few from last year)

Rock'n'roll stuff

Jim O'Rourke - Insignificance (last year but released in the UK this year)
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World (ditto)
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
The Breeders - Title TK
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Master EP
The Von Bondies - Lack of Communication
The Datsuns - The Datsuns

UK Hip Hop

Ms Dynamite - A Little Deeper
Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me (last year but the remix was released this year entitled "Dub Come Save Me")

Other stuff

Sigur Ros - ( ) (that's actually the title of the album)
The Reindeer Section - Son of Evil Reindeer
Sinead O'Connor - Sean-Nos Nua
Beck - Sea Change
Low - Trust
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi

martino · Post by **martino** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 11:42 am

the geezer is smart. not too many brain cells destroyed by the acid yet, i think.

here's my take.

- in full aggreement:
Wilco
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Datsuns
Roots Manuva
Sigur Ros

- nah:
The Breeders (they lost it)
Beck (boring & artsy fartsy)

- you gotta be kidding:
Ms Dynamite (come on man, my daughter listens to this stuff; are we amongst adults here?)

- you overlooked:
new Sting (music for Maverick to relate to)
new Bowie (good enough for me, anyway)
new Moby (baldy impish music for sloths)

Post by **mccutcheon** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 4:36 pm

I'd have to add to the yeses:
The Kills
Johnny Cash (you betcha sucker!)
Primal Scream
Flaming Lips
Stereo Total

Post by **mccutcheon** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 4:37 pm

and Martino that's eeee's not aciiiiid.

martino · Post by **martino** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 6:33 pm

eeee: oooops

additional yesses: yessss

marky · Post by **marky** » Wed Dec 18, 2002 4:13 am

Hmm...I'm with your friend on The Shins & Jim O'Rourke.

Post by **mccutcheon** » Wed Dec 18, 2002 9:17 pm

can't forget My Computer. paronoid drug takers instead of paranoid android.

marky · Post by **marky** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 9:20 am

I don't know what the Von Bondies sound like though, I'll check them out.

I agree My Computer was one of the best albums of 2002. What we need is for the paranoid drug takers and the paranoid androids to get together and have a gigantic rave party in the middle of nowhere and decide that if they're paranoid of the rest of the world, they at least aren't paranoid of each other.

marky · Post by **marky** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 9:21 am

And just before they all go home happy, Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" will be played.

Post by **mccutcheon** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 4:11 pm

My Computer is the name of a band from Manchester (the city tied with Detroit for prodcing some of the best popular music ever. The album is Vulnerablia, one part Radiohead sixty-nine perecnt Sreamadelica. Shaun Ryder's dad is their manager and it was on heavy rotaion when the Sloth came to the Evil Heat.

marky · Post by **marky** » Fri Dec 20, 2002 3:29 am

Oh. Well I'll check them out then. But does this mean you actually have decent radio out there? Do tell.

Post by **mccutcheon** » Fri Dec 20, 2002 3:42 pm

haven't listened to a radio since 1985. it was on heavy rotaion on my turn tables.

marky · Post by **marky** » Sat Dec 21, 2002 2:51 am

Funny you say 1985. That was the year I discovered alternative music in earnest. Back when "alternative" could really describe it.

When I thought about it later I guessed you probably just meant you were playing it a lot.
I jumped the gun, I am nostalgic for the days when radio was different, before deregulation. Radio had possibilities and okay look I'm ready for the quotes section.

Post by **mccutcheon** » Sat Dec 21, 2002 4:15 pm

thanks funny Mark. made me laugh. thanks.