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WF - Is that Vic Chesnutt or David Lynch singing the haunting, final (title)track ? My tracklisting says Vic. My ears, Dave.

I'm not afraid to say how great Do The Collapse is. Lo-fi, hi-fi, I don't care. It's all about Bob's songs. I've been playing the hell out of 'Half Smiles' of late. Its greatness keeps rising. The chorus in Liquid Indian is a goose-bumper, complete with "oohs"

i mean ... conqueror of the moon

I agree - fwiw - a few pages back, I posted a truncated list that included a few of these. I find much of the Pitchfork list to be disposable. In the next 5 years I don't think I'll find myself reaching for a Panda Bear record. You're right, it's not awful. It just that if I want to play a The Beach Boys record, why not play the real thing.

I bought it a few months ago and got through it, albeit having issues with it. That said, it was on cable last night and I watched 45 minutes or so and found myself fairly riveted. Looks like I'll be revisiting it soon. I agree, with Lynch, the promise is always better than the real thing.

If you like, I'll tell'em. Hey Frank Booth - I just noticed your Inland Empire avatar. cool

My number one record of 2006. ...and just about every other year.

Certainly, some good selections. Some glaring omissions. But overall, downright terrible. Mostly, it's a list chock full of pedigreed bookend dweeb music.

In addition to what's been posted - Brian Eno - here come the warm jets Gene Clark - no other Be Bop Deluxe - axe victim Willie Nelson - phases and stages

I saw Beatlemania in 1978 at The Orpheum in SF. Marshall Crenshaw played the part of John Lennon. I distinctly remember between sets they were quietly playing The Cars 'Let The Good Times Roll' before the curtain came up for the second set.

I'd like to add : Uncle Tupelo - still feel gone Slint - Spiderland Matthew Sweet - girlfriend Velvet Crush - in the presence of greatness

Some of their later material might be described as a bit confectionary, but Bandwagonesque ?? I respectfully disagree. The Arcade Fire simply rode the Pitchfork Bandwagon to some sort of success. Don't get it. White Stripes, I can respect the asthetic, now I wish Jack White would just go away.

So if Abbey Road had been released today, Please Please Me would date to April 2003. So think about that for a sec: Twelve studio albums and a couple of dozen singles, with a sound that went from earnest interpreters of Everly Brothers and Motown hits to mind-bending sonic explorers and with so many detours along the way-- all of it happened in that brief stretch of time. That will never be touched.

The best record released in 1991 : Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque

He certainly has a right to the throne with upwards of 1200 songs published with BMI. YIKES

Quite certain I'm forgetting a few, but off the top of my head : drive by truckers - southern rock opera guided by voices - isolation drills bob dylan - love & theft joe pisapia - daydreams neko case - furnace room lullaby aimee mann - bachelor # 2 the waxwings - low to the ground the pernice brothers : the world won't end the strokes - is this it the chamber strings - month of sundays rufus wainwright - poses joe henry - scar wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot beck - sea change shins - oh, inverted world iron & wine - the creek drank the cradle paul westerberg - stereo/mono bobby bare j

Disappointing - 150 Band of Horses - Everything All Of The Time 2006 149 Ray Lamontagne - Trouble 2006 148 Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand 2004 147 The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain 2008 146 Richard Thompson - Front Parlour Blues 2005 145 Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days 2004 144 Robert Wyatt - Comicopera 2007 143 Leonard Cohen - Ten New Songs 2001 142 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell 2003 141 Rachel Unthank & The Winterset - The Bairns 2007 140 Espers - Espers II 2006 139 Outkast - Speakerboxx/The Love Below 2003 138 Wilco - Sky Blue Sky 2007 137 Elliot Smith - From A Basem

Wow. That's quite the impressive gig list. The Electrifying Conclusion ?? Sweet. Yep, that's the guy. I believe my source was the Jim Greer book, Hunting Accidents... On a completely unrelated note and not to compare - Have you heard - The Capstan Shafts The Broadfield Marchers

That's cool we match up on 8 of 10. I was at the Bimbo's show where the other Cobre Verde guitarist was playing air guitar cos he knew he was about to get fired. That was a weird one as well. Here's my rather limited GbV/Pollard Gig list : bottom of the hill - sf - 1995 great american music hall - sf - 1996 bimbos - sf - 1997 amoeba records - sf - 2001 slims - sf - 2003 the independent - sf - 2006

Can anyone post the entire list ? Thanks

I broke my list up into two groups : Tier #1 bee thousand alien lanes mag earwig under the bushes, under the stars from a compound eye isolation drills half smiles of the decomposed speak kindly of your volunteer fire dept universal truth & cycles zero to 99 (I know it's 'probably' too early to tell, but it's just so f'n good) Tier #2 waved out do the collapse elephant jokes not in my airforce propeller coast to coast carpet of love earthquake glue off to business normal happiness planets are blasted I'd like to add 'No Island" from The Crawling Distance as one of Bob's best song

It's like a Pollard greatest hits record, but with new songs. Is everybody happy now, is everybody happy now.

01. boston spaceships - zero to 99 02. reigning sound - love & curses 03. el goodo - coyote 04. son volt - american central dust 05. robert pollard - elephant jokes 06. chris richards & the subtractions - sad sounds of summer 07. neko case - middle cyclone 08. tim easton - porcupine 09. dexateens - singlewide 10. telekinesis - telekinesis 11. cheap star - speaking like an elephant 12. boston spaceships - the planets are blasted 13. outrageous cherry - universal malcontents 14. vetiver - tight knit 15. circus devils - gringo 16. deadstring brothers - sao paulo 17. richmond fontaine

yes it does. How Wrong - Radical - Question Girl aren't exactly slouches either. It might(?) be my #1 record of the year.