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Two of my favorite albums, Dylan's Modern Times and The Jayhawks-Rainy Day Music are mastered so loud that there is distortion throughout. I first thought it was my speakers or my system, but it happens on every system I play them on. I can't believe no one heard that when they were mastered in the first place.

It is most def about one hour too long but it is really good.

"Twisted Ear Writers' picks of 07 in full Kev Acott 1. Lucinda Williams - West" Finally, SOMEONE else that loves this disc. I certainly wouldn't have called it #1, but top 10 of the year for me. Of course I have 2 slots open that most people don't this year because I don't get the whole Animal Collective thing.

Try harder. I actually feel bad for people that cannot "get into" this album.....

That soundtrack is my favorite live material The Dead have released. Sound quality is amazing and the music on it is some of the best stuff they ever perfomed. I would say it is essential and I already had all the shows the soundtrack is taken from. The sound quality alone is worth it.

They actually have a new 5 song, acoustic EP out there that kicks all kind of ass over their last CD. It may have actually redeemed the horror that was "Zeitgeist".

Well, at the rate Ryno is actually releasing stuff (NOT), it wouldn't matter what is actually in the vault or not. And this new "Road Trips" idea they just came out with is just stupid.

I wont overintellectualize the band. I just know it sounds great while working out and driving. I mean, if new bands had to influenced by anything, African and early Talking Heads music sure isn't a bad way to go. And to my ears they sound like they are trying to do their own thing unlike some other bands whose influences are the whole thing they have going (cough, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, cough).

See...that sounds like a good show to me. I love watching Ira go off on the guitar!

Wait a sec, you "follow" her blog? Really?

See, my childhood summers wouldn't sound like acid-baked Beach Boys interpretations. Maybe that's my issue with this Panda Bear I cannot stand The Beech Boys. My childhood summers would actually sound like a AM Radio Hits>Kiss>Tom Petty>Grease Soundtrack nightmare. And is the disc really mostly samples? Maybe that's another reason I'm not "feeling" it.

Maybe I'm just becoming an old "fuddy-duddy", but where are the songs? You know, musicianship and melodies. Stuff like that. And to think it is on many lists as a Top 10 of the year. I just don't hear anything there. What am I missing?

OK, so this Panda Bear is on many top 10 lists of the year and I thought I'd check it out. I have tried about 5 times now and every time I listen to I keep thinking that I need drugs to appreciate it. I'm not making assumptions about anyone who digs this, but I cannot listen to it. Am I wrong in assuming it must sound better with chemicals?? To me, it sounds like a acid-influenced Beech Boys experiement gone wrong.....

OK, so after READING the lyrics I have to say they are quite good. Maybe I'll spend some more time with "The Boxer". However, "West" is still one of my top discs of the year.

That song about bringing her a cold drink and doing a slow dance for her....what's up with that? It isn't even romantic.

I can't believe the hate for "West". When it came out and people were dissing it I thought, certainly people will come around to this like most did with Sky Blue Sky. I think it is one of the top 5 discs of the year for sure. I love the beat-poetry/alt country vibe on it and can't understand fans of hers NOT liking it. The National? I don't get them much at all. I think the lyrics are borderline laughable and the singing way too uber-serious.

Who is this Bob person and why do so many care what he wrote? Did I miss a link? Is it the mysterious Bob from "Twin Peaks"?

Unless things have changed since I left town (about 6 years ago), I wouldn't walk 3 or 4 blocks in either direction of that place alone.

Sheryl Crow-Any song

If they mess with the Sirius Disorder channel I will cancel! On the XM side, The Loft is a great one.

The way I got my Libble ratio up? I posted a nice Tupelo show

I made it exactly 36 seconds. Anyone else?

In light of recent events, do you really want to prove that you were an Oink member? And also, what methods are folks using to prove it?

Yeah, 'cause Zep never had an Eastern influences in their music....

No Rickie Lee Jones or Levon Helm? And why the hell is that awful Prince disc on there?