my friends & i had an argument the other night.  drunkenly slouched into the cushions of my couch I rambled about how stand up comedy, aside from zach galifinakis, is more or less dead.  It was then that I was presented with an interesting question, “well dan, who is your favorite stand up comedian?”  i hesitated for a moment, racked my brain, & spat out “Bill Cosby.”

it seemed too easy, pretentious even, to simply say “bill cosby.”  after all, the man is a legend.  i was stumped by my own psyche for a few moments.  what compelled me to say “bill cosby?”  it took a few minutes & another beer before I realized:  bill cosby has a frame of reference.  his material stands the test of time.

i think that’s an important concept when related to these bullshit “best of the 00’s” list. especially the ones that have albums from THIS FUCKING YEAR. but alas, i fuckin’ digress, y’know? because for some reason, when i couldn’t sleep last night, i opened notepad on my computer and began to frantically assemble a top ten albums of the 00’s list. i don’t know why. maybe it was the sleep deprivation. or maybe subconsciously, at the end of this decade, as the loose ends are being pulled together tight, i feel a reason to take the mosaic mish-mash of albums that i love & adore & assemble them into an organized manner that makes sense to me.

nah, fuck that. it wasn’t that at all. in fact, my top 10 list soon expanded into a top 150 list. & i found myself thinkin’ “wow, there was a lot of real good shit this decade.” it seems obvious when i prompt myself to talk about it, but so many cats these days whine and moan about the decline of modern music. those cats are just too dumb & lazy to think or look & therefore, don’t deserve good music to begin with.

this list is a gigantic middle finger to those people.

so, what lies below is a labyrinth of text explaining why these albums are important. maybe you’ll see one that you dig, if you do, leave a comment because i’d love to talk about it. maybe you’ll see something you should check out, if you do, let me know and i’ll burn you a CD. or, maybe you’ll see a mess of narcissistic, self-referential bullshit. maybe you won’t read it at all, & after a little while, after it’s forgotten, it will cease to exist. i dunno. i’m not a fucking mind reader.

so, if you do indulge, enjoy. these are the best albums of the 00’s

dan luke.

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