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The Top 50 Albums of the Decade (Part One)
Dec 23rd
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.
13 REASONS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VMA’S SUCKED.
Sep 10th
BRITNEY SPEARS.
Britney Spears got a serious marketing push from MTV on Sunday; receiving four Spacemen for her last album. I do not understand this, as her last album sounds like it was sung by some sort vowel-exaggerating robot from the depths of a submarine.
Their plan as it seems, was to have Britney Spears attend the show and act completely normal. This is to achieve said reaction: “Aw dude, you totally missed the fucking VMA’s. Britney Spears acted totally normal. It was so neat.” Britney Spears also gave the same exact speech each time with a soul-less stare that made her resemble an android. Everybody, Britney would like to thank God, Her Two Sons, and her fans. And in that exact order. Every time.
THE BRITISH GUY.
Could someone please explain to Russel Brand that we get it: he’s British and he’s vulgar. Dude, how does your dick possibly fit into jeans. I’m serious, how do you not have some sort of circulatory dysfunction or cardiovascular disease from wearing the tightest black jeans known to man?
TOKIO HOTEL.
I do not know who Tokio Hotel are. But they kind of look like what would happen if Robert Smith had some sort of gay love child with the lead singer from My Chemical Romance and a bunch of Holocuast skeletons.
They are also fashionista’s. They have trail blazed a cutting edge new style: Goth Kids that shop at Express.